Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday Celebration March 8, 2011 5:30pm

Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday Celebration March 8, 2011 5:30pm Save the date for our recognition of the night before Ash Wednesday called Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Tuesday. The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, has long been called Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in French, Mardi = Tuesday; gras = fat), Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. It is called Fat Tuesday because on that day a thrifty person would use up the fats that would have been kept around (the can of bacon drippings, or whatever) for cooking, but that wouldn’t have been used during Lent. Another name for the day before the beginning of Lent is Shrove Tuesday. The name comes from the old English word shrive which means to confess. In England, since pancakes are a standard way of using up fat, the day is also called Pancake Tuesday. We will be recognizing Fat Tuesday with a meal, live music, pancake flipping races, and more. We will also burn the palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to make the ashes for the Ash Wednesday service. If you have palms from last year that you would like to contribute to making the ashes, please bring them that evening or put them in the marked basket that will be in the narthex. - Jennifer H.