The Christian Explorations Sunday School Class will host a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Celebration on February 16, 2010 at 6:00 P.M. in the Fellowship Hall. The food will be great and the fellowship fun for all ages. There will be a sign-up sheet in the Narthex for this event to make sure that we have enough pancakes for everyone (compliments of Billy McBratney)!  We will ask for donations ($2.00 per person) that evening to cover the cost of the food (labor is free!).

 The word “shrove” is the past tense of the English verb “shrive”, which means to obtain absolution for one’s sins by confessing and doing penance. Shrove Tuesday precedes Ash Wednesday and the commencement of Lent which is a time of liturgical fasting when the plainest of foods was generally eaten. Pancakes are heavily associated with Shrove Tuesday because the rich ingredients such as eggs, milk, and sugar had to be used before Lent so as not to have these ingredients spoil during that time. Pancakes and doughnuts were a very efficient way to deplete the perishable foods as well as providing a celebratory feast prior to the fast of Lent.

 Come to the Fellowship Hall, February 16, at 6:00 P.M. and celebrate with us! If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Lifsey at 384-8280.

The Cub Scouts meet in various classrooms on the ground floor of the church and basement room B on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month through May. The Cub Pack meets in the Fellowship Hall once a month, usually the last Tuesday but may vary.