The yearly talent show and pancake feast is coming
up on Shrove Tuesday, March 1st, and we hope you’ll
make plans to be there.
Shrove Tuesday is also sometimes referred to as “Fat Tuesday.” This comes from a French term you may have heard before: Mardi Gras. Though it may be hard to believe now given the debauchery often associated with Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday is actually a Christian Holiday and marks the last day of rich feasting before entering the Lenten season. Though we as Protestants believe that feasting can never be far off in the New Covenant, there’s certainly an appropriateness to reflect on our need for a Savior and the serious and grievous nature of our sins. That’s why Lent is considered a solemn season and not a feasting season.
And, of course, it must necessarily culminate in the celebration of Easter and the resurrection of Him who freed us from our sins.
As we approach the season, we will appropriately feast on pancakes as we share fellowship and enjoy the talents God has give to us through means of the talent show. And we feast because Jesus died to set us free from the curse of sin and death. So let us keep this feast!