Author: Synod Resource Center

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink and find enjoyment, for these are from the hand of God.
(Ecclesiastes 2:24)
One will have to give account in the judgment day of every good thing which one might have enjoyed and did not.
(The Talmud)

Come enjoy a Shrove Tuesday pancake feast on Tuesday, February 24, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m in the Mayville Lutheran Church basement. Pancakes, sausages and other good things will be prepared to satisfy the hungriest appetite. The cost for the meal is a donation.

The origin of Shrove Tuesday comes from the idea of - the night before Lent begins - consuming everything in the household from which one planned to abstain during Lent. We serve pancakes to connect us to the customs of a time when flour, eggs, milk, butter and other food items were all on the Lenten abstinence list. These days we celebrate the evening before Ash Wednesday more as a foretaste of the feast to come at Easter.
So come and savor with us the beginnings of anticipation to be heightened during our Lenten time of preparation. Enjoy the meal, learn more about the tradition of Shrove Tuesday and take home some ideas to help make Lent meaningful in your home.