Shrove Tuesday Supper: Tuesday, February 21st
Shrove Tuesday is the designation in English-speaking countries for the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the forty-day season of fasting and prayer we call Lent. The work shrove is the past tense of the English verb shrive, which means "to obtain absolution, to confess one's sins, to do penance." The popular celebratory aspects of this day are also seen in Carnival and Mardi Gras. In the United Kingdom and many other countries, the day is often known as Pancake Day, because it offers one last chance to feast on foods made with ingredients such as sugar, fat and eggs, the consumption of which is generally restricted or limited during Lent.
At St. Francis this year we will combine pancakes of Shrove Tuesday with Jambalaya, from the Cajun version of Mardi Gras at a supper from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. You can choose to reserve a meal of either pancakes and sausage at a cost of $5.00 OR jambalaya and salad at a cost of $8:00.
Tickets are also available at the door but at an increased cost of $6.00 and $10.00.
Ash Wednesday Liturgies: Wednesday, February 22nd
"Dear people of God: the first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became a custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting..." (BCP 264, "Ash Wednesday")
Join us for the beginning of the forty-day Lenten journey on Wednesday, February 22nd.
Holy Eucharist and Impostion of Ashes at 7:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
First Weekend in Lent ~ February 25/26
Services of Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing will be offered at all three services.
Lenten Meditations
Lenten meditations, written by and for the St. Francis community, will be posted daily during the forty days of Lent at: http://stfrancisholden.blogspot.com/
You can read these meditations in one of two ways: either by bookmarking the page and checking it at your convenience, or you can "subscribe to the posts" (see the bottom of the webpage) either by having them linked to your own homepage, or by receiving emails in your inbox.
In the meantime, however, the rector is looking for people to write these meditations. Whether you have done this in the past or not, please consider doing so this Lent, which begins on February 22nd. You can email Rich at stfrancis_rector@charter.net to volunteer.
Lenten Soup Suppers
Wednesdays in March (7, 14, 21, 28) 6:00 p.m. Please see the sign-up sheet in the narthex. If you would be willing to provide soup for one of the evenings please see the sign-up sheet for that as well.
