Feb 9
The ending of the season of Epiphany, and the start of the Lenten season begins next week...
*Shrove Tuesday - Feb 16, 2021 - Marking the end of the season of Epiphany
***Due to the pandemic, we are unable to gather in person at the See House for our annual pancake supper. Hope you can plan to have a little fun this year, and make some of your own pancakes to celebrate at home, any time on Tuesday February 16. Please send a photo to the church of you enjoying your pancakes if you do!
Shrove Tuesday
Better known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent begins. In the Middle Ages, people used up all the fat in the house—butter, milk, eggs, meat—on the night before Lent began so that they could come closer to God by giving up these foods as they prepared for the great feast of Easter. Pancakes are traditional in England for this, so Episcopalians often have breakfast for dinner, while those celebrating Mardi Gras are likely eating gumbo and Kings’ Cake. What kings, you ask? The Magi—the ones who brought gifts to the holy child at Epiphany.
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ASH WEDNESDAY - FEB 17, 2021 - Marking the beginning of Lent
There will be an Ash Wednesday service held on Feb 17 @ Noon
(on zoom)
https://www.bcponline.org/ (BCP 364)
*Drive-by "Ashes to Go" will be offered in the church parking lot from 1pm-2pm on that day...
*There will also be ashes available for pick up on the See House porch table, in a small baggie, for those who would like to impose the ashes with the sign of a cross on your own forehead (while looking in a mirror?), or for another household member...
(***if you are unable to pick up ashes at the church, Bishop Mark also suggested that you might make your own ashes to use at home, by burning your palm from Palm Sunday last year, or some other plant/branch that has significance)
Prayer to use for imposition of ashes at home (BCP 265)
Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the
earth: Grant that these ashes may be to us a sign of our
mortality and penitence, that we may remember that it is
only by your gracious gift that we are given everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
The ashes are imposed with the following words
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.