Shrove Tuesday Supper at Faith Lutheran

On the evening before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, members of Faith Lutheran Church in New Providence shared in a traditional Shrove Tuesday supper of pancakes.

Shrove Tuesday derives its name from the ritual of shriving that Christians undertook many years ago.  In shriving, Christians confess their sins and receive absolution for the sins.  Since Lent is a time of abstinence, Shrove Tuesday was viewed by Christians as their last chance in forty days to indulge themselves. They would eat the foods that were not allowed during Lent and particularly the foods that would spoil.  Pancakes were often chosen as they were a dish that could use up all the eggs, fats and milk in the house with just the addition of flour.

The chairperson of Faith’s Shrove Tuesday Supper was Dee Tamburro of New Providence, who accompanied the pancakes with her Virginia Baked Ham.

During each Wednesday of Lent, Faith Lutheran is conducting two Eucharistic Services.  One is at 6:45 am and is a spoken service of about thirty minutes in length.  The other is at 7:30 pm and is a service of song and prayer.  The theme of the services is “Power Walk.”

Faith Lutheran conducts an open communion table.  All visitors, who are baptized members of the Christian Church, are welcome to the Lord’s Table.

Faith Lutheran is located at 524 South Street in New Providence.  The phone number is 908-464-5177.  The web site is www.famfaith.org.