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- St. James Lutheran Church, Gettysburg, Pa., is preparing for their annual sale of “fastnachts,” traditional Pennsylvania Dutch doughnuts made on Shrove Tuesday. Proceeds benefit the congregation’s middle and high school youth programs, including several mission trips planned for this summer. This year, volunteers estimate they will make nearly 15,000 fastnachts.
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- ShroveFest at Messiah Lutheran Church, Fairview Park, Ohio. ShroveFest takes its name from the English tradition where people were “shriven,” or absolved of their sins after confession the day before Ash Wednesday.
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- A young member of the congregation enjoys the Belgian Waffle & Pancake Supper at Trinity, Westminster, Md. The proceeds from this year’s supper, to be held Feb. 12 will benefit the ELCA Malaria Campaign.
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- Behind the scenes preparation for Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Nashville, Tenn.
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- Members of First Lutheran, Sioux Falls, S.D., celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes and king cakes.
A picture is worth a thousand words. See what our ELCA congregations are doing the day before Ash Wednesday.
