St. John’s Episcopal Church serves Shrove Tuesday meal in Hermiston
Published 5:30 am Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Rev. Chuck Barnes, of St. John's Episcopal Church, gives an opening prayer during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, 2028, at the First United Methodist Church in Hermiston. St. John's and Grace and Mercy Lutheran invite the public to a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper March 4, 2025, at St. John’s in Hermiston.
HERMISTON — The congregations of St. John’s Episcopal Church and Grace and Mercy Lutheran invite the community to join them for a traditional pancake supper for Shrove Tuesday. The event is March 4, 5 p.m. at the church, 665 E. Gladys Ave.
According to a press release from Rev. Chuck Barnes, Shrove Tuesday, sometimes called Fat Tuesday — also the start of Mardi Gras — precedes Ash Wednesday in liturgical traditions. The Shrove Tuesday meal is symbolic of cleaning out all of the “fat foods” from the pantry in preparation for Lent, which begins Wednesday, March 5.
“We observe this tradition with a pancake supper,” Barnes said.
For more information, contact Barnes at 541-567-6674 or chuckb@eotnet.net.
