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7.25.2022 - St Marks Indoor Picnic
7.9.2022 - Photos from St. Mark's July 4, 2022 Hospitality
6.19.2022 - Council Proposes Revised St. Mark's Constitution & By-Laws
6.12.2022 - Confirmation
5.26.2022 - ELCA Response to the School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
3.13.2022 - The Wind Strikes Again!
3.1.2022 - Fastnachts - A Shrove Tuesday Tradition
12.6.2021 - St. Mark's Annual Report Issued
11.28.2021 - Making Advent Wreaths
11.21.2021 - Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes Packed and Ready to Go!
11.7.2021 - All Saints' Day 2021
10.23.2021 - Pumpkin Carving Fun
10.10.2021 - Crop Walk 2021
10.5.2021 - Pets Blessed
10.3.2021 - Blanket Sunday
9.26.2021 - Milestone Moment: Blessing of the Car Keys
9.25.2021 - God Moment
9.18.2021 - Celebrating “God’s Work, Our Hands”
8.15.2021 - Bernadette Jones Recognized for Her Service
7.6.2021 - Pastor Vasey Celebrates 35 years of Ordination
7.6.2021 - Recognizing High School Graduate Sean Jensen
Fastnachts - A Shrove Tuesday Tradition
St. Mark's started a new (or restarted an old) tradition by
celebrating Shrove Tuesday with fastnachts. We gathered with Pastor
LeCrone and other members of St. Luke Lutheran for fastnachts and
fellowship.
The term “fastnacht” comes from the German words “fast,” a shortened form of the verb “fasten” meaning “to fast,” and “nacht,” which means “night.” Fastnacht Day is the eve of the Lenten fasting period that Christians observe. Tradition holds that on this day, households use up all the fat and sugar in the house before Lent begins. This practice also gives Fat Tuesday its name.
Our celebration included gathering in our courtyard to burn last year's palms for ashes to be used as our ashes for repentance and mortality on Ash Wednesday.
We concluded our time together with a brief liturgy of prayer and praise to “Bury the Alleluia” in preparation for Lent. The banner was folded up for Lent, only to return on Easter day.
