Febraury 27, 2019 - (Flier, Invitation) - St. John’s Episcopal Church located at 1063 Southview Cir, Center, TX 75935
Phone 936-598-4101
Invites the community to participate with us Tuesday, March 5, 2019 observing Fat Tuesday with a pancake supper. Pancakes and all the fixings and fellowship will be served from 5pm to 7pm.
Fat Tuesday is observed before the Lenten Season begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism.
By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Christian imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness for forty days. All churches that have a continuous history extending before AD 1500 observe Lent. The ancient church that wrote, collected, canonized, and propagated the New Testament also observed Lent, believing it to be a commandment from the apostles.
