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11.13.2023 - Operation Christmas Child
11.6.2023 - All Saints Sunday 2023
10.22.2023 - Harvest Home: "A Day of Thanksgiving"
10.21.2023 - Pumpkin Carving Event
10.20.2023 - 2023 CROP Walk
9.30.2023 - Our Fall Sale is a Success!
9.30.2023 - Fall Crafts Event - September 2023
7.24.2023 - St. Mark's Indoor Picnic and History Exhibit
7.13.2023 - July 4 Celebration at St. Mark's
7.13.2023 - Sam Robinson's July 4 Concert
6.13.2023 - Milestones: High School & College Graduation
4.16.2023 - Holy Week at St Marks 2023
4.9.2023 - Renewal of Baptism
2.22.2023 - Fastnachts - A Shrove Tuesday Tradition
2.13.2023 - Souper Bowl of Caring
1.8.2023 - Congregation Council Installed
12.11.2022 - A Piece of Our Past . . The Christmas Figurines
12.4.2022 - St. Mark's Annual Report Issued
11.20.2022 - St Marks Participates in Operation Christmas Child
11.6.2022 - Remembering the Saints
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.