Annual Shrove Tuesday pancake feed to be held in Lodgepole on February 21st

The Gloria Dei Lutheran Church of Lodgepole, Nebraska will be hosting its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Feed on February 21st, 2023 at the Lodgepole Community Center From 5pm-7:30 pm. Hot cakes, link and patty sausages, and scrambled eggs will be served. Drinks will be hot coffee, orange juice, and milk.

 There will also be a silent auction including a gift certificate from Bags Bar owners Heather and Jesse Williamson, Husker and Denver Bronco granite blocks from Herstead monument, and several basket items from PMA Brenda Tophoj, just to mention a few, as items are too numerous to list.

 The proceeds will go to Kimball county transit for delivery of meals to Lodgepole and Sunol Residents.

If you would like to donate items for the auction, or you are unable to attend but would like a home delivery please contact Tom Nelson, 505-290-0915.

The word shrove is derived from the word “Shrive” which refers to confession of sins as a preparation for lent. Shrove Tuesday is a Christian festival, also known as “pancake day” and it always falls 47 days before Easter . The history of Shrove Tuesday dates back to 1445 when Augustine of Canterbury, a founder of the Christian church in southern England, to enforce fasting laws. Christians would make pancakes to use up their supply of eggs milk and butter in preparation of Lent.

About 52 million eggs are used on pancake day worldwide.