A different way to start Lent. Our congregation is planning to gather for dinner from 6 pm on Tuesday 17th of February 2026. As is traditonal for the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, we will be eating pancakes, with sweet and fruity things on them. After the early dessert, there will be a brief time of reflection and Holy communion. We are aiming to head home by 7:30 pm.

Please let us know if you intend to come so we can cater correctly.

As the final day before the austerity of the Lenten fast, Shrove Tuesday has many customs pertaining to food—in particular, sweet foods containing eggs, sugar, and fat, which were commonly forbidden during Lent and would otherwise go to waste in the six and a half weeks between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Pancakes are the traditional choice in a number of European countries; the day is known as Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday in Ireland and in many Commonwealth countries. – Encyclopaedia Britannica