Pancake Supper Marks Shrove Tuesday

Patty Launer mixes pancake batter for the Shrove Tuesday supper at the Greensboro United Church of Christ, March 4.
photo by Shelly Jungwirth

GREENSBORO — The greater Greensboro community celebrated Shrove Tuesday on March 4, with a free sit-down pancake supper at Greensboro’s United Church of Christ. Organized by Deacons Chair Shelly Jungwirth, church ladies and relatives prepared pancakes, warm maple syrup, and sausages for the annual supper that marks the celebration preceding the somber 40 days of Lent and Christ’s Crucifixion.

At the Shrove Tuesday supper, Cilla Bonney-Smith and Mary Meyer cook sausages. The community event was held March 4, at the Greensboro United Church of Christ.
photo by Shelly Jungwirth

Shrove Tuesday’s name comes from the old custom of confessing, or being shriven, on that day. Many people choose to fast starting Ash Wednesday, therefore Shrove Tuesday becomes the day to use up all the rich food in the house, resulting in the tradition of pancakes.

Shrove Tuesday supper volunteers Paula Harmon and Jenny Parke prepare pancake batter for the community supper, March 4, at the Greensboro United Church of Christ.
photo by Shelly Jungwirth

Attendance at the supper may have been affected by the all-day Greensboro town meeting and snowy weather. That didn’t stop the rambunctious Casavant and Sims-Fellinger youngsters, who ended up playing tag with Reverend Sunday-Winters as the clean-up crew put tables away.