MARDI GRAS SUNDAY Sunday, February 15, we will celebrate Mardi Gras! In the Traditional Worship Service (Sanctuary at 11:00am), we're featuring 2nd Line Atlanta and we have plenty of beads for everyone. Then we will march over the FLC to enjoy king cakes as one congregation ahead of the State of the Church address. French for "Fat Tuesday", Mardi Gras arose from a custom in Medieval Europe of using all the fats in the home before Lent in preparation for fasting. Over time, Mardi Gras developed into a festival season full of parades, cakes, parties, masks, floats, and colorful costumes. Originating from the first Rex parade in 1872, the colors of purple, green and gold have come to represent justice, faith, and power.
