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Upcoming Events ~ Mark your Calendar!

October 28 th – Regular Meeting
November 4 th – Craftsman’s club
November 10 th – Past Masters Brunch – 10am
November 11 th – Regular Meeting, Elections, FC Proficiencies
November 13 th – Rehearsal for MM Degree
November 17 th – Rehearsal for MM Degree
November 18 th – DLI – Mariners – QUALIFICATIONS
November 20 th – Rehearsal for MM Degree
November 24 th – Rehearsal for MM Degree
November 25 th – Regular Meeting, MM Degree (Bank, Cruetz, Chiapetta, Wolfschmidt) – Qualification of
incoming WM (PM’s only)
December 2 nd – Craftsmans Club
December 7 th – Installation of officers 1pm
December 9 th – Annual Communication
December 21 st – Breakfast with Santa 8am

Craftsmans Club

2019 Craftsman’s Club
Meets every first Monday of the Month

(Except holidays. Labor Day meets the first Tuesday of the Month.)
Calendar Drawing starts at 6:00 PM
Dinner Served at 6:30 PM
Meetings: 7:30 PM ~ 9:00 PM

This is an open event for all men, Masons and non-Masons alike. It is a no-pressure atmosphere if you just want to come in and ask some questions. We will be happy to extend our home to feel like your home for the time you are with us. The dress is casual and the food is excellent. No appointment is necessary and there is no charge to visit. Any Brother will be happy to assist you if you plan on stopping by.

Mentoring and Progression

When: Wednesdays
Where: Mariners Lodge No. 150
Time: 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Mentoring and Progression isn’t just about being able to remember something. It is also learning the meaning behind what you are saying. Whether you’re a past grand officer or a newly initiated Entered Apprentice, come join us for fellowship, Brotherhood and Education.

Dinner is not served. However, please let us know if you wish to line up an easy dinner. (Pizza or subs)

Entered Apprentices, Fellowcrafts and Master Masons studying their required work should attend when possible. All others welcome.

Memorial Day

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

  • John McCrae, May 1915

Thanks!

Our Annual Saint Patrick’s Dinner was a rousing success. Our thanks to everyone who came out, helped out, and spend the night with us.

If you’d like to see some of the great pictures from the night, click on the image below.

From The East

Brethren,
 
As men we are hewn from the same quarry and begin our lives in a rough-hewn state. Our initial step in perfecting our personal ashlar begins when we give three knocks on the outer door of the Lodge with our own hand.
 
This month we celebrate the birthdays of two of the great leaders of our country – Brother George Washington, to whom we are indebted for the creation of our great country and Abraham Lincoln, to whom we owe the continued unity of the country and the equality of all its citizens. Each of these men spent their lives shaping their own ashlar and the ashlars of those around them.
 
As we progress through our degrees and participate in the craft we should strive to emulate these men, and as Masons, continually strive to remove our rough and imperfect edges and become a more perfect ashlar in our profane lives and as brothers of the craft.
 
“Freemasoonry has endured not because of its antiquity, its influence, or its social standing, but because there have been so many who have lived it. The effectiveness of Masonic teachings will always be the measure by which the outside world judges Freemasonry; the proof of Freemasonry is in our deeds and it is in our deeds that Freemasonry is made known to non-Masons. The only way the Craft can be judged is by its product. The prestige of Freemasonry lies squarely on the shoulders of each of us.”
– Brother G. Wilbur Best
 
Fraternally and Sincerely,
Doug Harper,WM 2017