On Saturday March 2nd several brothers were raised during the 20th Masonic District’s “One Day Class” held at Harmony Masonic Lodge in Toms River. We congratulate all who participated and welcome them to our fraternal brotherhood.

DATE: Sunday, January 20th, 2013

PLACE: Mariners Masonic Lodge, 692 East Bay Ave, Barnegat, NJ

CONTACT INFO: Events@marinerslodge.orgTime: 3:00PM

Mariners Loge will be holding an open installation of officers on Sunday, January 20th at 3PM.

Please join the brothers as we install our officers for 2013. Dinner will be served immediately following the installation.

We would like to thank all of those who helped with and sponsored this year’s Chinese Auction. It was a great success and we could not have done it without you.

DATE: Saturday October 13, 2012

PLACE: Mariners Masonic Lodge, 692 East Bay Ave, Barnegat, NJ

Time: 11am to 3pm

CONTACT INFO: Events@marinerslodge.org

On Saturday October 13th, 2012 Mariners Lodge will be hosting an Open House from 11am – 3pm. All are welcome to attend. Brothers will be available to guide you through the building and answer your questions about Freemasonry. Membership petitions will also be available for those who are interested.

We welcome you to please come by to tour our lodge, meet the brothers, have some refreshments and learn about Freemasonry.

Regrettably, due to circumstances beyond our control, the Classic Car Show that was scheduled for August 4th has been postponed. The venue where the event was set to be held had a scheduling conflict and has informed us that the property will no longer be available. We apologize for any inconveniences that have been caused by this sudden cancellation by our venue.

The brothers are diligently working to make alternate arrangements for a later date. We look forward to holding the event in the near future and continuing our partnership with Vetwork to assist the brave men and women who have served proudly in our nations armed services.

Thanks to all the brothers with ideas, suggestions, and feedback at Craftsman’s Club on Monday. There has been lots of activity on the site, as we continue to roll it out:

• We’ve added the beginnings of a lodge history page! Look for this to grow in time. Thanks to Angel for providing content.
• User registrations now require a name. They also require admin approval. Members will have access to content which unregistered users will lack.
• Also, you’ll notice that some pages (logins and registrations are examples) require you to type a few random words. This “captcha” helps us stop automated spammers, but perhaps more importantly, every time you type a catcha, you are contributing to digitizing scans of printed books. For details on the re-Captcha program that uses your input to digitize the world’s libraries, click this link.
• We’ve added social buttons…if you like something, you can “like” it on Facebook, or tweet it on Twitter, or +1 on Google Plus, or share it on LinkedIn. That covers all the biggies…if anyone wants a button for some other site, please let me know and I’ll see what we can do.
• HUGE thanks to Shean, who has been tirelessly working on improving the site, especially with content and graphics. If it’s on here and it’s good (and especially if it looks good) it’s probably due to Shean’s work.

There’s a bunch more stuff going on under the covers (automating backups, spam-fighting tools, traffic statistics, etc) as well. That’s the latest. Thanks for visiting, keep the great ideas flowing, and we’ll see you in lodge!