From the East

Gary Iverson

Worshipful Master

Greetings,

     We find ourselves half way through this year, and things in our Lodge couldn’t be better.  We have new applications coming in every month, and we are also electing new members to receive the Degrees of Masonry every month.  Your Lodge Officers keep doing great Degree work, and our events are well attended and fun.  All we are missing is YOU!!!!

Speaking of events…My thanks to Bill Powers for putting on the first annual Masonic Family Youth Gathering at your Lodge.  On May 23 members from all of our Masonic Youth Groups got together for an evening of fun and dancing.  I guess the disc jockey was a hit.  This was the first event like this we have had, and it was so well received that I am recommending it be added to the calendar next year.  My thanks also to the Youth Advisors that stepped up and helped Bill. Our Masonic Youth Group members are looking forward to doing this again.

My thanks also to Gayle Richmond and Crew for putting on another great Picnic at the Covina Masonic Home on May 30.  There was so much help it would be impossible to list here, and all that help made things go smooth.  The food was superb, the Fellowship was abundant, and everyone had a good time.  I was personally told by the residents of the home and our visitors from the Eastern Star home that they were appreciative of what we did, and that they had a good time.  It was nice to see all the Lodge members and families there as well.  Another annual success.

We have a lot of Third Degrees coming up.  I would seriously like to ask all Master Masons to consider coming to as many of these degrees as possible.  If you haven’t been to your Lodge recently, this is a great opportunity for you to come back.  Your Lodge Officers have been practicing hard, and if the other degrees are any indication, the work will be worth coming to see.

As we all know, Masonry is a life-long path of self-improvement and enlightenment.  To facilitate that journey down the path toward being a better man, a call has gone out from Masons to conduct Masonic Education.  Your Golden Trowel Norwalk Lodge has started a program of Masonic education that we call “A Masonic Roundtable”.  Our first Masonic Roundtable is scheduled for June 19, and hasn’t yet happened as I write this.   Our next Masonic Roundtable will be on July 17 at 7PM, and all Master Masons are invited to attend.  The topic for July is “Living as a Mason”.  I hope to see all of you there.

Good things are happening at YOUR Lodge.  Please come share the good times, the good Fellowship, and the good experiences.  You will be happy you did..

                                                                                 Gary Iverson - Master                                                                 

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