From the East

Gary Iverson

Worshipful Master

Salutations,

I want to start out this month by thanking your Lodge Officers and the others that helped cook and serve the Stated Meeting dinner at the August Stated Meeting.  The food was delicious and cooked to perfection by Worshipful Frank Gillespie and our newly raised Brother James Wong.  Special thanks to Brother Bill Booth (your Senior Warden) and Mike Winford (your Junior Warden) for their help in coordinating the kitchen effort.  Thanks also to Brother James Arend (your Senior Deacon) and Mike Frias (your Junior Deacon) for their help in getting the food out.  We even had two men who have been elected, but not even Initiated that pitched in to help – both Mr. Matt Maloof and Mr. Paulo Amaral were busy as bees – and my thanks went out to them.  If this is any indication, they will be great members.  On top of all this, everyone involved in putting on the Stated Meeting Dinner has fun.  It was a spectacular effort by all, and I am sure I left someone off the list (and my apology if I did leave you off).

As with the first part of this year, we have a lot planned for your Lodge.  Please check out the calendar and see what you can attend.  For example, there is a Third Degree for Brother Brian Whittig on September 3 at 7PM.  Also, we will be having a lot of First Degrees coming up, and it really means a lot to the newly Initiated Brother and your Lodge when you attend.  Your attendance demonstrates that there are a lot of Brothers who care about Freemasonry, and that the fraternity they are joining is indeed the greatest in the world (maybe I am a bit prejudice, but I think Masonry is the greatest fraternity in the world).

On another note, Grand Lodge continues to remind us on the importance of supporting our Masonic Youth Groups.  I want to add my voice to that cause and ask all members to try and become involved.  We are lucky to have all three Masonic Youth groups meet at our Lodge, and we need to support their efforts to help encourage positive behavior among our youth.

Finally, we will be going over the Grand Lodge resolutions at the September meeting.  I will be posting the resolutions on the bulleting board at the Lodge so everyone has a chance to look them over before the Stated Meeting. 

As I said before, the rest of this year promises to be as exciting as the first.  All we need is for you to come out and enjoy the great things that folks have worked so hard to put on for your benefit.  Harmony abounds in your Lodge, lots of friends await your attendance, and your presence makes the Lodge even better.  See you at the next event, meeting, or activity.

                                                                             Gary Iverson - Master                                                                 

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From the West

Bill Booth

Senior Warden

Brethren,

      Hope everyone had a good summer and vacation alike.  Congratulations to our newly raised Brother, James Wong, the degree went real good and the officer’s did a real nice job. We have more 3^rd Degrees coming up in August and will cover them in the next article, also September 3^rd Brother Brian Whittig will receive his 3^rd degree, hope to see as many of you that can show up.  September has a full line of events listed on the calendar, also the stated meeting of August went real well with the officer’s cooking and also the help on many other’s in attendance.

Fraternally,

Bill Booth

Senior Warden

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(From the Southern California Research Lodge Newsletter)

Originally sent by Jerome K Pascoe, P.M.,

Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium:

     “The Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium* works in three languages, French, Nederlands (Flemish) and English.  As you might imagine, for those knowing only one language, a Grand Lodge meeting here can be an unnerving affair! (* Recognized by the G.L. of California.)”

     Brother Pascoe also extended an invitation to attend his Lodge, in Brussels, the Chevalier Ramsay Lodge No. 4.  It is one of the few Lodges in Europe working in the California Rite, and in English! “We meet at the Grand Lodge building in the centre of Brussels on the second and fourth Mondays”.

I just thought all of you would be interested in this – Gary Iverson, Master

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