TIDINGS FROM THE WEST
It has been another busy month for the
officers Golden Ark. There has been plenty of work to keep us busy and
the Table Lodge was fantastic as always. I hope every one had a great
time at the annual Table Lodge. We had a great turn out for the degrees
this past month. Next month should be fairly busy with the election of
Officers and planning for the up coming year. I would just like to say
it has been a pleasure serving as your Senior Warden for the year of
2006.
Fraternally Yours,
Brother.
Timothy Walker
Senior Warden
GREETINGS FROM THESOUTH
Hele Brothers!
Another month has passed, and we’re raising another Brother, How Exciting! It’s great to see so many Brothers taking part in our ritual work. Hopefully, the new brothers will be inspired to learn more and take a part in the rights/rites, and the whole Lodge will benefit.
As this Masonic year comes to a close, I would like to thank all of the Brothers for helping me in my endeavors as Junior Warden.
Fraternally,
George K. Graham Jr.
Junior Warden
Not one person ever joined Masonry because George Washington was a Mason. Not one person ever joined Masonry because Harry Truman was a Mason. Not one person ever joined because of any of our great Masonic heroes. Joining doesn't make you any of those people.
Not one person ever joined in order to give a million dollars a day to charity, or homes, or crippled children. You don't have to be a member to give money.
Not one person ever joined because our ritual is outstanding, or our minutes are accurate, or a hundred other things we worry about. They don't know about our ritual.
They joined because someone they knew and admired was a Mason. It could have been a father, a friend, a man down the street, or someone a thousand miles away.
Who, it didn't matter. They admired him and wanted to do the things he did, and they did it by the millions.
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Masons are men who voluntarily asked to join a lodge. They were accepted because they were good men who believe in God and hold high ethical and moral ideals. They go to meetings which they call the lodge, in order to learn and to teach what 'friendship, morality, and truth really involve, and to practice on a small scale the reality of brotherhood. They also have meetings open to their wives, children, and friends where they promote an understanding of the serious nature of the Fraternity by entertainment and sociability. Practical programs for charity and relief are planned and executed. The special kinship they feel for each other as a brotherhood is their deepest satisfaction
