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FEBRUARY, 2012
From the Master:
Brothers,
It has been a great month. We have done four First Degrees and have more to come. The pancake breakfast went off without a hitch.
Thank you, Brother Tim Thomas for a great job. I want to thank W.B Marc Mittelsteadt for getting the a/c unit fixed and all your help
on getting the treasurers invoicing done. You are a real asset to the lodge.
February is already upon us and we have a great deal going on at the lodge. The Fish Fry is coming at the end of the month, the
Master Mason education night and our usual education night and this Tuesday night is Ladies Night.
I want to wish a speedy recovery to WB Forrest Page and Brother Mike Checknis. I hope to see you soon.
Fraternally,
Rick Hinson WM
From the Senior Warden:
Hello Brethren,
2012 has gotten off to a great start for Wayfarers. We have four new brothers since the last Trestle Board and more petitions coming in
all the time. We also started a second Masonic Education program for Master Masons only.
Our annual pancake breakfast was a success. We thank you Bro. Tim and special thanks to your wife and to Bro. Bob Ruillard for all their
cheerful help. I'd also like to thank all the brothers who came out to support the breakfast and socialize.
Our annual Fish Fry is coming up. Flyers will be available by Friday 2/3 and the event will be Friday February 24 at 7pm. Please come
and join us, eat all you want in awesome company.
Please check the calendar frequently. It's now available online so if you'd like to subscribe and enjoy real time updates. Please feel
free to contact me. It's easy and it's free.
Fraternally Yours,
George Daggett SW
From the Junior Warden:
Brothers,
The four first degrees over the last month and two recent affiliations are
an excellent reminder that Wayfarers is a thriving lodge attracting a
variety of men. These men are a result of all the hard work that has gone
in to the remodeling of the lodge and in to the education programs over the
last couple of years. These accomplishments are an outward and visible
symbol of the wonderfully committed men that make up our lodge. Everyone who
has had a significant role should be very proud of themselves.
There has been a problem of declining membership in historically significant
social organizations since the 1960's. Historical churches and fraternal
organizations have been the two primary victims of this and the trend does
not seem to be reversing. I do not see this as a problem where Freemasonry
is concerned. Eventually, there will be a cyclical rejection of the
neo-pagan modernity and men will search out the traditional organizations
that have help build the America that we live in today. These men will come
to us seeking out the knowledge that we hold so dearly, those eternal truths
that we are so eager to share to the worthy through our degrees. Through
these men the craft will safely pass through to future generations, they
being as smart, dynamic and committed as our great brethren that brought
Freemasonry to us.
Each generation views its own problems with a special kind of narcissism and
tries to solve them accordingly. One of the traps that we as twenty first
century Freemasons can fall in to is the rejection of the historic practice
of not recruiting, whether it be under the guise of targeted public
relations or going as far as actually recruiting. Freemasons must
differentiate themselves from the profane and require all men who petition
to seek out the craft for our historic and current values and deeds.
Freemasonry is not for everyone, but the worthy who seek us out will become
our representatives and our future. Whatever our numbers, it is the good
and the knowledge that we possess that is our greatest strength.
Fraternally,
Jeremy Borie JW
From the Secretary:
Brothers,
As information, we still have a number of Brothers who have not sent in their 2012 dues. It is important that the dues get paid as
early as possible as we have to pay the Grand Lodge fees early in the year, as they are now due. We have been having a lot of Degree
work and I would like to see some faces we haven't seen in a long time. A number of our Brothers appear to be just names on our roster.
I would sure like to put a face with each name. Visit your Lodge every now and then. Remember the dues are $128.00 per year and please
send them in as soon as possible. Also, check the Lodge website calendar for Lodge activities.
Yours in the Craft,
Walter Hinson PM
Secretary
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