A NEW BEGINNING!

September 22, 2020

Sunset Lodge No. 623 took steps in a new direction at the Stated Meeting last night. With 16 members present the vote was unanimous to approve the merger with Beallsville Lodge No 237. The merger will be effective on St John's Day next (December 27, 2020) when the two lodges will become Sunset Lodge No. 237. The new officers will be installed at the January Stated Meeting assuming that we will be able to hold one at that time.

Until that time Sunset 623 will not be meeting in person. We have acquired a Zoom license and will be hosting officer meetings, mentor meetings, and member get together sessions in the interim and likely throughout the coming year until the virus situation is under control. More information on that subject is forthcoming on this web site.

Last night we also suspended six members who have failed to pay dues for 2020, voted in favor of a petition for initiation and membership, read out three new petitions for initiation and membership, voted to accept two transfers and voted to accept two resignations. 

We look forward to our new partnership with the members of Beallsville Lodge and feel assured that the Lodge will prosper in the coming years.

NEWS & NOTES

>> 6-1-2019 New Online Calendar with the building schedule.

>> 7-26-19 A security camera system is now installed throughout the building. Three cameras cover the back entrance door, the emergency exit, and parking lot. A camera covers the kitchen. A camera covers the social hall. Cameras cover the first floor hallway and stairway, the front door and hallway. A camera covers the side entrance. All of these cameras are high definition and have night vision and are on 24/7. Those coming in and out of the building will be recorded.

>> Pictures of Center basement renovation project.. click to view slideshow.

>> Pictures of the closed 3rd and 4th floors of the Masonic Center taken 8/3/14.. you must login here to view pictures

>> The Masonic Center has a low power information radio transmitter installed and operating on 1620 AM for passerby's to tune in. The radio gives out information about who meets in the building and other pertinent facts about the Fraternity.

>> CBS Sunday Morning presents an inside look at Freemasonry click here to view the video.

FREE & ACCEPTED - the origin of this Masonic phrase

The origin of these terms, descriptive of Speculative Freemasons, goes back into the very beginnings of the history of the Order; indeed, behind the history of the building Craft in Europe.

But it is only in keeping with the antiquity of the teachings of Freemasonry. Many of our symbols and their meanings go back to the very childhood of the race. Through these a direct relationship may be traced in mind, heart and ideal; if not in written document, to such diverse ages and places as China four thousand years ago, the priesthood of ancient Egypt and the Jews of the Captivity.

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When is a man a true Mason?

Answer: When he can look out over the rivers, the hills and the far horizons with a profound sense of his own littleness in the vast scheme of things, and yet have faith, hope, charity and courage. When he knows that down in his heart every man is as noble, as vile, as divine, as diabolic, and as lonely as himself, and seeks to know, to forgive and to love his fellowmen.

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