Welcome to Our Newest Master Mason and Initiate

On Monday evening November 22nd, Brother Troy L. Smith received the sublime degree of a Master Mason. Also receiving his Entered Apprentice Mason Degree was Brother Louis S. Valenzi. The Master Mason Degree degree was conferred by Brother Matthew A. Boice, P.M., and the Entered Apprentice Degree was conferred by Kevin J. Blostic, P.M. Pictured with the degree team in the front row l-r are Lodge Worshipful Master Eugene A. Kelley, P.M., Brothers Louis Valenzi, Troy Smith and Edward E. Cochran, P.M., Joseph Breckons, Jr., P.M. Back row l-r Brothers Leslie Moore, P.M., Kevin Blostic, P.M., Matthew Boice, P.M., Drew E. Manko, Joseph Breckons III.

We welcome Brother Smith as a full member of our lodge and Brother Valenzi as our newest initiate.

We look forward to Brother Smith completing the requirements for the Master Builder Award offered by the Grand Lodge to newly made masons.

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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