Catch up

Time to catch up on things….

St john’s Lodge had some interesting programs in the past couple months :

Scottish Rite night in Blue Lodge

February –  members of the Valley of Reading presented a program on the Scottish Rite.  They visited dressed in costumes from some Scottish Rite degrees – it was a very entertaining meeting from what I’ve heard (I actually missed the meeting due to my Sister-in-Law’s memorial/funeral service.  I am glad everyone had a good time, and thankful that my Scottish Rite brethren went to GREAT lengths to create a very different blue lodge program.

York Rite Night - Knights Templar!

March – Members from Reading Commandery No 9,  Knights Templar visited and presented a fine York Rite masonry degree.  They attended in full uniform and presented the flag in true Knights Templar fashion.

Glorious Orbs of St John's Lodge

April – Our meeting fell on April Fool’s day.  So jokes and pranks were on the agenda.  It was also our Official Visitation with many of the Master and Wardens of the 7th Masonic District in attendance.  We had lots of laughs, all good humored jokes including joy buzzer, squirting bow tie, remote control fart machine, garlic flavored candy and some fun presentations – to Bro Mike Huck, making him our official unofficial photographer, and the Glorious Orbs of St John’s Lodge.  It was a terriffic night by all accounts.

In between we attended other Visitations – THese visitations foster GREAT fellowship and comeraderie….

We’ve got a great group of officers with alot of zeal, who want to organize a night at the Reading Phillies, take part in a parade later in the year, and hold a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser.

My fellow Worshipful Masters are a great group of brethren to hang with.  Good natured – and good humored – a pleasure to serve with!

We are bringing FUN into the blue lodge, making more contacts via phone, web and snail mail with our members and I believe it’s beginning to pay dividends – attendance is up, interest seems to be on the increase, and we currently have 8 candidates at various stages of joining the Lodge, so membership is on the rise.

It has been alot of work to get it all going, but I think we’re on the right track for growth.

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