|
Please Note: These pages are for general information only. All sensitive information has been eliminated prior to posting. Our membership will continue to receive a printed Lodge notice by mail, containing all pertinent information. |
| Calendar of Events | From the East |
The Complete Notice
PASSWORD
ENCRYPTED |
460 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville, MA 02460
Fifth Masonic District
Dear Brother;
A Regular Stated Communication of
GARDEN CITY LODGE, A.F. & A.M.
will be held at the Masonic Apartments
460 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville, Massachusetts, on:
THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024
All members are requested to attend,
and all Masons are cordially invited.
|
5:30 P.M: OPEN – THIRD
DEGREE
5:40 P.M:
BUSINESS MEETING
A.
To
receive the reports of the Treasurer and Secretary.
B.
To read
and accept applications.
C.
Election
of Officers: The following slate of officers has been
proposed for the 2024-2025 Masonic year:
Worshipful Master...
Wor. Mal H.
Lemeshow
D.
Vote to
suspend those in arrears in dues to the Lodge.
E.
Vote to
enter into final merger talks with Moses Michael Hays Lodge of
Needham.
6:15 P.M: WORK --
Master Mason Degree –
First Section
If Entitled: One candidate
7:00 P.M: DINNER: BBQ Ribs and Chicken Alternate: Some kind of Fish
Catered by: Meal Cost .............. $30.00
For meal reservations, please contact our or use our on-line reservation form to indicate your choice of entree no later than 6:00pm, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Reservations are required! B rethren, Please honor your reservations.8:00 PM: WORK: MASTER MASON DEGREE Second and Third Sections The candidate will be raised to the Sublime
Degree of Master Mason by the Past Masters of Garden City Lodge
and Moses Michael Hays Lodge.
CLOSE: A
collation will be available in the dining hall |
|
Attest:
|
By Order of:
|
| Service Committee: |
|
Please notify the Service Committee
chairman, Wor. Ross Scribner,
the
Master or
Secretary
with any news concerning the welfare of the Brethren and their families.
What are the functions It is not the primary function of Masonry
to initiate candidates, or to enlarge its membership. Were it
so, there would be no basis for our laws against proselytizing. The ordinary function of a Masonic Lodge
indeed, the primary function of our Craft, is to train its
members to an understanding of the truths which its rituals and
its ceremonies are calculated to inculcate, to develop its
members as benevolent men, to cultivate the social virtues among
men, and to propagate the knowledge of the art. The chief concern of the Lodge is with its
welfare, the happiness, the Masonic development of its members,
not with the admission of those who seek entrance to its doors.
Its success as a Masonic Lodge cannot be gauged by the length of
its membership roll or by the size of its accumulated funds.
The beauty of our ritual, and the good fellowship among
the members of our Lodges cannot be conserved when the chief aim
is to make Masons and money; "for a man's life consisteth not in
the abundance of things which he possesseth"; and a Lodge's life
does not consist in its acquisitions, but in the contribution
which it makes to civilization and society through the influence
to those whom it has helped to train to what we call Masonic
character. Therefore, it should be the duty of every Masonic
Lodge to put in action a plan for the education of its members
in Masonic history, symbolism and philosophy, devoting more of
its meetings to this much-neglected function. Masonic Light via
the Wenatchee Masonic News
Freemason
Leadership:
"Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to
impact others? Talk about your failures." -John Maxwell
|
| EVENT | DATE and INFORMATION |
| 5th Lodge of Instruction | http://www.fifthmasonicdistrict.org/loi.html |
|
DATE |
EVENT |
|
June 6, 2024 |
Officers' Rehearsal |
|
June 12, 2024 |
Grand Lodge Quarterly Communication |
|
June 13, 2024 |
Garden City Lodge Stated Communication |
|
July 27, 2024 |
Learning Center Golf Tournament |
| From the East: |
My
Brothers,
It is hard to believe that
June is again upon us.
A very special thank you to
Wor. Sam Opland on a fantastic
presentation of the history of
Freemasonry and South Africa.
Also,
a special thank you to Wor. Kirk
Knowlton for reminding us of
Memorial Day’s significant and true
meaning at our regular meeting.
I also
thank Wor. Ben Bloomenthal, the
Master of Moses Michael Hays Lodge,
and all the Garden City Lodge
members present for the Fellow Craft
Degree for our candidates in Needham
on May 14th. Congratulations to our
new Fellow Crafts on your arrival to
the Middle Chamber.
June
will be a hectic month. We will be
electing our new slate of officers
for the ensuing year, voting to
pursue the finalization of the
merger, and raising three worthy
brothers to the Sublime Degree of
Master Mason, all while celebrating
Past Masters’ Night. We will also be
sharing the work of the Degree with
our potential Lodge of merger, Moses
Michael Hays Lodge. I hope that many
of you will come and share in the
event this evening to get to know
our future brothers better. It will
be a great night in Freemasonry.
As you
will see, pending the June
elections, I will be taking a
different position in the Lodge.
I
thank every one of you for
supporting your Lodge officers and
myself. It has been a great year
with many wonderful memories. Please
remember your brethren and don’t
forget to check in on them over our
summer break. I wish every one of
you a very happy, healthy, and
restful summer, and may the Supreme
Architect of the Universe bless you
all and your families.
Click to [Return to Garden City Lodge's Home Page]
or [Return to Fifth District Main Page]