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A new masonic year has arrived
and I wish to thank you for electing me as your Worshipful Master. I
will endeavor to continue the tradition of striving for excellence and
community set forth by my predecessors who have taken excellent care of
the lodge before me. My theme for the lodge this year is “Tending to the
Foundations”. Our lodge has been growing in ritual knowledge, Masonic
education, and in numbers of brethren over the last couple of years and
this year my three goals are to focus on some of the basic things that
makes our lodge prosper; communication, community and charity.
First, some time ago our lodge began its first yahoo email group aimed
at streamlining communication. I wish to build upon this program and set
forth the means to further improve communication, not just from the
officers to the lodge but amongst the brethren as well. This will
include expanding our use of the email list as well as the establishment
of a lodge member directory. Please check with the secretary to make
sure your contact information is correct. You can register yourself for
the lodge email list by sending a request to “Cherrydale42-subscribe@yahoogroups.com”.
Please be sure to include your name so we can verify your request.
Second, community within the lodge is of vital importance to our growth
and success. I’m planning to implement some programs this year to
increase that community and fellowship amongst the brethren in hopes of
strengthening our brotherly bonds and with our families as well. These
programs will include non-formal dinners, family events such as our
lodge BBQ & ice cream socials, and tours of the Masonic memorials in the
area. On Feb. 16th we will have a tiled table lodge to celebrate the
90th Anniversary of Cherrydale Lodge. See Bro. Hone or myself to RSVP
for the table lodge. The first ice cream social will be Mar. 29th at the
lodge, bring your family.
Lastly, I wish to improve our participation with our charities. This
year I hope to start a new tradition of selecting a single charity
partner for the entire year and focusing on not just having them as a
guest speaker, but actively participating with them each quarter. I feel
that by doing this we will better support our charity partner and also
build upon our own brotherly bonds. The charity partner I have selected
for this year is the Arlington Food Assistance Center and we will have
the Director of AFAC speak to us at our Jan 19th Stated Communication
about what they do for the community.
In closing I wish to thank you all for your continued support of the
lodge and its officers and I look forward to working with each of you to
make this year a Masonic success. |
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