Monthly Trestle Board for Trinity Lodge

 Vol. 20,  Number 1

 

 

TRINITY LODGE NO. 130 A.F. & A.M.

 

STATED COMMUNICATION:                            TUESDAY, January  6, 2009; 7:30  pm

                                                                                  Regular Business, Awards, Balloting

                                                                                     Refreshments to follow

 

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION:                          FRIDAY, January 9, 2009; 7:00 pm

                                                                                     Installation of 2009 Officers of Trinity Lodge

                                                                                     Supper 6:00 pm

                                                                                     Officers Dress: Tux or Dark Suit

 

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION:                          TUESDAY, January 20, 2009; 7:00 pm

                                                                                     EA Degree ( 3 Candidates)

                                                                                     Refreshments

 

          

BY ORDER OF:                                                       ATTESTED:

        Stanley L. Baker, Wor. Master                          R.W. Milton E. Smith, Secretary

 

 

Masonic Renewal

 

             Brethren, as we start a new year in our lives and a new year in our Masonic Calendar, let us stop and reflect on our masonry and what it means to us personally. We are about to install a new Master and he must promise to uphold the Ancient Charges of the Order. My brethren are you familiar with those charges that we all as members are charged to live by. Here are a few: Do you agree to be a good man and true? Do you agree to be a peaceable citizen, and cheerfully to conform to the laws of the country in which you reside? Do you agree to avoid private piques and quarrels, and to guard against intemperance and excess? Do You agree to be cautious in carriage and behavior, courteous to your brethren, and faithful to your lodge? Do you promise to respect genuine Brethren, and to dis-countenance impostors and all dissenters from the original plan of Masonry? Do you agree to promote the general good of society, to cultivate the social virtues, and to propagate the knowledge of the art? Do you admit that it is not in the power of any man, or body of men, to make innovations in the body of Masonry? Brethren these are but a few of those ancient charges and regulations that point out our duties as Masons. If you would like to hear them all be at our Installation on the 9th.

                                                                                                                                       

JANUARY MASONIC BIRTHDAYS

FIFTY YEARS!

MASONIC MEMBERSHIP CARD
- Author Unknown

I hold in my hand a little scrap of paper

2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches in size.

It is of no intrinsic worth,

not a bond, not a check or receipt for valuables,

yet it is my most priceless possession.

It is my membership card in a Masonic Lodge.

It tells me that I have entered

into a spiritual kinship with my fellow Masons

to practice charity in word and deed;

to forgive and forget the faults of my brethren;

to hush the tongues of scandal and innuendo;

to care for the crippled, the hungry and the sick,

and to be fair and just to all mankind.

It tells me that no matter where

I may travel in the world,

I am welcome to visit a place where good fellowship prevails among brothers and friends.

It tells me that my loved ones, my home,

and my household are under the protection

of every member of this great Fraternity,

who have sworn to defend and protect mine

as I have sworn to defend and protect theirs.

It tells me that should I ever be overtaken

by adversity or misfortune

through no fault of my own,

the hands of every Mason on the face of the earth

will be stretched forth to assist me in my necessities.

And finally, it tells me

that when my final exit from the stage of life has been made,

there will be gathered around my lifeless body,

friends and brothers who will recall to mind my virtues,

though they be but few,

and will forget my faults,

though they may be many.

It tells me that, and a great deal more,

this little card,

and makes me proud yet humble,

that I can possess this passport

into a society of friends and brothers

that are numbered in the millions.

SO MOTE IT BE !!

Worshipful Richard H. Duncan was presented his 50 Year Veterans Medal on December 2nd By RW Donald A. Savage with the assistance of the worshipful Master, Stanley L. Baker.

W. Duncan was Master of Trinity Lodge in 1965. He donned his lamb shin from his raising for this occasion.