by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
First I would like to thank all of you who came out to Lodge this past Tuesday. That was by far the largest crowd of the year and was so nice to see our dining room and Lodge Room so full. The evening started out with the presentation of a 25 Year Silver Anniversary Pin to Brother Jonathan Holden. After the award presentation, we then raised a Brother to the sublime degree of a Master Mason. Be sure to congratulate our newest Master Mason Brother Michael Redding when you see him. Thanks to all who stayed through until the very end and to those who helped put this degree on. It was a fantastic performance and although not the last Master Mason Degree we will have (1 more in November), it was the last Master Mason that I will confer as your Worshipful Master.
This coming Tuesday we were going to be having another Masonic Education on the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and how you can support them, however, our presenter had a conflicting engagement come up and had to cancel. We will look to see if we can get this rescheduled for a bit later this year. So for this Tuesday we will just be having dinner and a social evening. For all the Lodge Officers, your attendance is required (to be read as mandatory) in the Lodge room at 7:00pm for an Officer Meeting. Topic will be move-up month as well as Lodge of Instruction and the Grand Master’s One-Day class.
On Wednesday, October 27th at Oakland Lodge #140 (address below) will be our Lodge of Instruction. It will be over the Entered Apprentice Degree and is open only to Master Masons. Oakland will be the Opening Lodge and Millersville will close. I have already contacted Oakland with a head count for Millersville but if you had a change of heart and would still like to come, let me know.
As everyone will recall, this year’s Master Mason class is dedicated to the memory of WB Mark Griffin. The rocks glasses commissioned to honor the memory of WB Mark Griffin are in and can be purchased from your officers. These glasses look incredible and are American made! The price for a single glass will be $10.00, two for $18.00 and a set of 4 will be $35.00. Make sure to get your glass(es) early to remember the life of such a dedicated Mason and Veteran.
Quote of the Week:
“Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn’t mean anything else.
S. Lewis Writer
We have all probably said something at one time or another that was taken in a way that we did not intend. It may have led to an argument or hurt feelings or some other form of unwanted attention because of it. This is especially true when using social media where it is just words on a screen and the receiver is left to judge for themselves what kind of tone you used or where they can’t see your body language. We often blame the receiver for the miscommunication. We should all though take a moment to think how our words will be received by others and maybe try and find different ways to portray the information.
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Oct. 26 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (WB Steve Sonafrank will be talking about the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and the Gold Card Program)
Oct. 27 – Lodge of Instruction
- Host Lodge Oakland Lodge #140
11756 Verdin Street
Indianapolis (Oaklandon), IN 46236
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm – Only Master Masons may attend
Nov. 2 – Stated Meeting
- 6:00pm Dinner
- 7:00pm Lodge
Nov. 6 – Grand Master’s One-Day Class at the Shrine
- EA Degree 8:00am – 9:15am
- FC Degree 9:45am – 11:30am (Millersvile Lodge will confer)
- Lunch 11:30am – 12:45pm
- MM Degree 12:45pm – 3:00pm
This Week’s Birthdays
Virgil Baldwin (10/25), Eric Krall (10/25), Douglas McCoy (10/27), Brian Wilcox (10/27), Joe Ketterman (10/29), Chad Wilson (10/29), Phil Sheingold (10/31)
This Week’s Raisings
David Farmer (10/25), John Walker (10/25), Ian Miller (10/25), David Greer (10/27), Terry Harris (10/28), Christopher Kinsey (10/28), Ron Featherston (10/29), Matthew Benson (10/29), Carl York (10/30), David Lumley (10/30), Dwight Stinson (10/30)
Master’s Travels
If anyone is planning to travel or visit another Lodge or has been asked to come assist with a degree, please reach out to me and let me know so we can get a few more Brothers to go and make a visit out of it. Below is the travel opportunities site I go to. If you see anything there that interests you make sure to let me know. This is also a great opportunity for Mentors to take their mentees to see some extra degree work to aid in their learning.
We are sitting at 10 different Lodges visited for a total of 590 round trip miles. We have completed the requirements for both of the Grand Lodge Travel Awards. That doesn’t mean we are going to stop traveling as I would like to see us go for some of the many traveling implements in the area and bring them home to Millersville. We will have a bit more upcoming travel soon as we will once again be going dark during July and August, however, we will need to keep our ritual game strong by traveling around and watching and being a part of degrees at other Lodges.
http://masoniccalendar.blogspot.com/
Brian Bates
Worshipful Master
Millersville Lodge #126
Mobile: 260-615-8013
Email: tazmanfw@gmail.com
Masonic Appendant Body News
Scottish Rite
November 3, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner 5:30 pm – Meeting 7:00 pm followed by 12th Degree
November 13, 2021 – Convocation – 8:00 am start – 4th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 32nd Degrees
December 1, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner at 5:30 pm – Meeting at 7:00 pm
December 5, 2021 – Orchestra Winter Concert 3:00 pm – Theater
December 11, 2021 – Children’s Christmas Party – Magic Show in Theater 2:00 pm, Games and Fun in the Grand Hall at 2:30 pm.
York Rite
Oct. 27 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 10 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 24 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple and Inspection
Murat Shrine
Oasis is now open for lunch Monday thru Friday from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Nov. 6 – Grand Master’s One Day Class
- EA Degree 8:00am – 9:15am
- FC Degree 9:45am – 11:30am (Millersvile Lodge will confer)
- Lunch 11:30am – 12:45pm
- MM Degree 12:45pm – 3:00pm
- Murat Shrine Ceremonial 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Nov. 15 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 27 – 2nd Sportsman Raffle
- $20/ticket for chance at 1 of 50 guns
- See Gregg Stone, Jim Strauss or Wally Renn for tickets
Dec. 20 – Stated Meeting
Order of the Eastern Star
Nov. 3 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 6 – Monthly Community Breakfast
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- $8.00 donation
by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
We are back to doing some degree work this Tuesday as we have a Master Mason Degree on the agenda. Just prior to the degree we will have a 25 Year Award ceremony for Brother Jonathan Holden. Once we finish with the 25 Year Award Ceremony we will jump right into the degree. The cast is set but we would like to see a full house on the sidelines so come on out and show some support for the raising of our soon-to-be newest Master Mason. This will also most likely be the last Master Mason Degree that I will perform as your Worshipful Master. Move-up month (the full month of November) is fast approaching for your officers and they are ready and anxious to prove to the Lodge that they are ready for what will hopefully be the next chair up in the line for them.
Coming up the following week, October 26th, we will be having another Masonic Education night. WB Steve Sonafrank will be talking to us about the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and what it is they do and how you as Masons can help and assist. One of those ways we will learn about is the Gold Card Program and for those who have received their Dues notices already, that is one of the donation/charity categories listed. It is sure to be a very informative evening and will also be broadcast on Facebook Live. I just hope I don’t have the technical difficulties that I had for our last education night. Speaking of which, for those who were in attendance last Tuesday, WB Chris Hodapp gave a very informative presentation on the three different Grand Lodge buildings we have had here in Indiana as well as a bit of history on the early beginnings of Indianapolis and Masonic buildings being at the focal point in many cities. Unfortunately, as I said previous I had some technical difficulties and it looks like my camera went out of focus through a good portion of the presentation. You can still hear everything but it was so much better with the pictures. For those who would still like to listen to this presentation, here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/MillersvilleLodge/videos/902632413705316
On Wednesday, October 27th at Oakland Lodge #140 (address below) will be our Lodge of Instruction. It will be over the Entered Apprentice Degree and is open only to Master Masons. Oakland will be the Opening Lodge and Millersville will close. If you plan to attend this Lodge of Instruction I need to know by this Tuesday (Oct 19th) as I will need to turn in a headcount to Oakland Lodge so they can plan accordingly. This is a mandatory event for the Lodge Officers and dress will be jacket and tie.
As everyone will recall, this year’s Master Mason class is dedicated to the memory of WB Mark Griffin. The rocks glasses commissioned to honor the memory of WB Mark Griffin are in and can be purchased from your officers. These glasses look incredible and are American made! The price for a single glass will be $10.00, two for $18.00 and a set of 4 will be $35.00. Make sure to get your glass(es) early to remember the life of such a dedicated Mason and Veteran.
Quote of the Week:
“There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.”
Norm Macdonald
Comedian
The first part of this advice is one that used to really annoy me when I was younger. I don’t know how many times I heard growing up “Do as I say, Don’t do as I do!” It so very difficult to listen to someone’s advice when you see them doing the opposite of it. It’s as if the advice only sounds good when spoken but really isn’t worth much else. The latter is something I now deal with almost constantly at work. My junior employees will ask for my input on some matter but then as I am giving it, they go into debate mode with me over it. It’s like, why are you asking for input if your mind is already made up? It’s like they only want your advice/input when it matches what they are envisioning in their mind. To me what this all comes down to is this. When giving advice, do your best to set a good example for the conduct of others less informed. When asking for advice, clear your mind and actually listen to what the other person is saying, don’t start formulating an argument in the middle of their speaking as you will then have ineffective listening and not hear fully what it is they are trying to convey.
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Oct. 19 – Master Mason Degree (Michael Redding)
- Dinner 6:00pm
- 25 Year Award Ceremony
- Lodge 7:00pm
Oct. 26 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (WB Steve Sonafrank will be talking about the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and the Gold Card Program)
Oct. 27 – Lodge of Instruction
- Host Lodge Oakland Lodge #140
11756 Verdin Street
Indianapolis (Oaklandon), IN 46236
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm – Only Master Masons may attend
Nov. 2 – Stated Meeting
- 6:00pm Dinner
- 7:00pm Lodge
This Week’s Birthdays
Donnell Stewart (10/19), David Holden (10/22), Timothy Hunter (10/22), Daniel McAfee (10/23)
This Week’s Raisings
Randy Adams (10/18), Thomas Coers (10/21), Mac Fehsenfeld (10/21), David Holden (10/21), Jonathan Holden (10/22), William Wilfong (10/22), Brad Sweezy (10/22), John Sweezy (10/22), Phil Greenwood, Sr. (10/22), Hector Munoz-Colon (10/23), Ryan Sohn (10/24)
Master’s Travels
If anyone is planning to travel or visit another Lodge or has been asked to come assist with a degree, please reach out to me and let me know so we can get a few more Brothers to go and make a visit out of it. Below is the travel opportunities site I go to. If you see anything there that interests you make sure to let me know. This is also a great opportunity for Mentors to take their mentees to see some extra degree work to aid in their learning.
We are sitting at 10 different Lodges visited for a total of 590 round trip miles. We have completed the requirements for both of the Grand Lodge Travel Awards. That doesn’t mean we are going to stop traveling as I would like to see us go for some of the many traveling implements in the area and bring them home to Millersville. We will have a bit more upcoming travel soon as we will once again be going dark during July and August, however, we will need to keep our ritual game strong by traveling around and watching and being a part of degrees at other Lodges.
http://masoniccalendar.blogspot.com/
Brian Bates
Worshipful Master
Millersville Lodge #126
Mobile: 260-615-8013
Email: tazmanfw@gmail.com
Masonic Appendant Body News
Scottish Rite
October 24, 2021 – Children’s Halloween Party – 2:00 pm – Grand Hall
November 3, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner 5:30 pm – Meeting 7:00 pm followed by 12th Degree
November 13, 2021 – Convocation – 8:00 am start – 4th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 32nd Degrees
December 1, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner at 5:30 pm – Meeting at 7:00 pm
December 5, 2021 – Orchestra Winter Concert 3:00 pm – Theater
December 11, 2021 – Children’s Christmas Party – Magic Show in Theater 2:00 pm, Games and Fun in the Grand Hall at 2:30 pm.
York Rite
Oct. 27 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 10 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 24 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple and Inspection
Murat Shrine
Oasis is now open for lunch Monday thru Friday from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Oct. 18 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 6 – Grand Master’s One Day Class
- EA Degree 8:00am – 9:15am
- FC Degree 9:45am – 11:30am (Millersvile Lodge will confer)
- Lunch 11:30am – 12:45pm
- MM Degree 12:45pm – 3:00pm
- Murat Shrine Ceremonial 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Nov. 15 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 27 – 2nd Sportsman Raffle
- $20/ticket for a chance at 1 of 50 guns
- See Gregg Stone, Jim Strauss, or Wally Renn for tickets
Dec. 20 – Stated Meeting
Order of the Eastern Star
Oct. 21 – Marion County Worthy Matrons Meeting
Nov. 6 – Monthly Community Breakfast
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- $8.00 donation
by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
This Tuesday we return to Masonic Education followed by Craft Guild. We welcome Chris Hodapp who will be teaching us about the three different Grand Lodge Buildings we have had here in Indiana. Chris has published several books including Freemasons for Dummies, Solomon’s Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington D.C., Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies for Dummies and many others. He has also been featured on the History Channel, Discovery Channel and American Heroes Channel to name a few. This is sure to be an education night you will not want to miss. Following that we will move upstairs to the Lodge room for Craft Guild to shake off the cobwebs and get ourselves back into a ritual mindset as we have a Master Mason Degree approaching the following week. We really need members of the Lodge to step up and start coming to Craft Guild and stepping in to learn some ritual. Our pool of ritualists is shrinking and it’s getting tougher and tougher to cast these degrees. I can assure you that learning ritual is not as daunting as it may seem and WB Bruce who leads our Craft Guild makes it a lot of fun and is full of a lot of great pointers and tips. We will have one final education night on the last Tuesday of October (26th). WB Steve Sonafrank will be presenting on the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and what they do as well as about the Gold Card Program and how you can support the Foundation. If there is something you would like to see a Masonic Education talk on in the future, reach out to WB Martin McAfee, Senior Warden DJ Wood or Junior Warden Charles Moore and let them know.
On Wednesday, October 27th at Oakland Lodge #140 (address below) will be our Lodge of Instruction. It will be over the Entered Apprentice Degree and is open only to Master Masons. Oakland will be the Opening Lodge and Millersville will close. If you plan to attend this Lodge of Instruction I need to know by the end of the week as I will need to turn in a headcount to Oakland Lodge so they can plan accordingly. This is a mandatory event for the Lodge Officers and dress will be jacket and tie.
As everyone will recall, this year’s Master Mason class is dedicated to the memory of WB Mark Griffin. The rocks glasses commissioned to honor the memory of WB Mark Griffin are in and can be purchased from your officers. These glasses look incredible and are American made! The price for a single glass will be $10.00, two for $18.00 and a set of 4 will be $35.00. Make sure to get your glass(es) early to remember the life of such a dedicated Mason and Veteran.
Quote of the Week:
“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”
F. Matthias Alexander
Actor |
What are your habits Brothers? It is never too late to change your bad habits and make better choices. Masonry takes good men and makes them better. You are all good men who sought out Masonry for different reasons but the one underlying reason is to make a better version of yourselves. Have you really thought about the lessons that are taught in the degrees you have been through? Have you let yourself be changed by them?
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Oct. 12 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (History of the 3 different Grand Lodge Buildings in Indiana. Presented by Chris Hodapp)
- Craft Guild will follow at approx. 7:30pm
Oct. 19 – Master Mason Degree (Michael Redding)
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Oct. 26 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (WB Steve Sonafrank will be talking about the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and the Gold Card Program)
- Craft Guild will follow at approx. 7:30pm
Oct. 27 – Lodge of Instruction
- Host Lodge Oakland Lodge #140
11756 Verdin Street
Oaklandon, IN 46236
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm – Only Master Masons may attend
This Week’s Birthdays
Richard Fryer (10/14), J.D. Cash (10/15), Brandon Clymer (10/15), Doug Euers (10/15), Jacob Buchanan (10/16)
This Week’s Raisings
Jim Bognanno (10/13), Jason Saunders (10/13), Thomas Cooper (10/14), Robert Cichocky (10/15), John Koren, III (10/16), Chad Wilson (10/17)
Master’s Travels
If anyone is planning to travel or visit another Lodge or has been asked to come assist with a degree, please reach out to me and let me know so we can get a few more Brothers to go and make a visit out of it. Below is the travel opportunities site I go to. If you see anything there that interests you make sure to let me know. This is also a great opportunity for Mentors to take their mentees to see some extra degree work to aid in their learning.
We are sitting at 10 different Lodges visited for a total of 590 round trip miles. We have completed the requirements for both of the Grand Lodge Travel Awards. That doesn’t mean we are going to stop traveling as I would like to see us go for some of the many traveling implements in the area and bring them home to Millersville. We will have a bit more upcoming travel soon as we will once again be going dark during July and August, however, we will need to keep our ritual game strong by traveling around and watching and being a part of degrees at other Lodges.
http://masoniccalendar.blogspot.com/
Brian Bates
Worshipful Master
Millersville Lodge #126
Mobile: 260-615-8013
Email: tazmanfw@gmail.com
Masonic Appendant Body News
Scottish Rite
October 15, 2021 – Silent Movie Night – 7:00 pm
October 24, 2021 – Children’s Halloween Party – 2:00 pm – Grand Hall
November 3, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner 5:30 pm – Meeting 7:00 pm followed by 12th Degree
November 13, 2021 – Convocation – 8:00 am start – 4th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 32nd Degrees
December 1, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner at 5:30 pm – Meeting at 7:00 pm
December 5, 2021 – Orchestra Winter Concert 3:00 pm – Theater
December 11, 2021 – Children’s Christmas Party – Magic Show in Theater 2:00 pm, Games and Fun in the Grand Hall at 2:30 pm.
York Rite
Oct. 13 – Hiram Council / H.E.Lackey Commandry Joint Stated Meeting
- 7:00pm Lodge
- 8:00pm Order of Red Cross and Order of Malta (Short Form)
Oct. 27 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 10 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 24 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple and Inspection
Murat Shrine
Oasis is now open for lunch Monday thru Friday from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Oct. 18 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 6 – Grand Master’s One Day Class
- EA Degree 8:00am – 9:15am
- FC Degree 9:45am – 11:30am (Millersvile Lodge will confer)
- Lunch 11:30am – 12:45pm
- MM Degree 12:45pm – 3:00pm
- Murat Shrine Ceremonial 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Nov. 15 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 27 – 2nd Sportsman Raffle
- $20/ticket for chance at 1 of 50 guns
- See Gregg Stone, Jim Strauss or Wally Renn for tickets
Dec. 20 – Stated Meeting
Order of the Eastern Star
Oct. 21 – Marion County Worthy Matrons Meeting
Nov. 6 – Monthly Community Breakfast
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- $8.00 donation
by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
Up this Tuesday is our monthly Stated Meeting. This is a great night to get out to the Lodge and reconnect with Brothers you may not have seen in a while. Come on out for some dinner and fellowship before heading upstairs for a short meeting. We need Brothers at Lodge who are willing to be a part of an Investigating Committee for a petitioner to the Lodge as we will have a few that will be read. We will also be talking about the Fish Fry and how the weekend went for the Lodge.
Last week we had Masonic education on the architectural terms found in the Middle Chamber lecture in regards to the 5 pillars. If you missed it and would still like to view it you can as it was recorded and is on our Facebook page. Here is also the link you can use to get to it: https://www.facebook.com/MillersvilleLodge/videos/1000654814114813
We will be having 2 other Masonic educations during the month of October that you will want to make sure you mark on your calendar. October 12th will be an education on the 3 different Grand Lodge buildings that we have had in Indiana and that will be given by Chris Hodapp. Then on the last Tuesday of the month, Oct 26th, we will learn about the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and the Gold Card program which will be presented by the WB Steve Sonafrank.
As everyone will recall, this year’s Master Mason class is dedicated to the memory of WB Mark Griffin. The rocks glasses commissioned to honor the memory of WB Mark Griffin are in and can be purchased from your officers. These glasses look incredible and are American made! The price for a single glass will be $10.00, two for $18.00 and a set of 4 will be $35.00. Make sure to get your glass(es) early to remember the life of such a dedicated Mason and Veteran.
Quote of the Week:
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
Michelangelo
Sculptor
Don’t sell yourselves short Brothers. It is nice to reach our goals, but if we are constantly setting goals that are easily achievable or don’t require much effort, we are just hurting ourselves in the long run. To achieve greatness we have to reach for it, we need to dream big and put all our efforts into it. Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others. Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you can imagine.
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Oct. 5 – Stated Meeting
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Oct. 12 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (History of the 3 different Grand Lodge Buildings in Indiana. Presented by Chris Hodapp)
- Craft Guild will follow at approx. 7:30pm
Oct. 19 – Master Mason Degree (Michael Redding)
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Oct. 26 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (WB Steve Sonafrank will be talking about the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation and the Gold Card Program)
- Craft Guild will follow at approx. 7:30pm
This Week’s Birthdays
Michael Nelson (10/5), DJ Wood (10/6), Bernard Wurger (10/8), John Wooley (10/10)
This Week’s Raisings
Willis Conner (10/8), David Hagley Jr. (10/8), Rex Moore (10/10)
Master’s Travels
If anyone is planning to travel or visit another Lodge or has been asked to come assist with a degree, please reach out to me and let me know so we can get a few more Brothers to go and make a visit out of it. Below is the travel opportunities site I go to. If you see anything there that interests you make sure to let me know. This is also a great opportunity for Mentors to take their mentees to see some extra degree work to aid in their learning.
We are sitting at 10 different Lodges visited for a total of 590 round trip miles. We have completed the requirements for both of the Grand Lodge Travel Awards. That doesn’t mean we are going to stop traveling as I would like to see us go for some of the many traveling implements in the area and bring them home to Millersville. We will have a bit more upcoming travel soon as we will once again be going dark during July and August, however, we will need to keep our ritual game strong by traveling around and watching and being a part of degrees at other Lodges.
http://masoniccalendar.blogspot.com/
Brian Bates
Worshipful Master
Millersville Lodge #126
Mobile: 260-615-8013
Email: tazmanfw@gmail.com
Masonic Appendant Body News
Scottish Rite
October 6, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner at 5:30 pm – Meeting at 7:00 pm followed by the DeMolay Degree
October 15, 2021 – Silent Movie Night – 7:00 pm
October 24, 2021 – Children’s Halloween Party – 2:00 pm – Grand Hall
November 3, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner 5:30 pm – Meeting 7:00 pm followed by 12th Degree
November 13, 2021 – Convocation – 8:00 am start – 4th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 32nd Degrees
December 1, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner at 5:30 pm – Meeting at 7:00 pm
December 5, 2021 – Orchestra Winter Concert 3:00 pm – Theater
December 11, 2021 – Children’s Christmas Party – Magic Show in Theater 2:00 pm, Games and Fun in the Grand Hall at 2:30 pm.
York Rite
Oct. 13 – Hiram Council / H.E.Lackey Commandry Joint Stated Meeting
- 7:00pm Lodge
- 8:00pm Order of Red Cross and Order of Malta (Short Form)
Oct. 27 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 10 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 24 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple and Inspection
Murat Shrine
Oasis is now open for lunch Monday thru Friday from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Oct. 9 – Potentates Ball
Oct. 18 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 6 – Grand Master’s One Day Class
- EA Degree 8:00am – 9:15am
- FC Degree 9:45am – 11:30am (Millersvile Lodge will confer)
- Lunch 11:30am – 12:45pm
- MM Degree 12:45pm – 3:00pm
- Murat Shrine Ceremonial 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Nov. 15 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 27 – 2nd Sportsman Raffle
- $20/ticket for chance at 1 of 50 guns
- See Gregg Stone, Jim Strauss or Wally Renn for tickets
Dec. 20 – Stated Meeting
Order of the Eastern Star
Oct. 6 – Stated Meeting
- Dinner 6:30pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Oct. 21 – Marion County Worthy Matrons Meeting
Nov. 6 – Monthly Community Breakfast
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- $8.00 donation
by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
Thank You, Thank You , Thank You!!!!! I couldn’t be more proud of all of you who stepped up in so many different ways to help out with this Community Day/Fish Fry event. From hitting up businesses to drum up sponsorships, I thank you. From going out and putting up advertising throughout the community and at businesses, I thank you. For all the financial donations and donations of soda and the loaning of your coolers, I thank you. For all the Brothers and their family members who came out and gave of their time, whether it was for a few hours or all day, or for both days, I thank you. To those who came for the set up and tear down and helping with all the heavy lifting to get things out of the basement and then put back, I thank you. For those who put in late hours to help with the cleanup each night, I thank you. To the ladies of the Eastern Star who ran the kitchen and prepared all the sides and did the majority of the inside serving, I thank you. To all of you who just plain came out and supported your Lodge by attending the event and bringing family, friends and neighbors, I thank you. An event of this size can’t be done by a handful of people. It is only by all of us working together in so many different ways that we are able to pull it off. Each and every one of you has my thanks. Lastly, a really big THANK YOU to WB Ron Featherston for heading up this monstrous task and agreeing to be the Chairman of the event; even though it took a great deal of pulling on his Cable Tow. Anyone who has chaired this event in the past knows just how many hours you put in throughout this year in order to pull this off. My hat’s off to you.
I hope I didn’t leave any group out in the above but if I did, I am sorry and I do thank you. My mind is still in a fog from this weekend. We did get a lot of feedback so far on this event and some very good constructive criticism. We would love to hear from more of you on what you think went well and what you think maybe didn’t go so well or that you didn’t care for. Also if you have any suggestions on improving upon the event let us know that as well. I intend to have a Lessons Learned session with some of the key planners of the event to go over some things and find ways in which we can improve as a whole going forward, so please email me, or call or text any ideas/suggestions. Hopefully, by Stated Meeting we will have official numbers of how we did for this event as a whole.
So, coming up this Tuesday we will be having dinner and a Masonic Education night. Our Guest Speaker will be Brother Shamus Driver who will be talking about the Middle Chamber Lecture; specifically the architectural aspects of the five pillars and explaining what all those crazy, weird terms mean. He also promises to have better photos to illustrate what they are so please come on out and enjoy some fellowship as well as a masonic lesson. Following the education, we will be having Craft Guild to shake off the rust and get ready to do some degree work again. We have a Master Mason Degree coming up in October as well as a Grand Master’s One Day class where we will be conferring the Fellow Craft Degree on Nov 6th. We can always use more Brothers to step up and help out with ritual. WB Bruce always makes it an enjoyable learning experience.
As everyone will recall, this year’s Master Mason class is dedicated to the memory of WB Mark Griffin. The rocks glasses commissioned to honor the memory of WB Mark Griffin are in and can be purchased from your officers. These glasses look incredible and are American made! The price for a single glass will be $10.00, two for $18.00 and a set of 4 will be $35.00. Make sure to get your glass(es) early to remember the life of such a dedicated Mason and Veteran.
Quote of the Week:
“One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.”
Colonel Sanders
Businessman
Brothers you should always be pushing yourself forward. Always look for opportunities to improve yourself in a multitude of different ways. Don’t let the fear of failure be the reason you never try in the first place. Embrace your failures and learn from them. That is how we grow as individuals and become stronger and get to be the better men we are striving to be.
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Sep. 28 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (Explanation of architecture terms in the Middle Chamber)
- Craft Guild 7:30pm
Oct. 5 – Stated Meeting
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Oct. 12 – Masonic Education & Craft Guild
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Masonic Education 6:45pm (History of the 3 different Grand Lodge Buildings in Indiana. Presented by Chris Hodapp)
Oct. 19 – Master Mason Degree (Michael Redding)
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
This Week’s Birthdays
William Heck (9/27), Robert Shenberger (9/27), Frederick Franklin (9/29), Rex Moore (9/29), Casey Short (9/29), Joe Clymer (10/1), William Wedel (10/2), Michael Edwards (10/3)
This Week’s Raisings
Jeff Karnes (9/27), Norman Park (9/27), Dardhe Lake (9/27), Robert Ayler (9/28 – 50 years!), Richard Fryer (9/28), Randy Hillenburg (9/28), Earl Jones (9/28), Dennis Shinault (9/28), James Lancaster (9/29), Rick Lucht (9/29)
Master’s Travels
If anyone is planning to travel or visit another Lodge or has been asked to come assist with a degree, please reach out to me and let me know so we can get a few more Brothers to go and make a visit out of it. Below is the travel opportunities site I go to. If you see anything there that interests you make sure to let me know. This is also a great opportunity for Mentors to take their mentees to see some extra degree work to aid in their learning.
We are sitting at 10 different Lodges visited for a total of 590 round trip miles. We have completed the requirements for both of the Grand Lodge Travel Awards. That doesn’t mean we are going to stop traveling as I would like to see us go for some of the many traveling implements in the area and bring them home to Millersville. We will have a bit more upcoming travel soon as we will once again be going dark during July and August, however, we will need to keep our ritual game strong by traveling around and watching and being a part of degrees at other Lodges.
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Brian Bates
Worshipful Master
Millersville Lodge #126
Mobile: 260-615-8013
Email: tazmanfw@gmail.com
Masonic Appendant Body News
Scottish Rite
October 6, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner at 5:30 pm – Meeting at 7:00 pm followed by the DeMolay Degree
October 15, 2021 – Silent Movie Night – 7:00 pm
October 24, 2021 – Children’s Halloween Party – 2:00 pm – Grand Hall
November 3, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner 5:30 pm – Meeting 7:00 pm followed by 12th Degree
November 13, 2021 – Convocation – 8:00 am start – 4th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 32nd Degrees
December 1, 2021 – Stated Meeting – Dinner at 5:30 pm – Meeting at 7:00 pm
December 5, 2021 – Orchestra Winter Concert 3:00 pm – Theater
December 11, 2021 – Children’s Christmas Party – Magic Show in Theater 2:00 pm, Games and Fun in the Grand Hall at 2:30 pm.
York Rite
Sep. 29 – Joshua Chapter 158 – Royal Arch Degree
- 7:00pm Lodge
- Dinner follows the Degree
Oct. 13 – Hiram Council / H.E.Lackey Commandry Joint Stated Meeting
- 7:00pm Lodge
- 8:00pm Order of Red Cross and Order of Malta (Short Form)
Oct. 27 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 10 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple Practice
Nov. 24 – H.E. Lackey Commandry – Order of the Temple and Inspection
Murat Shrine
Oasis is now open for lunch Monday thru Friday from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Oct. 9 – Potentates Ball
Oct. 18 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 6 – Grand Master’s One Day Class
- EA Degree 8:00am – 9:15am
- FC Degree 9:45am – 11:30am (Millersvile Lodge will confer)
- Lunch 11:30am – 12:45pm
- MM Degree 12:45pm – 3:00pm
- Murat Shrine Ceremonial 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Nov. 15 – Stated Meeting
Nov. 27 – 2nd Sportsman Raffle
- $20/ticket for chance at 1 of 50 guns
- See Gregg Stone, Jim Strauss or Wally Renn for tickets
Dec. 20 – Stated Meeting
Order of the Eastern Star
Oct. 2 – Monthly Community Breakfast
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- $8.00 donation
Oct. 6 – Stated Meeting
Oct. 21 – Marion County Worthy Matrons Meeting
Nov. 6 – Monthly Community Breakfast
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- $8.00 donation
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