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.
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
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
by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
Last Tuesday we met for a Social Evening and then took some time to reflect on the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and to talk about where we were on that day 20 years ago and how we learned of the attacks. I felt it was a very good evening and allows us to never forget the tragedy that unfolded that day. This Tuesday is another relaxing Social Evening and a great opportunity to reconnect with your fellow Brothers if you have not been to Lodge in a while. Come on out for dinner and good conversation. Afterwards, head upstairs for a game of Euchre, Backgammon or Pool or just continue to catch up with your Brethren.
Well the time has come. This is the week of your Lodge’s Community Day/Fish Fry on Friday, Sept 24th and Sat Sept 25th. This event can only succeed with the help of our Brethren. Without the Brothers coming out to help work the event it makes it very difficult to pull off. Even if you can only work a few hours it would be a tremendous help and as an added benefit, those who come to work the fish fry also receive a free meal for their services. The primary responsibility of the Lodge Brothers is the outside tent/drive-thru service as well as running the fryers so you will be outside getting plenty of fresh air and on Saturday you will get to enjoy the live music while you work.
Also, as in the past, we need donations of pop/soda. Please consider picking up a 12-pack or case of pop and bring it by the Lodge on a Tuesday evening. We also need to borrow some large coolers if anyone has one or more to lend to the Lodge for this event. Please ensure your name is somewhere on the cooler so we can get it back to you. Monetary donations can still be sent and accepted, however, the sponsorship banner is set and no more additions can be made to that. If you would still like to donate you can do so by sending a check directly to the Lodge and putting “Fish Fry” in the memo field. If you would like to make a credit card donation you can do that as well through our website. https://millersvillelodge.org/sponsor/
The goal for this event is to accomplish several things for our lodge:
- Grow our lodge – By reaching out to the community in this way, this event will make Millersville Lodge a destination point for many people in the community on one day of the year. Hopefully, by visiting with us on this day and learning more about Masonry, they will also join us for further fellowship permanently.
- Raise funds for the Lodge – If we grow our lodge, we will raise funds that way, in addition to sponsorships from our friends and vendors in the market. Hope we sell a ton of food too. The event is free but we will have donation boxes situated throughout the grounds.
- Build relationships within our community, and
- Have great fun and fellowship as Brothers and Sisters.
So, we are looking forward to a very productive weekend and a lot of fun. Hopefully the success of this event will shape the fundraising efforts of our Lodge for years to come in a positive way and enhance the relationship with our Community.
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:
“When you are accomplishing great things, do not forget to have a good time along the way.”
Adi Ignatius
Editor-in-chief of Harvard Business Review
Taking good men and making them better is indeed a great accomplishment we as Masons do every day. We start their journey through a series of degrees and even though they are a serious affair, we do indeed have a lot of fun putting those degrees on. Equally if you are in the York Rite or Scottish Rite you will see Brothers having fun putting on those degrees as well. Part of the fun is getting to come together as Brothers to do the work. We have fun just being around each other. Coming up this week is our Lodge Fish Fry and your Lodge needs your help to make this a success. The donations have been very nice but we need Brothers to help work the event as well. I can guarantee when we come together as Brothers to accomplish this task, we will have a lot of fun along the way.
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Sep. 21 – Social Evening
Sep. 24 – Fish Fry
Sep. 25 – Community Day/Fish Fry
- 10:00am until 8:00pm
- 2 Live bands from roughly Noon until 7pm
- Vendors on site
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
This Week’s Birthdays
Michael Clark (9/21), John Morehead (9/21), Larry McLain (9/23), Fred Clift (9/24), Carl Hayes (9/25)
This Week’s Raisings
Ken Smith (9/20), Chris Nowak (9/20), Thomas Selvidge (9/21), Alan Crawford (9/23), William Guarnery (9/23), Benton Moore (9/23), William Sanders (9/23), Dwight Baxter (9/23), Brad King (9/25), Doug Euers (9/26)
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
by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
Come on out this Tuesday for dinner and to socialize and catch up with your fellow Brothers in the Lodge. If you are feeling lucky, head on up to the parlor for a game of Euchre or to the top floor for a game of pool. We currently have no degree work scheduled and only have 2 in the system working on their Fellow Craft proficiency. Now is a great time to bring a friend or coworker to the Lodge to introduce them to Masonry. Also after the announcements, this having been the 20th Anniversary of the attack on our country, I would like to have Brothers tell their stories as to where they were when they found out the news, how did they find out, etc. In reading through the timeline of events I was able to reflect back on that day and almost relive that horrific morning.
We have a number of other important upcoming events during this last part of the year and the first of those is our Community Day/Fish Fry on Friday, Sept 24th and Sat Sept 25th. This event can only succeed with the help of our Brethren. Without the Brothers coming out to help work the event it makes it very difficult to pull off. Even if you can only work a few hours it would be a tremendous help and as an added benefit, those who come to work the fish fry also receive a free meal for their services. The primary responsibility of the Lodge Brothers is the outside tent/drive-thru service as well as running the fryers so you will be outside getting plenty of fresh air and on Saturday you will get to enjoy the live music while you work. Also, as in the past, we need donations of pop/soda. Please consider picking up a 12-pack or case of pop and bring it by the Lodge on a Tuesday evening. We also need to borrow some large coolers if anyone has one or more to lend to the Lodge for this event. Please ensure your name is somewhere on the cooler so we can get it back to you. See the end of this newsletter for a message from our Community Day Chairman for further information on this event.
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:
“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.”
Sandra Dahl
Wife of Flight 93 pilot, Jason Dahl
I don’t think much really needs said here. We all have seen how this country came together as one UNITED nation during that terrible time. We can accomplish great things when we learn to remove the hate from our lives.
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Sep. 14 – Social Evening
Sep. 21 – TBD
Sep. 24 – Fish Fry
Sep. 25 – Community Day/Fish Fry
- 10:00am until 8:00pm
- 2 Live bands from roughly Noon until 7pm
- Vendors on site
This Week’s Birthdays
Randal Cramer (9/13), Daniel Wilkins (9/14),
This Week’s Raisings
Thomas Beattie, SR. (9/13), Jeff Ping (9/15), Michael Nelson (9/17), Michael Pendleton (9/18), Larry McLain (9/19), Michael Clark (9/19)
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
MESSAGE FROM COMMUNITY DAY CHAIRMAN
Hello Brethren:
It won’t be long and our yearly fundraiser will be here, September 24 and 25. The Millersville Community Day Festival plans are moving along very well. Here are some of the highlights:
- We have sent a brochure about the event to all the business in the area requesting their sponsorship. Members have been encouraged to solicit sponsors as able.
- The Brothers and Eastern Star Sisters in our Lodge are really stepping up to staff the needed roles. On Saturday, we will need help with preparing and transporting food, taking orders, assisting with parking, promoting Masonry through working at our table or giving tours, and assisting with vendors. Please consider taking a role in these activities.
- Randy Snyder has volunteered to oversee the food production activities in the tent. If you can help there, please contact him at rls3108@yahoo.com.
- Registrations from vendors for the market are coming in but we need more. If you know of someone who would like to participate in our market, please have them connect with me at info@millersvillelodge.org.
- Entertainment – We will have two professional classic rock bands to provide entertainment throughout the day (six hours or so). Hewitt and Fink are legendary musicians from the Madison IN music scene. Darryl Hewitt is also a Masonic Brother. Wildhart is a very popular local band and plays professionally in the area. If you like classic rock and blues music, you will be in for a real treat.
- Plan to have a supervised bouncy house for the kids. Charles Moore is working on this. Need someone to help here with supervision on the day of. If you know of anyone that does face painting, please have them contact me at the above email address.
- May have a magician that will have a booth.
- Steve Tipton created the Event Flyer for use on social media. Please let us know if you need a copy of this flyer for sharing on social media.
- The Millersville at Fall Creek Valley neighborhood organization will be posting this flyer in their monthly newsletters prior to the event. They will also be there contributing to the open market and are inviting other community organizations to participate as well.
- We will be erecting a banner in front of our building well in advance to advertise the event.
- An event was created for both Millersville pages on Facebook and will be advertised on Nextdoor as well. Please assist us in this effort and forward these event to your friends. The Indiana Grand Lodge has contacted us and they would like to cohost this event. This will allow our FB event to be posted on their page as well. The GL marketing rep has been very helpful!
- Donations as little as $50 to help cover the cost of this event can be made at the following website address: https://millersvillelodge.org/sponsor/. Please contribute if you are able.
The goal for this event is to accomplish several things for our lodge:
- Grow our lodge – By reaching out to the community in this way, this event will make Millersville Lodge a destination point for many people in the community on one day of the year. Hopefully, by visiting with us on this day and learning more about Masonry, they will also join us for further fellowship permanently.
- Raise funds for the Lodge – If we grow our lodge, we will raise funds that way, in addition to sponsorships from our friends and vendors in the market. Hope we sell a ton of food too. The event is free but we will have donation boxes situated throughout the grounds.
- Build relationships within our community, and
- Have great fun and fellowship as Brothers and Sisters.
So, we are looking forward to a very productive weekend and a lot of fun. Hopefully the success of this event will shape the fundraising efforts of our Lodge for years to come in a positive way and enhance the relationship with our Community.
Fraternally,
Ron Featherston P.M.
by David Levine
Greetings Brethren,
I hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer. I know with COVID it may have made vacation planning a bit challenging still or have left you being a bit more creative in your plans in order to keep yourself and your family as safe as possible. I apologize for the lateness of this newsletter. I meant to get to it while I was at the lake over the weekend but when I went to transfer the newsletter folder from my data stick to my laptop I inadvertently did the copy/transfer in the wrong direction and transferred the empty folder from my laptop to the data stick and wrote over all my files. I had to wait until I got home and back to my desktop computer in order to get this taken care of. The time has come for us as a Lodge to get back to work as we enter the back half of the year. Coming up this Tuesday, Sep. 7th is our monthly Stated Meeting. This has turned out to be a very short meeting so it is a perfect night to come to Lodge and re-connect with your Brothers, enjoy a good meal and not be out until late. I can say with almost certainty that we will be done before 8:00pm.
We have a number of other important upcoming events during this last part of the year and the first of those is our Community Day/Fish Fry on Friday, Sept 24th and Sat Sept 25th. This event can only succeed with the help of our Brethren. Without the Brothers coming out to help work the event it makes it very difficult to pull off. Even if you can only work a few hours it would be a tremendous help and as an added benefit, those who come to work the fish fry also receive a free meal for their services. The primary responsibility of the Lodge Brothers is the outside tent/drive-thru service as well as running the fryers so you will be outside getting plenty of fresh air and on Saturday you will get to enjoy the live music while you work. Also, as in the past, we need donations of pop/soda. Please consider picking up a 12-pack or case of pop and bring it by the Lodge on a Tuesday evening. We also need to borrow some large coolers if anyone has one or more to lend to the Lodge for this event. Please ensure your name is somewhere on the cooler so we can get it back to you. See the end of this newsletter for a message from our Community Day Chairman for further information on this event.
Coming up this Saturday, our Eastern Star is back at it with their monthly breakfast which supports their ICAN project. This is normally held the 1st Saturday of the month but with the Holiday this past week they pushed it to Sep. 11th this month. This is an all you can eat breakfast for an $8 donation. Come on out an enjoy breakfast and fellowship from 8:30am until 10:30 am while helping to support the ladies of our Eastern Star.
The following day, Sep. 12th you can head on down to Franklin, Indiana for the 73rd Annual Compass Park Indiana Masonic Home Festival. The festival runs from 10:00am until 4:00pm and will have a variety of activities and entertainment for young and old alike. There will also of course be food for purchase as well as craft vendors, entertainment acts and a parade. Come on out and show some support for our Masonic Home. You never know, some of us may end up being residents there some day in the future.
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:
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
Martin Luther
Priest
Our focus should always be to take good men and make them better. None of us knows what the future may hold but even if we did we should stay focused on the present. Your Lodge needs your help to bring in good men that we can bring to Masonic Light and make them better men. I know we all have friends, coworkers, family members or acquaintances that we know who are not Masons but would indeed make a great addition to our Fraternity. Invite them to join us for a dinner some evening or better yet invite them to our upcoming Community Day/Fish Fry.
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Sep. 7 – Stated Meeting
- Executive Committee Meeting 5:30pm
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Sep. 11 – OES Monthly Breakfast
Sep. 12 – Compass Park Indiana Masonic Home Festival
Sep. 15 – Social Evening
Sep. 24 – Fish Fry
Sep. 25 – Community Day/Fish Fry
- 10:00am until 8:00pm
- 2 Live bands from roughly Noon until 7pm
- Vendors on site
This Week’s Birthdays
Perry Baldwin (9/6), Randy Hillenburg (9/7), Donald Maxey (9/7), Jesse Viehe (9/7), Donald Morris (9/8), Michael Pendleton (9/9), Thomas Coers (9/10), Dardhe Lake (9/11), Denny Young (9/11)
This Week’s Raisings
David Bowman (9/8)
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
MESSAGE FROM COMMUNITY DAY CHAIRMAN
Hello Brethren:
It won’t be long and our yearly fundraiser will be here, September 24 and 25. The Millersville Community Day Festival plans are moving along very well. Here are some of the highlights:
- We have sent a brochure about the event to all the business in the area requesting their sponsorship. Members have been encouraged to solicit sponsors as able.
- The Brothers and Eastern Star Sisters in our Lodge are really stepping up to staff the needed roles. On Saturday, we will need help with preparing and transporting food, taking orders, assisting with parking, promoting Masonry through working at our table or giving tours, and assisting with vendors. Please consider taking a role in these activities.
- Randy Snyder has volunteered to oversee the food production activities in the tent. If you can help there, please contact him at rls3108@yahoo.com.
- Registrations from vendors for the market are coming in but we need more. If you know of someone who would like to participate in our market, please have them connect with me at info@millersvillelodge.org.
- Entertainment – We will have two professional classic rock bands to provide entertainment throughout the day (six hours or so). Hewitt and Fink are legendary musicians from the Madison IN music scene. Darryl Hewitt is also a Masonic Brother. Wildhart is a very popular local band and plays professionally in the area. If you like classic rock and blues music, you will be in for a real treat.
- Plan to have a supervised bouncy house for the kids. Charles Moore is working on this. Need someone to help here with supervision on the day of. If you know of anyone that does face painting, please have them contact me at the above email address.
- May have a magician that will have a booth.
- Steve Tipton created the Event Flyer for use on social media. Please let us know if you need a copy of this flyer for sharing on social media.
- The Millersville at Fall Creek Valley neighborhood organization will be posting this flyer in their monthly newsletters prior to the event. They will also be there contributing to the open market and are inviting other community organizations to participate as well.
- We will be erecting a banner in front of our building well in advance to advertise the event.
- An event was created for both Millersville pages on Facebook and will be advertised on Nextdoor as well. Please assist us in this effort and forward these event to your friends. The Indiana Grand Lodge has contacted us and they would like to cohost this event. This will allow our FB event to be posted on their page as well. The GL marketing rep has been very helpful!
- Donations as little as $50 to help cover the cost of this event can be made at the following website address: https://millersvillelodge.org/sponsor/. Please contribute if you are able.
The goal for this event is to accomplish several things for our lodge:
- Grow our lodge – By reaching out to the community in this way, this event will make Millersville Lodge a destination point for many people in the community on one day of the year. Hopefully, by visiting with us on this day and learning more about Masonry, they will also join us for further fellowship permanently.
- Raise funds for the Lodge – If we grow our lodge, we will raise funds that way, in addition to sponsorships from our friends and vendors in the market. Hope we sell a ton of food too. The event is free but we will have donation boxes situated throughout the grounds.
- Build relationships within our community, and
- Have great fun and fellowship as Brothers and Sisters.
So, we are looking forward to a very productive weekend and a lot of fun. Hopefully the success of this event will shape the fundraising efforts of our Lodge for years to come in a positive way and enhance the relationship with our Community.
Fraternally,
Ron Featherston P.M.
by David Levine
Dear Brethren,
Coming up this Tuesday is our August Stated Meeting which will be our only Lodge meeting during the month of August as we are still dark until September. We have had a few officers step down and will be installing 2 new officers to the line and moving a current officer up to a new position. The theme for the August Stated Meeting is Sports Theme night so dig around for your favorite sports jersey or shirts and come on out to Lodge for some fellowship. As an added treat, along with the spaghetti dinner, your Wardens will be providing pie for dessert. Stated Meetings have been very short so this is a good opportunity to come on out to Lodge and not have to worry about being out after dark. I can promise you will be on your way back home before the sun goes down.
As you have read previous, our dining room is going through some renovations to repair the crumbling plaster on the outside walls and to give the whole room a fresh new coat of paint. Three of the 4 walls are complete and the last will be finished up in the days following our Stated Meeting. A special thank you to our Junior Warden, Charles Moore, and to our newest transfer to Millersville, WB Harley Cardwell, for leading the charge on this project and putting in so much of their time to see this project completed. We also want to thank the other volunteers who showed up to put in a few hours of painting or to clean the dining room so we could use it this Tuesday for dinner. Everyone who has helped is greatly appreciated.
A few other notes on our being dark after this meeting, there will also not be any Eastern Star Saturday breakfasts during July and August. Those will resume the second Saturday of September (Due to Labor Day it was moved from the 1st to 2nd Saturday in Sept). Also, even though we are dark we still will have some activities that will spring up so keep an eye on your email for opportunities to get together with your Brothers during the summer at events outside of the Lodge.
As you all know, we were not able to have our Annual Fish Fry last year. WB Ron was working to revamp the Fish Fry and make it a Community Day Event. We are attempting to give that another shot again this year. WB Ron is the Chairmen for this event and he is in need of some extra help to make this a successful event. Attached to the end of this newsletter is message from WB Ron. Please read it over and respond to him about any questions you may have or if you are able to help out with this. We have our new Sponsorship Flyers also printed so be sure to stop by and pick a few up to take to your work or to businesses you frequent.
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.
Points to Ponder over the summer:
How come you press harder on a remote when you know the batteries are dead?
- Why are they called APARTments when they are all stuck together?
- Why do people without a watch look at their wrist when you ask them what time it is?
- Why does sour cream have an expiration date?
- The light went out, but where to?
- Why do banks charge you a “non-sufficient funds fee” on money they already know you don’t have?
- If the universe is everything, and scientists say that the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?
- When two airplanes almost collide why do they call it a near miss? It sounds like a near hit to me.
- How come abbreviated is such a long word?
- Why are there five syllables in the word “monosyllabic”?
- Why do they call it the Department of the Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Aug. 3 – Stated Meeting – Sports Theme
- Executive Committee Meeting 5:30pm
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Sep. 7 – Stated Meeting
- Executive Committee Meeting 5:30pm
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
This Month’s Birthdays
Mark Roberts (8/2), William Wilfong (8/2), Richard Alley (8/3), James Patton (8/3), Howard Kibby, Jr. (8/4), Richard Kirkman (8/4), John Walker (8/4), Aaron Edwards (8/5), Anthony Hamilton (8/5), Donald Wilcox (8/6), Thomas Anderson (8/7), Donald Boulden (8/7), Earl Jones (8/7), Fred Kortepeter (8/7), Henry Fahnbulleh (8/8), Brian Nearpass (8/8), Leslie Sebring (8/8), William Fry (8/11), Jack Belschwender (8/13), Stephen Clymer (8/13), Wesley Eley (8/14), Charles Abbott (8/16), David Copenhaver (8/16), John Reel (8/16), Gregory Bowers (8/17), Stephen Brown (8/18), Robert Dalton, III (8/19), Philip Eskew, Jr. (8/19), Mack Hunter (8/19), John Nielsen (8/20), Ian Miller (8/22), Ralph Worley (8/22), Randall Banks (8/23), Willard Zimmerman, Jr. (8/24), Phillip Greenwood, Sr. (8/28), Joshua Shinn (8/28), John Samples (9/1), Laverne Wilkerson (9/1), Micah Williams (9/3), Stephen Tipton (9/5)
This Month’s Raisings
Casey Short (8/14), Ted Martin (8/24)
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
MESSAGE FROM COMMUNITY DAY CHAIRMAN
Hello Brethren:
As some of you may know, Worshipful Master Brian has asked me to chair our fundraiser (fish fry) this year which will be held Friday and Saturday, September 24th and 25th. Friday evening 4-8PM will be the typical fish fry dinner with seating inside or under the tent outside. On Saturday we hope to make Millersville Lodge a destination point for the community by having a Millersville Community Day from 10AM to 8PM. This will be a festival atmosphere with great food, open outdoor market, live music, children’s activities, and open house for our historic building. The event will be well promoted in the community. We are hoping for a wonderful day of celebration and unity, not just for the growth of our Lodge, but for the community at large as well.
That being said please put these dates on your calendar and plan to commit for the year, at least these two days to your Lodge. Your participation and more importantly your assistance in making this a great event are most appreciated. This is way too much for just a few to pull off so the assistance of Brothers for a successful event is greatly needed in the following areas:
- Thursday afternoon/evening set-up.
- Tent Food Preparation –both days.
- Passing out sponsorship brochures – these will be available very soon.
- Parking – Mostly Sat.
- Open house guides – Sat.
- Millersville Lodge info table – Sat.
- Clean up – Sunday the 26th
- Help with Coordination of above areas.
I look forward receiving emails from the Brethren who are willing and able to help with this event in any of the above areas, so please contact there or call me. I will also have sign-up sheets at the Lodge for members to make their willingness to help known. Thank you, Brethren, and let’s have a great year.
Fraternally,
Ron Featherston, PM
Rfeatherston1@aol.com
317-625-5095
by David Levine
Dear Brethren,
Once again, congratulations to our newest 50 year Award of Gold members, David Woods and Leonard Shirley. We had a very nice turnout for this ceremony and it was a privilege and honor to be able to present this award to two very deserving Brothers. I can only hope I am still around when I make it to the half century mark in Masonry, but if I am I will indeed be a very old man. We had several other Brothers reach this milestone last year and this year who for their own reasons chose not to receive their Award of Gold in a public ceremony. Congratulations to James Wottring, Fred Clift, Lawrence Lasek, Timothy Hunter, Milton Brooks, Robert Dalton, Jr. and Wayne Buckallew for also reaching the half century mark in Masonry. I apologize for a lack of pictures from this event as there was a miscommunication on my part for photos.
Coming up this Tuesday is our July Stated Meeting which will be our only Lodge meeting during the month of July as we will be going dark the next two months. The theme for the July Stated Meeting is Hawaiian shirt night so dig around for those flower print shirts or beach style shirts and come on out to Lodge for some fellowship. As an added treat, the Eastern Star ladies will be preparing the meal for us this coming Tuesday as kind of a make-up for us not having a dinner at installation. The only thing I know of the menu is it will be chicken salad sandwiches but what else will be a surprise.
A few other notes on our being dark after this meeting, there will also not be any Eastern Star Saturday breakfasts during July and August. Those will resume the first Saturday of September. Also, even though we are dark we still will have some activities that will spring up so keep an eye on your email for opportunities to get together with your Brothers during the summer at events outside of the Lodge.
As you all know, we were not able to have our Annual Fish Fry last year. WB Ron was working to revamp the Fish Fry and make it a Community Day Event. We are attempting to give that another shot again this year. WB Ron is the Chairmen for this event and he is in need of some extra help to make this a successful event. Attached to the end of this newsletter is message from WB Ron. Please read it over and respond to him about any questions you may have or if you are able to help out with this. We have our new Sponsorship Flyers also printed so be sure to stop by and pick a few up to take to your work or to businesses you frequent.
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.
Points to Ponder over the summer:
Sweet meets are candy, but sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
- Quicksand works slowly.
- Boxing rings are square.
- If you can make amends, can you just make one amend?
- If you have a bunch of odds and ends and you get rid of all but just one, what do you call it?
- How can a SLIM CHANCE and a FAT CHANCE be the same, while a WISE MAN and a WISE GUY
are opposites?
- Why do we ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
- Why do feet smell, and noses run?
- Why is QUITE A FEW the same as QUITE A LOT?
- How does a building burn up as it burns down?
- Why does your alarm go off by going on?
- If it was only a 3-hour cruise, why did MRS. HOWELL have so many clothes?
Millersville 126 News / Dates:
Jul. 6 – Stated Meeting – Hawaiian Theme
- Executive Committee Meeting 5:30pm
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
Aug. 3 – Stated Meeting – Sports Theme
- Executive Committee Meeting 5:30pm
- Dinner 6:00pm
- Lodge 7:00pm
This Week’s Birthdays
Robert Dalton, Jr. (7/6), Eugene Hite (7/6), Paul Stone (7/7), Richard Brewer (7/8), Anthony Adams (7/9), Randy Adams (7/9), Thomas Cooper (7/10), John Sirbu (7/12), Jim Bognanno (7/13), Henry Meier (7/14), Chandler Stone (7/16), David Farmer (7/18), Ken Fodrie (7/21), Matthew Dodson (7/24), Nicholas Shinn (7/26), Scott Durflinger (7/27), Nick Nowak (7/27), Larry Howald (7/28), Ryan Sohn (7/28), Stephen Overly (7/29), Brent Williamson (7/29), Davie Graf (7/30), William Guffey (7/30), Kevin McPherson (7/30), John Montgomery (8/1)
This Week’s Raisings
Robert Buckley (7/15), Steve Mech (7/26)
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
MESSAGE FROM COMMUNITY DAY CHAIRMAN
Hello Brethren:
As some of you may know, Worshipful Master Brian has asked me to chair our fundraiser (fish fry) this year which will be held Friday and Saturday, September 24th and 25th. Friday evening 4-8PM will be the typical fish fry dinner with seating inside or under the tent outside. On Saturday we hope to make Millersville Lodge a destination point for the community by having a Millersville Community Day from 10AM to 8PM. This will be a festival atmosphere with great food, open outdoor market, live music, children’s activities, and open house for our historic building. The event will be well promoted in the community. We are hoping for a wonderful day of celebration and unity, not just for the growth of our Lodge, but for the community at large as well.
That being said, please put these dates on your calendar and plan to commit for the year, at least these two days to your Lodge. Your participation and more importantly your assistance in making this a great event are most appreciated. This is way too much for just a few to pull off so the assistance of Brothers for a successful event is greatly needed in the following areas:
- Thursday afternoon/evening set-up.
- Tent Food Preparation –both days.
- Passing out sponsorship brochures – these will be available very soon.
- Parking – Mostly Sat.
- Open house guides – Sat.
- Millersville Lodge info table – Sat.
- Clean up – Sunday the 26th
- Help with Coordination of above areas.
I look forward receiving emails from the Brethren who are willing and able to help with this event in any of the above areas, so please contact there or call me. I will also have sign-up sheets at the Lodge for members to make their willingness to help known. Thank you, Brethren, and let’s have a great year.
Fraternally,
Ron Featherston, PM
Rfeatherston1@aol.com
317-625-5095
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