Ok, after a couple of months of silence i am finally ready to update this here blog. And it has been a busy couple of months!
At the end of February a friend and I attended an open house at Cloverdale #168 of the GLBC&Y. They had a great program, with several speakers including the editor of our GL newsletter VW Bro. Trevor W. McKeown, who gave a fantastic power point presentation on Freemasonry in the movies! He had over a hundred examples showing how the perception of the Craft has changed through the years goning from positive to the negative and how it has been slowly making its way back to the positive side of the spectrum. One of the Brethren also gave the crowd gathered that night the 'Address to the Brethren' given at our installations, he did it word perfect while strolling about the Lodge, it was amazing! It was also cool to find out that the WM of the lodge, Guy Olsson, was a fellow I had met years before when we both worked for the same company! Great to see him again under such cool circumstances!
Nooksack Valley Lodge #105 conferred their first FellowCraft degree in 14 years and I was there to watch. Again it was in full costume! Wor. Bro. Mike Beaudry and his officers did an amazing job in making this degree a memorable one for all involved! I hear the Lodge's Degree Team will be putting their hard work to use at some other Lodges this summer, surely a testament to their devotion to great ritual!
And last but not least my Lodge's Installations took place this past Saturday! First, I have never seen more Masons at my lodge until then, every seat was occupied, with about 60 - 65 men in attendance. About 10 different Lodges including the GL were represented. Our outgoing WM Jonathan Miller was replaced by Bro. Ivan Hamilton who had spent a great deal of time getting the whole day organized, and every bit came off without a hitch! I was installed as Chaplain, and gave my first grace........ever, that night. I found a nice old one from a UGLE handbook I found on-line. Dinner was great and I got to meet alot of 'significant others' that night. I am looking forward to a great year in my chair, and really being an active participant in Lodge workings!
