Brethren,

Greetings from the East of your Lodge, Brethren!

I cannot begin to tell you what a distinct honor and privilege it has been
to lead our Lodge this year! From the Installation of Officers in October,
up through and including the Mother’s Day Dinner on May 9th,
Saint George Lodge has, time and again, proven what a wonderful place
it is to practice the tenets of our profession!
Reflecting back on my first few months in the East, I am astounded as to
how different my life is now as compared to the morning of October 17, 2009.
I have suffered the loss of my mother, endured the stresses of some very
difficult projects at my old job, and have started a new job.
Changes in my family, changes in my jobs, changes in every
aspect of my life, but the one thing that remains the same is the honor I have
in looking around a Lodge room, no matter what else is going on in my life
that day, and knowing that every pair of eyes that looks back belongs to a
Brother of mine. I know they will never hesitate to go out of their way to
assist and serve a worthy Brother. No matter
when. No matter what. Everything in life has challenges and difficulties.
The things we love most in this life often present the biggest of those challenges
(sometimes belonging to and taking part in the Fraternity, included!)
but, if we hold true to the lessons we are taught in Masonry, we can learn to
subdue the passions and improve ourselves in Masonry. If your challenge is
finding a ride to Lodge, call us, we’ll get you there. If it’s not remembering
the signs, talk to us, we’ll show you. If it’s just not feeling like going,
let us know, the Brotherly Love in our Lodge will remind you why you
joined Lodge in the first place!
This has been a wonderful year. I hope to see you at the events in June and
hope to see you on the softball field this summer.
Afterwards, bask in the time we are called from Labor to Refreshment
for the summer months. Take time to spend with your families,
tackle that “honey do” list that has been on your desk for weeks,
sit down at the brow of a hill to rest and refresh yourself. Before you know
it the sands of the hourglass will swiftly run, the leaves will fall to enrich our
mother earth, and we will be called from Refreshment to Labor again.
We already have great plans for the fall in process, including
a family bowling event on October 9th, being put together by
one of our newest Brothers, Brother Kevin Miller.
Please, lend a hand to Brother Miller to make his first event a huge success!
Enjoy the summer, Brethren, and may Almighty God abide with us
and walk with us, until we meet again. So mote it be.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

---Worshipful Adam E. Mitchell

~And from the West~

Greetings From the West

We’ve had a great year! The events have been fun; the Degrees have gone well,
and now it’s time for us to lay down our working tools for a season.
However, as much as we want to rest,
the work of the craft still goes on during the summer months.
What are you doing on Sunday?
We still have the VA duty and we always need the help.
How about Thursday afternoons?
Gary King takes a list of Brothers to volunteer at Mainspring.
When was the last time you went to a blood drive?
Have you ever helped out at a bone marrow donor drive?
The Grand Master’s Fair will have one.
How about helping out at the district booth?
Are you interested in learning ritual and
becoming an officer in another year or two?
Is it really as easy as we make it look?
This is the time when the officers participate in relaxing
summer events and start rehearsing for the fall.
How about volunteering to teach candidates over the summer?
Are you looking to learn what it takes to put a
Degree together and make a bigger contribution to your Lodge?
Then speak to one of your senior officers about attending Degree rehearsals.
We are always looking for someone to fill in as exemplar candidates.
The Lodge does indeed go dark in the summer, brethren,
but an old Chinese proverb says,
“The heart of the hibernating bear still beats.”
Have a great summer!

Sincerely and Fraternally,
Brother Michael J. Weydt
Senior Warden