We enjoyed our traditional year-end dinner at Fogo de Chao tonight to great effect! As always the food was tremendous and we had a wonderful time sharing Fellowship with each other. Sadly, our Worshipful Master and a few others couldn’t join us do to the flu, and they were missed. Here’s to a wonderful 2024, and hopefully next year will be just as great!
We have installed our Officers for the Masonic Year 2025!
A special shout-out to the Brethren of Mizpah Lodge #302 of Omaha, Nebraska who traveled over 1,400 miles to visit us at our Installation. Our incoming Master, Kevin Miller-Conley, lived in Omaha for a few years and was adopted by the Brethren of Mizpah who became close friends. They were excited to learn that when 5 masons visit a lodge in Oregon it’s customary to “steal” a gavel. Friendship had a special set of two matching gavels made from the same Oregon Myrtlewood Tree to celebrate the event, and represent the eternal bond of Fraternity.
Shout-outs as well to Right Worshipful Adam Bayer who was our Installing Master, Worshipful Jim Lamb who stepped in last second to be our Installing Marshal, and Worshipful Greg Carlson of Mizpah #302 and Milton #96 who was our Installing Chaplain. As well as all the Brothers who worked to make our Installation a success!
It seems like 2024 only just started, and here we are having our last Stated meeting. It was a great end to the year with us discussing how to spend our remaining Charity budget, we positively balloted on soon-to-be-Brother Matias’s candidacy, and we discussed moving the January Stated to the 8th, since the 1st is a holiday. It was a great night, followed by some great fellowship!
