January 2025

Last night we had the pleasure of initiating our first new member of 2025! We were all very excited to welcome Matias to our Order, as he was to join. It was a great evening with some wonderful Degree work by Past Master’s Chris and Walter, as well as Brother Kyle’s first time being Senior Deacon for a degree. Afterwards, we enjoyed Pizza as is tradition, and some lively Masonic discussion in our Clubhouse downstairs. We were also blessed to welcome two guests from Gateway Lodge who traveled from Astoria to watch our degree.

Happy January everybody! We have had our first business meeting of the year, and already we’re off to a great start. We started with a delicious dinner from Pollo Bravo, provided by our Junior Warden. For business, the Lodge scheduled Matias’s EA Degree for later this month, and voted to accept the Petition of our long-term prospect Steven. The Worshipful Master ended the meeting by reading Five Masonic Thoughts by Brother William A. Carpenter, a Short Talk Bulletin. We retired to our Clubhouse downstairs, where we had a lively conversation about what makes someone virtuous. All in all, a wonderful kick-off to the year!