May 2025

Following shortly on the heels of Brother Carlos, Matt received his Master Mason degree! For the first time in recent history, Friendship performed the degree with a cast made up entirely of members of our own Lodge. A triumph for our dedication to learning ritual, and teaching it to our newest Brothers including Carlos who took a role despite getting his own MM just a month ago. As is our custom, we enjoyed Pizza in our Clubhouse and shared kind and hopefully inspiring words to our newest official member.

Our work continues as the year moves rapidly into Summer, as we had a meeting packed with business this month. We voted to move our September Stated meeting to the Washington Temple for a Joint Stated Meeting with Willamette and Fairview who meet on the same night as us. We read and laid over a long s et of By-Laws changes to get us in line with the new Uniform Code of By-Laws. We voted to accept our 3rd new Member for the year, Justin. Finally, after all of that, we heard Education from Brother Matt who is scheduled now to have his Master Mason degree this month, the second in two months. All this was fueled by our delicious dinner from Thai Peacock of Drunken Noodles and Panang Curry. Another wonderful night for Friendship!