Our first Stated Communication of July will be the commemoration of the 140th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Designed in a similar fashion as his Memorial Day commemoration two months ago, Bro. Robert Harrison will be the speaker for this program. He will be focusing primarily on Masonic encounters during the War Between the States. The presentation will be supplemented with equipment and uniforms of the era.
At our second Stated Communication, we will be conferring the annual Grand Lodge Community Builder Award to a senior member of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a worthy and well-known organization whose roots began in 1984 with the founding of its national headquarters in Alexandria. (For additional information on the NCMEC, please visit their website at http://www.missingkids.com/) Masonic birthdays for the month of July will also be celebrated that evening.
We will be calling off from labor to refreshment for both of these meetings. Entered Apprentices, Fellowcrafts and non-Masons are welcome and invited to attend.
ANNOUNCEMENT: In an effort to make the trestleboard notification process more streamlined and efficient, I am asking anyone who would like to receive the trestleboard in electronic form, instead of standard mail, to please email me at jstevens(at)patriot.net. After notification is received from you, your internet address will be added to a new mailing list created for this purpose. This will mean that members on this list will not receive a paper copy of the bulletin via U.S. Postal Services each month - email in digital form only. I hope to have this new process in place within the next several months, if there is adequate interest.
Sincerely and fraternally,
James M. Stevenson
Worshipful Master
| Day | Time | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 07/08/2003 | 7:00 pm | TRUSTEES MEETING: Lodge Anteroom, GWMNM |
| Thu 07/10/2003 | 7:30 pm | STATED COMMUNICATION: Dinner to follow 140th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Masonic Encounters of the Civil War |
| Sat 07/12/2003 | 1:00 pm | OFFICERS' MEETING: Officers' Conference Room, GWMNM |
| Tue 07/15/2003 | 7:30 pm | COMMITTEE ON ARCHIVES: Officers' Conference Room, GWMNM |
| Tue 07/22/2003 | 7:00 pm | DISTRICT RITUAL SCHOOL: Entered Apprentice Degree Henry Knox Field Lodge No. 349, Hosting |
| Thu 07/24/2003 | 7:30 pm | STATED COMMUNICATION: Community Builder Award Masonic Birthdays |
| Mon 07/28/2003 | 7:00 pm | CALLED COMMUNICATION: Master Mason Degree |
STATED COMMUNICATIONS - The Stated Communications of this Lodge shall be held at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial (GWMNM), Alexandria, Virginia on the second and fourth Thursday of each month except the fourth Thursdays of November and December and for the additional Stated Communications for the observance of George Washington's birthday and December 27th for the installation of officers on Saint John the Evangelist Day.
CALLED COMMUNICATIONS - Usually on Mondays as announced herein.
LODGE RITUAL SCHOOL - Will always occur the Sunday before a Monday Called Communication Degree at 7:00 PM, unless otherwise stated. Additional ritual schools will be announced herein when necessary.
YOUTH MEETINGS AT GWMNM - Alexandria-Washington Chapter, International Order of DeMolay, meets the first and third Sundays at 2 pm in the North Lodge Room. Bethel No. 22, International Order Jobs Daughters, meets the first and third Sundays at 6 pm in the North Lodge Room.