Brothers and Friends, This Tuesday, October 11, is our monthly stated meeting. As always we have much to discuss. Please be in attendance so that your voice can be heard. As always dinner begins at 6:00PM and the meeting starts at 7:00PM. Also, if anyone has pictures on their cell phones, or Facebook pages, etc, [...]
Read MoreBrothers and Friends, Tomorrow night is our monthly education night. We will be having a special session with an open discussion about Masonry in general, and the topic of Brotherly Love. Please come with your questions and your willingness to learn.
Read MoreBrothers and Friends, Tomorrow we are back from being dark and we are having our monthly stated meeting. As always we have much to discuss. Please come and have your voice heard. Dinner begins at 6:00PM and our meeting is at 7:00. Our Trestle Board for September can be found here: http://www.wayfarers50.org/trestle-board-september-2016/ Finally, the Master [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master Fellowship, according to a song I recall hearing in my youth, is “a bunch of fellows, all in the same ship.” I don’t think the songwriter got his definition from a dictionary, however. As someone who loves words (in an entirely platonic way), I will go to Merriam-Webster: “A friendly relationship [...]
Read MoreBrothers and Friends, Tomorrow night we will be having a Rough Ashlar Night. These are nights that Wayfarers does occasionally as get-togethers so that we can all meet as friends and enjoy fellowship. This is also a great time to bring someone along who might be interested in Masonry. Meet us at the Cornish Pasty [...]
Read MoreBrothers and Friends, With deepest apologies, finally we are able to post our August Trestle Board. http://www.wayfarers50.org/trestle-board-august-2016/ The reason for the delay was beyond our control. And for related reasons, we had to change our web address. Please point all things from www.wayfarers50.com to the new address of www.wayfarers50.org. This may mean your favorites in [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master Anyone who has been to my apartment may have noticed something beside the front door. Hanging alongside the door is a brass plumb bob on a length of twine. It is there, not as decoration, but as a reminder, each time I go out into the world, to always strive to [...]
Read MoreBrothers and Friends, We hope that you all have been enjoying your summer. But as the summer closes we get back to the business of the Lodge. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, August 9, we will be having a ritual practice. Officers and degree team members should attend. We will be having our education night the fourth [...]
Read MoreBrothers and Friends, We hope everyone has been enjoying the summer. We will be getting new air conditioner units very soon which is an exciting development. We are dark this week, so please enjoy the time with friends and family and the MLB All Star Game. Our July Trestle Board can be found here: http://www.wayfarers50.com/trestle-board-july-2016/
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master One of the first things you learn as a mason is that there is a lot to learn. Ritual is the heart of masonry: we repeat things for symbolic purposes, and to give them weight. The words we say in lodge, and the things we do, are laid down for us [...]
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