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Helping the Community with Faith, Charity, and Brotherly Love!

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Trestleboard, April 2019 Mountain City Lodge No. 67 - Lexington, Virginia From the East Brethren, Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter this past weekend!  We are looking forward to hosting a Table Lodge at our next stated meeting, May 6th.  Please note that we received a special dispensation to open at 6:30 pm.  We will have a few toasts, sing a few songs and most importantly enjoy some great fellowship! If you have not RSVP’d, please do so to ensure your seat for this great event!.    What is a Table Lodge? *Brief summary from the Presentation Manual The Masonic desirability of a social dinner is as old as the Freemasonry we know. In 1717, when the Mother Grand Lodge was formed to revitalize the Lodges in and around · London, one of the reasons given was "To revive the quarterly Communication and hold the Annual Feast. " Many historians claim this Annual Banquet was the most important move made by the new body. And a short time later, the Grand Master directed there be installed "the old, regular and peculiar Toasts and Healths of Freemasons."   The Table Lodge is no mere banquet or dinner-it is a special ceremony. It is complete with a ritual, which incorporates terminology of centuries ago. It includes toasts, Masonic songs, and a Masonic speaker. A Table Lodge must be tiled. All invited guests must be Masons and the membership of visitors must be verified in the same manner as they would if they attended a regular communication of the Lodge. All those in attendance must be clothed as Masons and none should wear the uniforms or regalia of any other organizations.   The entire ceremony for a Table Lodge, from the opening of the Master Masons' Lodge to its closing, must take place in the dining room. Masonic fellowship at its best should be the only goal. The tables should be arranged in a square, the altar and lights should be placed in the center of the square.   A toast should be given in this manner: The Master (giving the first toast) rises, gives three raps of his gavel and says: "Brethren, I have the honor to propose a toast to our Country: Long may our land be bright with freedom's holy  light; Protect us by thy might, Great God our King! With me Brethren." He raises his glass breast high and at arm's length and continues in unison with all, "To our country!" All sip briefly, return glasses to arm's length, breast high, then lower them as one to the table. The same procedure is followed for all of the toasts.   Prior to opening a Table Lodge, a Master Masons' Lodge is first opened in due and ancient form. When this formality is completed, the Craft is then called from Labor to Refreshment. At this time Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts, properly avouched for, are admitted. Fraternally, Brent W. Fellows Worshipful Master York Rite Updates Moomaw Commandery of Knights Templar No. 27 Rockbridge Royal Arch Chapter No. 44   Meetings Reminder Monday, May 20, Mountain City Lodge Dinner at 6:15pm; meetings begin at 7pm Upcoming Events Royal Arch Degree Festival – April festival has been postponed due to the availability of degree team to October 5, from 8am to 2pm with a cookout celebration to follow at Mulberry Hill.  Secretary's Desk Wor. Jesse S. Lyons More than 20 brethren have reserved their spot for the for the 2019 Mountain City Lodge TABLE LODGE event during the Stated Communication on May 6. The entire evening will begin under dispensation at 6:30pm. Dinner for the evening is $10 per brother to help defray costs. Table Lodges are festive dinners with a ritual component, are open to all Masons including Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft, and include the “Ceremony of Eight Toasts.” April Masonic Birthdays John Torrey Baird III April 19, 2011 Lyle Scott Cassell April 10, 2005 Michael Kenneth Clay April 19, 2011 John Joseph Dester III April 19, 1997 Arnold Meredith McKemy April 28, 2006 Justin Scott Minter April 15, 2008 John William Morman April 29, 2014 Nicholas Scott Palmer April 27, 2008 Gregory Clark Perry April 19, 2011 Cory Daniel Reinecke April 14, 2012 John Taylor Stucky April 17, 2018 Jeremy Frederick Weing April 29, 2008 Robert Lewis Wilson III April 18, 2017 2019 Officers Master - Wor. Brent W. Fellows S.W. - R.W. James E. Glaspey J.W. -  Br. Steve McNeil Secretary - Wor. Jesse S. Lyons Treasurer - Br. John D. Brandt S.D. - Br. Brent E. Buswell J.D. - Br. Eric Osborne S.S. - Br. Jonathan R. Vance J.S. - Br. Tullis D. Beasley Chaplain - Br. Jimmy Southers Tiler - R.W. Warren Schmid Marshal - R.W. Jackson Glisson Trustees Trustee - R.W. John Dester Trustee - Wor. Jesse S. Lyons Trustee - Wor. John J. Mulligan Trustee - R.W. Torben Pedersen Trustee - R.W. Frederick Vaughan Sr. Trustee Emeritus - R.W. Baldwin Gerard Locher Jr. Advisor - R.W. Warren Schmid   Calendar of Events Visit our website for dates of all entities. Click each to add to your personal calendar! Tues: 4/23: Buena Vista Practice - 7pm @ Buena Vista Fri. 4/26: Visitation for Robert Rorrer - 6pm to 8pm @ Harrison Funeral Home Sat. 4/27: Scottish Rite Reunion @ Roanoke Sat. 4/27: Memorial Service for Robert Rorrer - 2pm @ Lauderdale APR Church Tues: 4/30: Buena Vista Practice - 7pm @ Buena Vista Thurs. 5/2: Covington Stated - 6:30pm @ Covington Fri. 5/3: Blood Drive - 10am to 4pm @ WLU Mon. 5/6: Stated Communication & Table Lodge - 6:30pm @ Mountain City Tues. 5/7: Clifton Forge Stated - 6:30pm @ Clifton Forge Tues. 5/7: Buena Vista Practice - 7pm @ Buena Vista Thurs. 5/9: Glasgow Stated - 6:30pm @ Glasgow Thurs. 5/9: Millboro Stated - 6:30pm @ Millboro Tues. 5/14: Scottish Rite @ Roanoke Tues. 5/14: Buena Vista Stated - 7:30pm @ Buena Vista Mon. 5/20: Chapter & Commandery - 6:15pm @ Mountain City Tues. 5/21: Buena Vista Practice - 7pm @ Buena Vista Mon. 5/27: Shrine Club - 7:30pm @ Mountain City Tues. 5/28: Blood Drive - 10:30am to 4:30pm Buena Vista American Legion Tues. 5/28: Buena Vista Practice - 7pm @ Buena Vista Submissions If you have submissions for the Trestleboard, please email them to Br. Brent Buswell at brentbuswell@gmail.com. Copyright © 2018, Mountain City Lodge, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 103 W Nelson St, Lexington, VA 24450 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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