Brethren!
Greetings from the West! Can you believe that this Masonic year is all ready half over? This Trestleboard signifies another personal Masonic milestone for myself. I am officially half way finished with my three years of writing these Trestleboard articles!Unfortunately June was another slow month for Burbank Lodge.
Outside of the Stated Meeting, Family Night, and Officers Practices, we hosted no events. Although half way through a Masonic Year we may sometimes feel þweary and worn out,þ we need not forget that we still have six more months to go. In my efforts in trying to keep this Lodge a place that you desire to be at, I would like to start promoting a þLadies Eventþ at the Stated Meeting on October 6th.
Preceding the event, please come for dinner on that evening also. While the men are in their meeting, their ladies can enjoy themselves at an event planned just for them. More details to come in the September Trestleboard.
On the same note, I would like to thank everybody who has contributed several ideas to me as suggestions for the 2006 Masonic Year. If elected as Master next year, our calendar will be filled with events that you will not want to miss! Ladies, that goes for you too!
We are still a couple officers short of a complete officerþs line. Please contact me if you would like to fill one of these positions. This month is also the start of Lodge qualifications. Best wishes to the Lodge as a team, as well as each individual, who are all working so hard to become proficient in their ritual.
Good Luck in your endeavors! Just keep in mind the steak dinner we receive when everybody is 100% qualified! Never forget that practice makes perfect!
In closing, Kelly and I would like to thank everybody who has expressed so many wonderful thoughts and well wishes during this beautiful time in our lives of starting our family. Our son, Dillon Edward, is doing great and we could not be happier!
Congratulations to Wor. Greg Bragg and his wife Holly on the birth of their baby girl on June 01. I wish everybody a very fun and safe summer. I look forward to writing to you again in September.
“Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.” Rich Dad.
Fraternally,
Kenneth L. Barnes
Senior Warden
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From the South
Brethren:
The summer is here and our 2005 Masonic year is now half over!
I would like to invite all of our Brethren, their family and friends to a few events we will have over the summer.
We will have a Family Night on July 28th. There will be lots of food and fun. If you have not been able to attend one of our family nights then you are truly missing out. We have had on average 65 people in attendance. There is a free dinner and entertainment for all, so bring your family and enjoy the casual fun filled evening at Burbank Lodge.
The second event that I would like to promote and encourage everyone to attend is the annual BBQ August 4th. We will have an award winning BBQ at McCambridge Park starting at 6:00 P.M. The park is located on the comer of San Femando Rd., and Amherst, right across the street from Carl's Jr. As always this will be a well-attended event, an opportunity for many to see old friends and hopefully make new ones.
Over the next few months all of the Officers will be working hard on their ritual to qualify for the next Masonic year, I would like to thank the guys for all of their hard work so far, and for the many hours of work to come. If you are not an officer, please thank the ones who are, and acknowledge them for all of the time and energy they have given to our Lodge so we can succeed.
There will be no family night in August, as the Lodge Is traditionally dark during this month. There will be one m September and the following months, so we will see you there.
Fraternally,
John T. Brennan,
Junior Warden
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From the Secretary's Desk
Brethren:
“Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.” From a speech in June 1928 by Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
FREEMASONRY, A WAY OF LIFE
The making of a Freemason consists in a continued course of education, training and character forming. While it may be accepted that it is an innermost desire, followed by obligations, that makes one a member of the Craft, yet in a truer sense, a man is not a Freemason unless he lives up to his obligations. Keeping this in mind, you have to realize that as an organization Freemasonry has "Members" and it has "Masons" and the two are not necessarily the same.
The Mason goes into deeper research about Freemasonry and the more extensive knowledge of its hidden art and mysteries. The philosophy of Freemasonry, when discovered and then accepted and practiced, provides simple but profound solutions to the problems of human relationships. Freemasonry is a way of living to the Mason who is interested enough to appraise and value the wealth that is his by virtue of his Masonic Membership.
The best-informed Master Mason is the Master Mason who reads and studies about the Craft. He reads and learns to understand the "Volume of the Sacred Law" of his religion and he also should read and study the "Volume of the Sacred Laws" of other religions. For to be able to have some understanding of what others believe, you have to have some knowledge of what it is that they believe. It is with this knowledge and understanding that a Mason is able to find
common grounds to come together with others, in Love, Peace, and Unity for the good of all mankind with any good man of any race, creed, or religion.
We are all members of the greatest fraternity in the world. Need help, just ask. And, I ask, has Masonry failed you, and if so, why.
Let your Lodge know!
Fraternally,
Norm Furman, Secretary
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