Brethren,
Another year has come and gone. It once again has been my immense pleasure to sit in the east as the Worshipful Master of Acacia Lodge 561. Once again, the brethren have seen fit to place me in King Solomon’s chair in the east for the upcoming masonic year and I am proud to once again represent you all.
Our upcoming regular meeting will be the installation of the officers for 2025-2026. We will be having our CGP on Saturday May 10th at 3:00 p.m. at the lodge and it will be followed by practice for the installation night.
For the upcoming masonic year, the focus will be on doing more of the things that, frankly, as a lodge, we should be doing. This includes a lady’s night as well as looking at the Masonic ChIP program that will be spearheaded by one of our younger brethren. I will also be looking at pursuing more of the programs on the Cornerstone program to ensure that even if we are not a Cornerstone lodge, at least we are doing all the things to make us viable in the long term.
There will be a special CGP called on our Emergent night to discuss the long-term plans for Acacia and what we are going to do to increase our numbers in the coming years. We will also discuss the succession plan for the officers going forward.
The lodge BBQ is slated for early July at V.W. Bro. Jackson’s home, details to follow.
S&F,
Derek Brook
Worshipful Master