EVENTS (CONT.)

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

LODGE OFFICERS PRACTICE -NOTE NEW DATE AND TIME!! Every Monday until further notice.  All Brothers are welcome.

BREAKFAST BUNCH - PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DAY AND LOCATION.  First Monday of every month at 8:00 AM at Taste of Dixie Dinner (Old Carriage Inn) in Cross City.  Everyone is welcome. This month it is Feb. 6, 2012.

8TH AND 9TH MASONIC ASSOCIATION - Every 5th Monday of a month.   Brothers, your 8th and 8th Masonic Association is a valuable tool to utilize to better themselves in their meetings as well as Masonic knowledge.  It is open to all Master Masons in good standing and we especially welcome all Line Officers of any Lodge to join us.  Please come and be with us and bring a Brother with you.  Remember, the Traveling Gavel is up for grabs for the Lodge with the highest attendance.

FEBRUARY 7, 2012 - EA DEGREE

DDGM SECOND ROUND OF VISITS

FEBRUARY 9 - Shamrock Lodge: Eat at 7PM.

FEBRUARY 20 - Perry Lodge: Eat at 6:30 PM

FEBRUARY 28 - Greenville and Madison Lodges combined with Greenville as Host Lodge: Eat at 6:30 PM.

MARCH 5 - Mayo and Day Lodges combined with Mayo as Host Lodge: Eat at 6 PM

MARCH 6 - Joppa Lodge: Eat at 6 PM.

I hold in my hand a little scrap of paper 2 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches in size.  It is of no intrinsic worth, not a bond, not a check or receipt for values, yet it is my most priceless possession. It is my membership card in a lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.  It tells me that I have entered into a spiritual and material kinship with my fellow masons, to practice charity in word and deed, to forgive and forget the faults of my brethren, to hush the tongues of scandal and innuendo, to care for the crippled, the hungry and sick and be just to all mankind.  It tells me that no matter where I may travel in the World, I am welcome to visit a place where fellowship prevails among the brothers and friends.  It tells me that my loved ones, my home and household are under the protection of every member of this great Fraternity, who have sworn to protect mine as I have sworn to protect and defend theirs.  It tells me that should I ever be overtaken by adversity or misfortune, the hands of every mason on the face of the Earth will be stretched forth to assist me in my necessities.  And finally it tells me, my brethren, that when my final exit from the stage of life has been made, there will be gathered in my lodge room, friends and brothers who will recall to mind my virtues, though they may be few and will forgive and forget my faults, though they may be many.  It tells me all this and a great deal more, this little scrap of paper 2 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches in size.