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From the East Brethren, Greetings! We had a great May and I’m looking forward to another great month in June. We’ll be conferring the Master Mason degree to our two Fellow Crafts this month. As always, we will need a large turnout on the night of this degree to assist in raising these brothers. We…

From the East Brethren, Last Thursday, we passed Brothers Phillip Jester and Roberto Pupo-Lazaro to the degree of Fellow Craft. Congratulations to our two new Fellow Crafts! With WB Bill Stout presiding in the East, the degree team did an excellent job. At this time, I’d like to recognize and thank Worshipful Brothers Glenn Sigmon,…

From the East Brethren, With Easter and Passover approaching, let’s all take a few minutes to pray for our families, our country and for peace. As Masons, we can set an example for those around us by practicing friendship, morality and brotherly love. These virtues seem to be lost for many people in today’s world.…

From the East Brethren, Attendance at our Thursday practices has picked up in recent weeks. This is great! Currently, we are working on the Fellow Craft Degree, including the Staircase Lecture, G Lecture and Charge. If you haven’t been coming out for practice, please consider attending. We are blessed with two Directors of the Work,…

From the East Brethren, We had a good start to 2023 in January, conferring an Entered Apprentice Degree a few weeks ago. Thank you to all who participated in the Degree and came out to support the Lodge. A special thank you goes out to WB Glenn Sigmon who served as Master pro tempore for…

From the East Brethren, I hope you all had a great holiday season. Phalanx Lodge had a terrific year in year in 2022, thanks to Worshipful Master Voelker, his officers, and the Lodge members. My goal is to build on past successes and have another great year in 2023. Happy New Year, brothers! January will…

From the East Brethren, As I prepare to leave the East, I first want to thank everyone for their guidance and trust in me to lead the Lodge this past year. The Grand Master’s motto for 2022 was a “Masonic Revival.” In 2020, and especially 2021, due to lodges being closed due to COVID, the…

From the East Brethren, Your lodge is still very busy with degree work, which is a huge blessing. This month we raised Bro. Sam Ludwig to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Congratulations to Sam for all his hard work and time through the degrees and to WB Glenn Sigmon, WB Clayton Wright and WB…

From the East Brethren, I hope this finds everyone well! September was a busy month for degree work. Phalanx raised three brothers to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason and passed two brothers to the degree of Fellow Craft. Phalanx will also be conducting another Master Mason degree on October 6th, dinner at 6:30pm and…

From the East Brethren, Welcome to Fall! On Saturday September 10th we will be conducting a Master Mason degree for multiple brothers. Breakfast will be served at 7:30AM and the degree will start at 8:30AM. As you know, the degree requires the participation of over 20 brothers, so any brother’s participation is greatly appreciated. We…

From the East Brethren, Although we did not have a Stated Communication in July, we did conduct a Fellow Craft degree for one Brother and celebrated service awards for: Bro Richard Bohart (50-year Veteran’s Service Award)Bro. Ralph Lee (50-year Veteran’s Service Award)Bro. Robert Lloyd (50-year Veteran’s Service Award)Bro. Paul Parker (50-year Veteran’s Service Award)Bro. Arnold…

From the East Brethren, Last month we held an Entered Apprentice degree for two candidates. Due to Phalanx’s dedication to regularly practice and perfect the ritual, the degree was a big success. Thank you to all that participated and attended. Although there is no Stated Communication in July, we will continue to practice our degree…