Lodge St. Andrew #518
E-News - Issue VII
December 12, 2005
Dear Brethren,
Firstly, a warm and cordially welcome
to those of you that have recently subscribed to this mailing list, for who
this will be the first E-News. I hope you're not too disappointed. This
sporadic thing I like to call a Newsletter now goes out to 49 Brethren, some
of whom are literally spread across the globe. In view of this I charge you
brethren to convey the warm and fraternal greetings from all at St. Andrew
#518 to your respective Mother Lodges at your next earliest convenience.
As this will probably be my last E-News
of 2005 I would like to take a few moments to summarise a few things
regarding our website:
- This year we have been honoured by
being awarded 28 Masonic website awards
- Our own "Working Tools" web award
has been applied for and granted to 39 Masonic websites
- Our second award "Lux et Veritas"
(created for non-English language sites) has been applied for and granted
to 4 Masonic websites.
- Of the 100MB webspace I have now
used 73.8MB
- I've added many pages this year,
far too many to list hear, but if you are interested take a look at the "Web
Journal"
For those of you that have not had the
pleasure of visiting our humble Lodge, there is now a page containing a few
photographs, of the inside anyway. The link on the left titled "The Lodge"
will take you to the relevant page. I will add some of the outside of the
building, but just now the weather is far too depressingly cold, damp and
miserable, and as our Lodge isn't the prettiest building I would rather wait
for a nice sunny day, so at least the photograph will have a sunny
disposition.
I would like to thank all the Brethren
that have contributed to our "Poetry & Readings", if you haven't yet read
them I recommend them as some serious food for thought. Credits as to the
source are given at the foot of each page and authors, where known, are
credited at the top.
I would also like to thank all the
Brethren that have either signed the Guestbook or stood in our Lodge for
their kind words regarding the website.
A debt of gratitude to Bro. Stephen
McKim, Octagon Lodge #511 - Indiana, USA - for all the graphics he has
created and forwarded to me over the last twelve months, and vastly
enriching the content of this site. And
also for the most embarrassing presentation of my life of the two pictures
that now grace our East & West walls.
Thank you to Bro. Blake Gardiner, of
Helena #3 - Montana, USA - who has provided some excellent solutions to a
few problems I've had.
The graphics page on the site has
recently been overhauled, and I have a fair amount of graphics that will be
added shortly, so I recommend you keep an eye on this page of Bro. McKim's
artwork. Also you might want to check out the links on that page as Bro.
McKim & Bro. Gardiner have both been busy updating their respective pages.
Between these three sources of Masonic graphics I'm sure you could find a
suitable graphic for any Masonic occasion.
Also I would like to thank Bro. David
Cooknell for the photographs that he has taken, that make the pages of the
site much more than just an impersonal list of names.
A first for our Lodge was the
introduction of the Entered Apprentice Handbook. Several Brethren have been
credited in the book, and copies will be sent out shortly, as a small
gesture of gratitude for their input. Handbook's for the FC & MM degrees
will follow in short order.
Congratulations to:
Bro. Fraser Greig on his Initiation into Freemasonry on November 16, 2005.
Bro. Andre Russell (my brother) who took his first Masonic step December 7,
2005. Five years and one day later than I took my first step !
Recipient of the first ever EA Handbook.
Just for the record it was Bro. Russell that provided the web space to host
our web site in the days before we purchased a domain name and space of our
own.
Comp. William Bruce on his election and installation as ME of St. Andrew RA
Chapter #146. (There would be a photo but I never received it - Douglas?)
Comp. Alec Parry on his re-election and installation as TIM of Solomon
Cryptic Council #38.
At our last regular meeting P.M. Bro. John Southworth was elected to be RWM
for the ensuing 12 months. I would therefore like to extend an invitation
to all on behalf of Bro. Southworth to attend the installation of the
Office Bearers of St. Andrew #518 on Saturday January
7th. 2006 @ 7:00pm.
At this time I don't know who is carrying out the installation. I will add
it to the Events Diary once it becomes known.
Picture taken at P.M. Southworths first
installation in 1986.
Bro. Southworth, he's now a bit older,
a bit bolder and with a few more grey hairs, but otherwise he hasn't changed
too much.
The
long awaited Honorary Members Degree will now take place on December 21,
2005 @ 7:30pm. In the Chair of King Solomon P.M.
Ron Simpson (Leask #1084). At present I am not sure of the office bearers.
On the night Bro. Steven Ross (R) will
be raised to the High & Sublime Degree of a Master Mason.
Sadly there is probably much that I
have missed out, and several people that I should have credited, for this I
apologise.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a
prosperous New Year.
Yours fraternally,
Lodge St. Andrew No: 518 on the role of
Grand Lodge Of Scotland
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