Greetings Brethren,
Raytown Lodge #391 continues to be active as we progress into the new lodge year. We have had strong attendance at each Lodge of Instruction session and currently lead the attendance competition by a fairly large margin. I appreciate the time and effort invested by our officers and members to attend this important instructional activity.
Once Lodges of Instruction are finished we will again return to our regularly scheduled study clubs, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm. We need to begin working diligently to complete our Bronze, Silver and Gold ritual awards. Along with the ritual awards we have two key ritual goals in mind. We want each officer to not only be competent in their current role but also be able to execute the role above them. Additionally we would like to have at least two individuals who can perform each part in the degree ritual.
Our Official Visit takes place this Thursday, November 21. RWB David C. Witte, District Deputy Grand Master will visit the lodge, review our records and practices and deliver a message from the Grand Master. Please join us for this event as we’d like a good turnout to welcome him.
We continue to work on the family dinner which takes place before the second meeting each month (3rd Thursday). We are developing our plans around how to make this happen and assure everyone has an enjoyable opportunity to socialize each month. Please be sure to invite your spouses and family to join us for dinner before the second meeting each month, starting at 6:30pm.
Due to some scheduling challenges we have become a little backlogged with degree work. We presently have one new candidate, two Entered Apprentices and one Fellowcraft awaiting degree work. Given the holidays we will do our best to get these brothers scheduled to advance in their degrees as soon as we can. Keep an eye out for the scheduling of these degrees.
At the last stated communication I appointed a special committee to review the various charitable organizations around the Raytown area and determine one or two that the lodge would like to partner with for ongoing charitable support. Once the committee makes recommendations we will review as a group and decide. This decision will be in addition to our ongoing support for “It’s a Candy Coated Christmas” which we will continue to support this year.
As always we welcome all lodge members and Master Masons to join us for our regular meetings. If you haven’t been to lodge in a while we’d love to see you. If you are a bit rusty with the necessary ritual elements we can help. Please come join us soon!
Fraternally,
Rick Kingcade
Worshipful Master