Raytown Lodge will be conferring two 3rd degrees at a special communication this Saturday, 2/4/17 at 1:00pm. We welcome all members and brethren to help us raise two worthy brothers.
We will also be conducting our regular ritual study club practice this Wednesday evening, 2/1/17 at 7:00pm to practice for Saturday’s event. Please join us if possible for this important practice.
Raytown Lodge #391 will be conferring a first degree at our regular stated communication on January 19, 2017. We will therefore be starting at 7:00pm instead of our usual 7:30 start. We hope to see a good turnout of members to help us welcome a new Freemason!
Please see the latest message from the Worshipful Master in the Trestleboard section.
Brethren,
I wish you all a happy and healthy new year. Raytown Lodge #391 has been active this month both within and outside the lodge. We have had several brothers assisting other lodges with degree work. Brothers have been working and achieving their “sub” cards, keeping Raytown on the map for expertise on all things ritual. We had a very nice turn out for the amended Chili with Santa. My apologies for changing the date if it kept any from attending, but Mother Nature was not playing nice.
We helped 2 needy families for Christmas. I will not go into specifics but I will say to those who were in lodge during our “pass the hat”, that the heat has been fixed and everyone was warm and toasty for Christmas.
Finally, we buried one of our own. Joseph LaChance. I would like to personally thank RWB Thayne for leading the service as well as all the RWBs, WBs and brothers who attended the Masonic Funeral. I have been lucky enough to not have to attend any Masonic Funerals up until this point but I believe we had a great showing and the family was very appreciative of our efforts. Joe definitely wanted this so I am pleased that we were able to have a command presence to help Brother Joe on to that “house not made with hands”.
As we bring in the new year, we will continue on our trek towards the gold award. Study club will begin again in January and I hope to see all of you there. Don’t forget to check the lodge calendar for the next events. We have tried to schedule at least one event every month so please attend if possible. Finally brethren, let us continue to do what we are best at; being good Masons. Enjoy your holiday.  
Fraternally,
WB Bryan
Raytown Lodge #391 will be co-sponsoring the adoption of two families for the holidays. One is a single mother with 4 small children living on minimum wage income, and the other is an elderly couple surviving on a small fixed income. We will be collecting money or gift card donations at our next stated meeting on 12/1. Any other donations can be passed on to one of the lodge officers or sent to the lodge, to arrive no later than 12/13. Money and gift cards for Walmart or Target are the best options. Let’s all come together in the best Masonic tradition to help some deserving families enjoy the holidays!