Past Masters Night – Thursday, June 16, 2022

This Thursday at our stated communication will be our Past Masters night, where we honor the brothers who have led our lodge in years past. The evening will begin with our monthly pot luck dinner at 6:30, to which family are also invited.

At our stated communication we will draw names from a hat and have Past Masters sit in the officers chairs for opening and closing. There may be a ‘twist’ or two along the way. It is sure to be a fun and interesting evening.

It is also our annual Tom Truman Remembrance night, so please wear your bright Hawaiian shirts and colorful socks. We hope you will join us!

3rd degree and Family Pot Luck Dinner – 4/21/22

Raytown Lodge No, 391 will be conferring a third degree at our stated communication this Thursday, April 21, 2022.  We will open at 7:00pm.  This will be courtesy degree work for East Gate Lodge No. 630.

This is also our monthly family pot luck dinner.  East Gate Lodge will be providing chili and our lodge will provide cheese, onions and hot dogs.  You are welcome to bring your family members to enjoy a nice dinner, and if possible you can bring a side dish or dessert if you like.  Dinner will begin at 6pm.

We need all available members to join us to help with the third degree.

3rd degree tonight – early start 3/17/22

Raytown Lodge No. 391 will be conferring a 3rd degree at our stated communication this evening. Lodge will open at 7:00pm.

Also, being the second meeting of the month tonight is our family pot luck dinner, starting at 6pm. The lodge will provide sandwiches and chips, and ask that those who would like to participate bring a side dish or dessert.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Update

Here is a long overdue update on the activities of Raytown Lodge No. 391. We have been meeting regularly on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays each month, weather permitting.

For those who may not be aware, shortly after our installation this year our installed Master determined he would not be continuing. Through election the lodge selected WB Tony Mesa to assume the Masters chair for this year. He has worked to fill out the advancing line positions and we have a great slate of officers moving forward.

The lodge has achieved our Bronze and Silver ritual awards and we are working diligently to complete the Gold after a couple year pause. We have several new petitioners and brothers who are awaiting degree work, as well as being asked to assist other lodges with courtesy degrees.

We have resumed the practice of a family pot luck dinner before the 3rd Thursday meeting each month at 6:30pm. The lodge provides the main course, and we ask that each family bring something to share. It’s a great chance for our lodge family to become better acquainted and has been a big hit so far.

If you are a member of Raytown Lodge No. 391 we would love to see you. If you are a Master Mason of another lodge but are in the area we would love to have you visit as well. Please join us at our meetings.

5 July 2021 Message from the Worshipful Master

5th July 2021

Brethren –

It gives me great pleasure to announce that our 2021 fireworks sale has concluded and has done so as a great success!  Owing both to the hard work and dedication of the Masons and family members of our lodge and our associate lodges, and more than a smidgen of Providence, sales this year were improved 58% over last year (and last year was a very good year)!

My deepest, most heartfelt gratitude goes out first to the Almighty, from Whom all good things originate, and to the team who persevered through rain and heat to realize this accomplishment!  Through your efforts we have achieved (and exceeded!) our goals for this project.  All the big stuff – and almost all the little stuff – was sold out by 6:00 p.m. and, kindly assisted by Bill and Brian Lamanno, the closing crew were all done and gone before the sun set on the 4th of July. 

I also wish to praise you all for the wonderful customer-service given our customers during this project.  Of the hundreds and hundreds of people who came through the tent during the week, none left disgruntled.  The few issues that arose from error were quickly resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.  It was truly a pleasure to witness, and I thank you!

Masonically yours,

Doug