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2020-2021 Blazing Star Lodge #694 Officer Line

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020 – The Brothers of Blazing Star Lodge #694 F&AM held a special meeting to nominate, elect, and install the officers for the 2020 – 2021 Masonic year. You will notice that all are wearing simple white aprons. Due to Covid-19, we are refraining from using “shared” aprons. However, this is in fact the true fashion of a Master Mason. One is not “higher” or “lower” in importance. Nobody is more important than the next. We have our stations and places in the Lodge and these offices are to ensure the Lodge works and progresses with purpose, honor, and love. Fellowship was abundant after the meeting. A genuine feeling of Brotherhood prevailed in the parking lot with none eager to leave.

W:. Glenn S. Capron is taking the Master’s chair one more year. He begged us not to elect him again so we did the Brotherly thing and elected him. You can read W:. Caprons bio and see his line of officers in the Master’s Corner of the website. W:. Capron has promised a full Trestle Board of Masonic education, as much Fellowship as possible with current Covid-19 guidelines, and a year devoted to the members of Blazing Star Lodge and Freemasonry.

We have some candidates waiting to take their first (and second) step into Freemasonry and we will initiate (and pass) them as soon as we receive guidelines from The Grand Lodge of New York. We cannot wait to welcome our new Brothers but we want to be as safe as possible. If you are interested in becoming a Freemason please do not hesitate to “knock on our door” to learn more.

There’s mony a badge that’s unco braw,
Wi’ ribbon, lace and tape on,
Let Kings and Princes wear them a’,
Gie Me the Master’s apron!
The honest Craftsmas’s apron,
The jolly Freemason’s apron,
Bide he at home, or road afar,
Before his touch fa’s bolt an’ bar,
The gates of fortune fly ajar,
‘Gin he wears the apron!
For wealth an’ honor, pride an’ power
Are crumbling stone to base on;
Fraternity should rule the hour
And ilka worthy Mason!
Each Free Accepted Mason,
Each Ancient Crafted Mason.
Then brithers let a halesome song
Arise your friendly ranks along,
Gudewives and bairns blithely sing
Ti’ the ancient badge wi’ the apron string
That is warn by the Master Mason.

Brother Robert Burns on The Apron

Guest Speaker: MW:. Jeffrey M. Williamson

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A Lifetime in Masonry, Ritual, Observations and the Book of Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

By Jeffrey M. Williamson, PGM

Please join us on February 25, 2020, for a presentation by the MW:. Jeffrey M. Williamson, Past Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. MW:. Williamson will present; “A Lifetime in Masonry, Ritual, Observations and the Book of Ecclesiastes 12:1-7”.  This is a presentation every Mason should attend. MW:. Williamson is an awesome speaker and has years of Masonic knowledge, some of which he will pass along this evening. Please RSVP if you wish to attend. All Entered Apprentices, Fellowcraft, and Master Masons are welcome to join us for this exciting event.

Fellowship begins at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6:30 pm, and we will open Lodge at 7:30 pm sharp with Fellowship continuing after Lodge closing. If you are attending or possibly bringing along some Brothers for the dinner and presentation please RSVP to ensure there will be enough for all. 

Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 King James Version (KJV)
12 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years
draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after
the rain:
3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, 
and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise 
up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond 
tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth 
to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the
fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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Sesquicentennial Charter Rededication Ceremony

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The sesquicentennial Charter Rededication ceremony was outstanding! Many Brothers from surrounding Lodges came out to help us celebrate. It was an honor to meet our Grand Lodge Officers. We also saw some old faces that are not able to make it to Lodge as much as they want.

A few photos of the evening.