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It is our hope that you have entered into this new millennium without any Y2K difficulties and you are prepared to participate actively in the activities of your lodge and of this great Grand Lodge. The pages of this issue of The Pennsylvania Freemason reflect that our brethren have taken the challenge placed before them at the Annual Grand Communication that of continuing service to our Fraternity and our communities.
In this issue, you also will find the names of our members who will serve all of us as Grand Lodge elected and appointed officers, district deputies, chaplains, ritualists, aides, important committee members, directors, and staff. The next time you see any of these brethren, tell them that you saw their names and give them "a pat on the back" for their efforts.
As we can see, our lodges are very active in helping others. We are now going to give you the opportunity to improve yourself which, by your participation, will help your lodges as well as the Grand Lodge. The opportunity I refer to will be a series of educational self-improvement programs on Saturday, Mar. 11, on the Masonic Homes campus in Elizabethtown.
If you are a lodge leader, Saturday, the 11th, will be when the Junior and Senior Wardens training seminars will return. Wardens and their wives are being invited to attend and to learn what it means to be a leader. By the end of the day, they will have been given the tools to plan to lead their lodges completely and successfully.
Saturday's session also will focus on ritual when a Grand Lodge School of Instruction will take place. This school will be conducted and presented by our Grand Lodge ritualistic staff. The ritual will be presented by the brethren and principals of the district schools. Come and see the work presented the way it is intended.
Lastly, we will give you the opportunity to improve yourself by gaining accurate knowledge of the Fraternity, its purposes, goals, and a unique perspective of your position as a member locally as well as globally. This opportunity will come with the opening session of our Academy of Freemasonry. Bro. Thomas W. Jackson, R.W. Past Grand Secretary, has arranged for a dialogue to begin on these subjects with some of the foremost experts of Freemasonry in the world. This is an exciting challenge for Pennsylvania Masons. Please take that challenge and attend!
Best wishes for a millennial year. We look forward to seeing you in Elizabethtown.
Sincerely and fraternally, |
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My Brethren:
