Work party at Santa Ana Scottish Rite office!

Brethren,

On Sunday February 16th from 8AM to 4PM we’re having a work party at the Santa Ana Scottish Rite offices! We’ll be doing light manual labor on different things around the building to fix up things like sprinkler systems and just general housekeeping. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Who? You!
When? February 16, 2014 from 8AM to 4PM
Where?
Santa Ana Scottish Rite Office
801 French Street
Santa Ana, CA 92701

Hope to see you there!

From the Junior Warden

Hello everyone,

A short message from your Junior Warden about our February stated meeting. For all who attended you were treated to a new food vendor, Surf City Catering, and what a meal Gaby Browning, the owner, put on for us. We had Tri Tip, Smoked Steak and Prime Rib, Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Brown Gravy, Assorted Steamed Vegetables, and Tossed Green Salad with Dressing, Roll and Butter and Choice of Apple, Cherry, or Blueberry Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. I hoped everyone enjoyed their dinner. I will be publishing the entire menu for this coming year, so you may want to put it somewhere so you can look at it for the coming meetings.

Remember, our stated meetings are usually 30-45 minutes long, so with a new dinner menu and short meetings, and making new friends, there are several good reasons to attend our meeting.

Remember, it is everyone’s responsibility for membership. We have two members who are very active in bring in new members, thanks Mike Selix and James Segerstrom. We have a very small Valley and are losing members by death which doesn’t equate to our new membership. We are always playing catch up, not to mention how this affects the budget for the year. So I have a suggestion for you to try; I attended my blue lodge meetings and asked permission from the Master to speak about Scottish Rite. I never talked about joining this group, all I talked about was the upcoming events and all the fun we are having.

Yours in the Faith,

John R. Rider, KCCH
Junior Warden

Century Club Update

The Century Club was started as a support group to help the Valley with expenses. The membership is $100 per year. There is a bronze “100” pin that is awarded for the first $100. When the cumulative total reaches $500, a silver pin is awarded and when the cumulative total reaches $1000, a gold pin is awarded. We are off to a good start for 2013. The following members have supported the Century Club for 2013:

  • Lloyd Clayton
  • Ray Godeke
  • Bob McNamara
  • Elwin Wolcott
  • Rick Wood
  • Pete Jantz

Maundy Thursday and Easter

Brothers,

As many of you know Maundy Thursday is the only time of year when The Chapter of Rose Croix is closed and the lights are extinguished commemorating the last supper of Jesus with his Apostles. This event will take place March 28th starting with a dinner at 6:30 and the program to follow at 7:30pm. Guest speaker Rev. David Kussman will lead our devotion. Our Relighting of the candles will take place on Easter Sunday March 31st with a complementary continental breakfast beginning at 8:30 followed by a
ceremonial relighting of the lights at 9:00. Guest speaker Rev. Sherry Willerton will lead our devotion. Both of these events are open events so bring the family. This ceremony is not only important to Christians and Jews but to Masons in general.

Sincerely,
Daniel Willerton

Knights of St. Andrew, March 2013

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I hope that you are beginning to settle in to 2013. I would like to congratulate Bro. Charles Reeves, 32⁰ K.S.A. on being elected First Knight for the ensuing Masonic Year. This year promises to be an exciting year for the knights as we reestablish our presence and cause. The first meeting of the Knights of St. Andrews will be held in March at The Tobacco Barn in Lake Forest. The Tobacco Barn is a private smoking club, one of our Knight’s has a membership and has graciously offered as a meeting place.

Please stay tuned to our Knight’s of St Andrew’s Facebook Page for further details and other upcoming events. Come out and enjoy a cigar and the fraternalism. This event is open to all and your ladies are welcome to join us.

Sincerely,

Daniel R. Willerton, 32⁰ KSA
Keeper of the Realm

From the Commander, March 2013

Greetings from the Council of Kadosh,

Spring is coming and so is our next Super Breakfast. Starting at 9AM on Sunday, April 21, at the DeMolay Center, we will begin serving our Super Breakfast to some of the best people we know. The smiling faces of our omelet assembly line will be in place as well as our resident waffle-slinger. Around the corner from the waffles you will find bacon, hash browns, biscuits and gravy and juice to wash it all down. After you get your tickets in the mail, in addition to yourself, perhaps think of someone new in your lodge who may be interested in the Scottish Rite. Perpetual distance of unknown friends ends at a breakfast table. We hope to meet you then.

The only thing better than coming to the Super Breakfast, is being in on the fun that goes on in the kitchen. It takes a minimum of twelve people at our various stations to provide for our guests. We love to involve new members in the kitchen crew and hope a brave few lend to the cause. Let me know and I can put you on the team! Have a great Equinox and I hope to see you in our travels.

Fraternally Yours,
Luke Keith

News About Scottish Rite Newsletter

Brothers,

Due to increase in printing and mailing costs come May 1st, the Scottish Rite News will no longer be physically mailed out unless you notify the office that you do not get the Newsletter through your email.

If you have an email and are currently receiving it via hard copy, please call the office and help us update our email list.

Membership Dues Deadline Approaching

Our Valley Secretary, Daniel Willerton, 32⁰, with some volunteers has been contacting our members that are behind in their dues. They have been focusing on those Brothers that are behind two years (2012 & 2013). They have had some success and hope to have more. Our concern is that The Supreme Council recommends that those brothers that are two or more years in arrears have their membership suspended for non-payment of dues (SNPD).

We have been holding off on this recommendation for six months in hopes that we could reduce the number of Brothers that are in this category. It is currently 59 members and we are confident that it can be reduced further. These Brothers will be suspended at the end of June if the dues are not brought current.

There are a number of ways available to help members if they are having problems paying their dues. Please call the office at 714 543-7277 and we will try to help. Our goal is to treat this in a Masonic way and not a business way. After all, we are all Brothers and Scottish Rite Masons!

Bob McNamara, 32⁰ KCCH
Assistant Personal Representative

Dinner Reservations Reminder

Due to late requests for dinner reservations, we have had increasing difficulty in providing our caterer with the accurate numbers necessary for timely food preparation. This announcement serves as a reminder that dinner reservations for stated meetings must be received by close of business on the preceding Friday. Reservations for special events must be received by the announced deadline. Please make
note of the following:

  1. Dinner reservations can be made by stopping by or calling the General Secretary’s Office at (714) -543-7277. You may also opt to be placed on the permanent stated meeting dinner reservation list.
  2. Requests for reservations received after the deadline will not be accepted.
  3. Walk-ins will be accepted for a price increase.
  4. “No Show” reservations that are not cancelled will result in a billing for the price of dinner.

Scottish Rite Research Society

As you are no doubt aware, the Scottish Rite Research Society (SRRS) was founded in 1991 to promote deeper study of and reflection on the teachings of Freemasonry. Since then, the SRRS has grown into the largest and most dynamic American Masonic research group today. Drawing from an esteemed and international cadre of Fellows and scholars, the SRRS annually publishes some of the most im-portant works in Masonic research.

With over 4,000 members, the SRRS continues to grow in the Southern Jurisdiction but we would like to publicize it to an even wider audience; namely, our newest Scottish Rite Brethren. If any brother would like more information on the Scottish Rite Research Society please visit our website.

 

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