Social Lodge No.1 F&AM

02/05/2022

REMEMBER YOU'RE A MASON

When the pressures of recession
Make us concentrate on greed,
Take heed, a worthy Mason
Cares about another's needs;

Don't let pressures of the moment
Make your obligation sway,
Stop and help a fallen brother
Or another by the way;

What you give is like a bubble
Whenever you assist,
What it costs in time and trouble
Is, soon after, never missed;

Brother, bear that obligation
You accepted on your knee,
It's in direct relation
To your own security;

Never hesitate, my brother
Square your actions now and say,
"I'll remember I'm a Mason,
"And behave like that today;"

"With regard to human kindness
And the 'Golden Rule', I pray,
I'll remember I'm a Mason...
And behave like that today."

In these trying times let this help to remind us where we all first knelt and to stay vigilant in our pursuit of light and becoming better men.

01/29/2022

Have a great day wherever you are!

12/23/2021

From our Family to yours, Merry Christmas!

12/16/2021

Happy Birthday to the Grand Lodge of Georgia!!

12/13/2021

Reminder: Social Lodge No.1 meets tomorrow, Tuesday December 14th.

Dinner: Village Deli 5:45pm
Library Hour: 7:00pm
Lodge: 8:00pm

Please note the December meeting is Elections & Installation.

Please join us as we welcome our 2022 Officers and show appreciation for our 2021 officers. It has been a great year!

12/11/2021

Reminder: Social Lodge No.1 meets Tuesday December 14th.

Dinner: Village Deli 5:45pm
Library Hour: 7:00pm
Lodge: 8:00pm

Please note the December meeting is Elections & Installation.

Please join us as we welcome our 2022 Officers and show appreciation for our 2021 officers. It has been a great year!

11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving from our families to yours!

This year we are very thankful for so many things, but most especially the wonderful things on the horizon for our great fraternity!

11/20/2021

Today in Masonic History we discuss the Beehive.

The Beehive is a masonic symbol quite often seen on collages of masonic imagery.

The Beehive often brings to mind a well organized group of insects working together for a common goal. The term generally associated with it is Industry. Not in the modern sense of massive machines working to stamp out multiple like items, but in the more ancient sense of a group of individuals working to create something.

To our ancient operative brothers who came from the guilds of the middle-ages, Industry in the old meaning was how things were accomplished without modern heavy machinery. Individuals were assigned specific tasks based on their skill level. Some simply carried stone or other materials. Often placing it in the care of their more experienced brothers who fashioned the proper piece for the structure. Others still put their skills to planning how the structure was put together. Assigning tasks to help complete the structure. No one group was the linchpin to the project or structure, yet all were critical to make the project a success.

Fast forward to the arrival of speculative masonry and you have a hive of a new kind. Still you have a structure that requires workers on all levels to make the hive (in this case hive is a synonym for lodge) function and be successful. More experienced brothers in the craft share their knowledge with newer "workers" in the hive. All the while realizing they have their own task in the hive. Each doing their part to make the hive function properly. Working on projects to bring success to the endeavor and the lodge. There is also the leader of the hive, in the case of a Masonic lodge the Worshipful Master, who reads and creates the plans and guides the workers on all levels to a successful project.

Whether you are talking about our ancient operative brothers or the modern hive (lodge), the end goal is still the same. A group of individuals working together for a common goal, the success of any one individual is important since it helps the larger structure of the hive succeed. Even with the opportunity for individual success and growth we still see the need for the overall structure of the hive to succeed. The hive must succeed otherwise the individual accomplishment has a reduced meaning, possibly even making the individual success meaningless. The idea for the hive is to assemble those who can best work together and best agree on the common goal of the hive.

It is through this concept of Industry that our ancient operative brothers were able to create grand cathedrals and other enduring structures. It is also how modern Freemasonry makes successful lodges, some enduring for hundreds of years.

11/11/2021

11/09/2021

Reminder: Social Lodge meets tonight!!!!

What symbol stands out to you? The circumpunct? The beehive? Sword pointed to a naked heart? What about the smooth and rough ashlars?

What do these symbols mean to you? How do we apply the lessons of each one to our lives?

Come tonight to join the discussion!!!

Dinner at Village Deli 5:45pm (we order at 6)
Library Hour 7:00pm
Lodge opens at 8:00pm

11/08/2021

Reminder Social Lodge No.1 meets Tuesday 11/9!!!

Come join us for dinner and a great night of fellowship & freemasonry!!!

Dinner Village Deli at 5:45 pm
Library Hour @ 7:00 pm
Lodge @8:00 pm

Lodge education will be symbols of the craft, an interactive discussion on Masonic symbology.