Lone Star Lodge #85 PHA

03/04/2026

🔥 Rodeo & BBQ Season is Here! 🔥

Lone Star Lodge #85 is proud to support Smugglers Blues, a cook team made up of members of Lone Star Lodge #85, as they compete in the 17th Annual Charity Wild Game Cook-Off & Rodeo hosted by the Texas Association of First Responders.

📅 April 10–11, 2026
📍 Waller County Fairgrounds – Hempstead, TX

This incredible event supports our first responders and features a State Championship Cook-Off, rodeo action, live music, and great fellowship throughout the weekend.

Please come out, enjoy some amazing BBQ, support a great cause, and cheer on Smugglers Blues as they represent Lone Star Lodge #85!

02/25/2026

Mark your calendars! The Joe Davis Memorial Cookoff is coming to Hempstead on June 12–13 and you don’t want to miss it!

This is an official IBCA (International Barbeque Cookers Association) sanctioned event, which means top-tier competition, serious cook teams, and championship-level BBQ. If you love great food, community fellowship, and high-energy cookoff action — this is the place to be.

📍 Hempstead, TX
📅 June 12–13
🏆 IBCA Sanctioned Event

Bring your appetite, bring your lawn chairs, and come support an incredible tradition honoring Mr. Joe Davis.

12/31/2025

Lone Star Lodge #85 reflects with gratitude on a 2025 year filled with impactful service and fellowship. From community events, scholarship and back-to-school drives, holiday outreach, cornerstone ceremonies, civic engagements, and fellowship with lodges across Waller County and beyond, we are thankful for every opportunity to show up and serve.

None of this would be possible without the support of our families, community partners, neighboring lodges, and friends who stand with us. Your encouragement and collaboration strengthen our mission and amplify our impact.

As proud Prince Hall Masons, we are honored to serve our community, uphold our traditions, and build bonds rooted in brotherhood, integrity, and service.

If you are in the Northwest Houston, Hempstead, Prairie View, Brenham, or Waller County area and are interested in learning more about Freemasonry or becoming part of something greater than yourself, we invite you to reach out to Lone Star Lodge #85. We would be honored to connect.

Here’s to continued unity, growth, and service.

12/06/2025

Huge thank you to everyone who came out to support the Prarie View Greeks & Friends 6th Annual Gift & Go Toy Drive!

Your generosity helped us bless families across the community, and we couldn’t have done it without the incredible organizations who partnered with us to make this event a success.

A special shoutout to the Prairie View Volunteer Fire Department for hosting and for their continued commitment to serving Prairie View & Hempstead year after year.

Because of all of you, countless kids will have a brighter Christmas. Thank you for showing up, giving back, and standing with us!

11/27/2025

Today we pause to give thanks — for brotherhood, for family, and for the community that surrounds and supports us.

Lone Star Lodge #85 is grateful for the continued opportunity to serve Hempstead, Prairie View, Waller County, and the surrounding areas. Your support inspires our work, strengthens our mission, and reminds us why service and unity matter.

May your day be filled with laughter, good food, and love that remind you just how blessed we all are.

From our lodge to your home — Happy Thanksgiving!

11/20/2025

We’re getting close to our annual Toy Drive on December 6, 2025, from 10 AM–1 PM at the Prairie View Volunteer Fire Department — and we need your support!

Lone Star Lodge #85, along with several amazing community partners, is coming together to make sure kids in our area have a joyful holiday. Our goal is simple: collect as many toys as possible and donate them to the Prairie View Volunteer Fire Fighters Association so they can bless families right here in the community.

Bring a toy, spread the word, and help us make a real impact this season. Let’s show what unity in our community looks like!

11/11/2025

Today we honor the brave men and women — past and present — who’ve stepped forward to serve this nation with courage, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment.

Your service ensures our freedoms and protects our way of life. We thank you, we celebrate you, and we salute you.

To all the veterans in our community we are forever grateful.

11/02/2025

Lone Star Lodge #85 was honored to attend the Paul Laurence Dunbar Festive Board hosted by the brothers of Thomas H. Keithley Masonic Lodge #45 PHA.

We extend our deepest thanks to their Worshipful Master Derrick White and the entire lodge for putting on an excellent event—one that not only celebrated our heritage but also strengthened the bond of brotherhood across Texas.

Special appreciation to our own Worshipful Master for representing Lone Star Lodge with dignity and pride.

Here’s to continued unity, fellowship, and the legacy of Prince Hall Freemasonry.

10/31/2025

Lone Star Lodge #85 was proudly represented by our Senior Warden at the Annual AKAtober Trunk or Treat Party in Prairie View, TX!

We appreciate Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Prairie View Volunteer Fire Fighting Association for hosting such a fun, family-friendly event that brings smiles to children across the community. Events like these remind us of the importance of showing up, serving others, and building bonds that strengthen our neighborhoods.

Thank you, Brother Caine, for your leadership and commitment to representing the Lodge!

10/31/2025

Lone Star Lodge #85 was proud to attend and support the Waller County Courthouse Cornerstone Ceremony — a time-honored Masonic tradition symbolizing strength, stability, and moral foundation.

In Freemasonry, the cornerstone represents the first and most important stone set in a building — signifying the principles of truth, integrity, and brotherly love upon which we strive to build both our lives and our communities.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Grand Lodge of Texas for an excellent and dignified ceremony, and to Hempstead Lodge #749 A.F. & A.M. along with the other lodges of Waller County for the kind invitation and hospitality.

Special thanks to the Worshipful Master of Hiram’s Trowel #662 for attending and supporting this effort.

May this be the first of many opportunities for us to continue working together in Hempstead and throughout Waller County, strengthening our bonds of fellowship and community service.

08/25/2025