Summit Lodge #263

04/26/2026

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What you will be doing:Delivering beds to children in need around Independence and Kansas City. We will caravan together in 6 different teams.

04/02/2026

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03/21/2026

No dinner plans? The Spaghetti Dinner is at the lodge until 7.

03/06/2026

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History Spotlight

Summit Lodge No. 263 stands as one of the long‑established Masonic pillars of Lee’s Summit, carrying more than 150 years of history, fellowship, and community presence. Chartered on October 30, 1870, the lodge began its work in the heart of downtown, where generations of Masons gathered, served, and helped shape the character of the growing town around them.

02/17/2026

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Freemason & Civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson, has reportedly died.

Born in 1941, Jackson was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement, working alongside Martin Luther King Jr. before founding PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) and the Rainbow Coalition.

He was a member of the Prince Hall Freemasonry (Harmony Lodge No. 88 in Chicago).

Prior to his passing, he had been hospitalized in Chicago for a rare neurological condition, progressive supranuclear palsy, in November 2025.



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01/16/2026

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While serving as President of the United States, Brother Harry S. Truman remained an active Mason. On one occasion, he attended a Masonic meeting accompanied—as required—by a Secret Service agent.

As Truman approached the lodge room, the agent moved to follow him inside.

Truman stopped.

He turned to the agent and said, calmly but firmly:

“You can’t come in there with me.”

The agent explained that his duty was to protect the President at all times. He was armed. He was responsible. He could stand quietly in the back.

Truman shook his head.

“Inside that room, I am not the President.
And you are not my guard.
In there, all men meet on the level.”

He instructed the agent to wait outside.

The meeting proceeded as any other lodge meeting would. Truman sat not as Commander in Chief, but as a Brother—under the same obligations, governed by the same rules, bound by the same trust as every man present.

Brethren, that moment tells us something essential.

Truman understood that the lodge room is one of the few places in the world where rank is checked at the door. No office outranks obligation. No authority overrides equality. Even the most powerful man in the nation does not stand above the Craft.

What’s more remarkable is this:
Truman did not view that restriction as a risk.
He viewed it as a sacred boundary.

The trust he placed in the lodge was greater than the fear he carried from the outside world.

That is faith in Masonry.

It also reminds us of our responsibility. If a President could lay aside power, protection, and title to sit among Brothers as an equal—then the sanctity of this room depends on us honoring that trust.

So the lesson here isn’t about Harry Truman being humble.

It’s about Harry Truman being obedient to his obligation.

The lodge room only remains special as long as we protect what it represents:
• Equality over status
• Trust over fear
• Brotherhood over authority

Brethren, when we enter this room, we all leave something behind.
For Truman, it was the Presidency.
For us, it should be our pride.

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year

12/20/2025

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12/07/2025

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11/26/2025

A time to reflect on all we have to be thankful for.