Ebenezer Lodge #76 Senatobia, Miss.

04/08/2023

Spiral Sliced Hams and Boston Butts ready to come off the smoker.

03/21/2023

03/05/2023

Need a Boston butt or a ham for Easter?
Ebenezer Lodge #76, Senatobia, MS, will be smoking butts and hams Friday night, April 7.
$40 for your choice.
Call Kevin Hatton at (662) 292-0355 or
Ricky Stevens at (662) 560-3421
to reserve your ham or Boston butt.
Pickup Saturday April 8, between 8am and 11am at
Ebenezer Lodge
902 E F Hale Drive
Senatobia, MS

03/18/2022

From Grand Orator Lane Dossett of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi.
Did Hiram Abiff have a wife?

05/15/2020

Especially appropriate in this day.

"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery."
Bro:. John Paul Jones
Father of the United States Navy
St. Bernard Lodge No. 122, Kirkudbright, Scotland.

"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery."
Bro:. John Paul Jones
Father of the United States Navy
St. Bernard Lodge No. 122, Kirkudbright, Scotland.

03/18/2020

The April 2 stated meeting of Ebenezer Lodge #76, Senatobia,has been cancelled in accordance with the recommendation of MWGM Harold Norton by order of WM Jacob Howle. Due notice will be sent by the lodge secretary.

11/25/2019

Free Will

Another Brother and I had a running disagreement about the lessons of the lecture during initiation. He said the main lesson was about Trust. Maybe so, but I felt then and still feel the two most important words in the degree are Free Will.

Masons and our Masonic Lodges lean heavily on the concept of Free Will.

Candidates for Freemasonry are asked repeatedly if they are at the Lodge of their own Free Will. We are not allowed to pressure men to join Masonry, or even to invite men to become Masons. Instead, men have to choose to approach the Lodge of their own Free Will and ask to join. After that, the Lodge members vote for or against the candidate and we do this of our own Free Will. The unanimously approved candidate then returns to the lodge, or not, for advancement via exercise of his own Free Will.

One of the most historically significant points about Freemasonry is that we have always chosen our own leaders via the exercise of Free Will. We vote for our leaders, and those leaders step away from office at the end of their terms. One of most important events in the political history of the United States occurred when George Washington willingly stepped aside and left the presidency at the end of his second term. Prior to that, voluntary giving up of power by a head of state was unheard of in world history. Yet Freemason George Washington exercised his own free will and following Masonic custom shook the hand of his successor and voluntarily retired to the sidelines.

Through the exercise of Free Will Masons choose learn to control our impulses and passions and to conduct ourselves more appropriately in public and private with our fellow man. All of our actions are a matter of choice. For example, when confronted by an argumentative person we make a choice of whether to return harsh word for harsh word, to respond with kindness and patience, or to walk away.

When we choose a course of action, whether it be a for a momentous life event or whether to have a salad or a sandwich for lunch, we exercise our free will.

We choose in our daily lives how we initiate or respond to conversations. We choose to speak well or speak ill of another. We choose to find and speak of the positives in our world, or we choose to find the negative.

We choose to build, and we choose to destroy.

Which will we choose today? Will we choose to carry brotherly love to those we meet out in the world or will we choose to confine it inside the walls of our lodges? Will we choose to follow our obligations, or will we choose to ignore those?

Will we choose to work to become better than we were yesterday, or will we choose to remain as we were?

An Anonymous Mississippi Mason

11/20/2019

Brethren,

Friday, November 22 at 6:30pm Grand Master Jason Jefcoat will be at Panola Lodge #66 Batesville for an informational meeting. This meeting is open to all Regular Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, and Master Masons.
The Grand Master will read all 20 of the proposed bylaw changes to be presented at the 2020 Grand lodge session. After reading the proposals the floor will be opened for comments and questions.
Panola Lodge is located on the Square in Downtown Batesville. The street address is:
135 Public Square
Batesville, MS 38606

Please share as appropriate.

11/15/2019

You think you want to be a Freemason. What is next?

First you must contact a Master Mason and ask for a petition. One of the rules is that Masons can’t ask someone to become a Mason. The prospective Mason has to ask to join. Two members of the same Lodge must sign your petition stating that they have a personal knowledge of your character and that they believe you would make a good member. These two members will then turn your petition into the Lodge at its business meeting.

At the Lodge’s business meeting a committee of three Master Masons will be assigned the responsibility of investigating your background. This will include interviewing you in person to make sure you understand what the Lodge’s expectations are of you. They should talk to your wife letting her know what the Lodge is and does. If your family does not fully support your desire to become a Freemason, you are wasting your time and ours.

The committee will report to the Lodge what they find and report you as favorable or unfavorable. At that point the Lodge will vote on your petition. If you are elected by a unanimous ballot you will be asked to come to the Lodge, and you will be interviewed again to make sure you will be an asset to the Lodge. You will then be required to pay a fee to the Lodge and you will be initiated.

From start to finish, you can expect this process to take at least two to three months, but then you are just getting started.

Congratulations and welcome to the Fraternity.

For even more information, follow this link: https://ms.grandview.systems/public_lodges/inquiry

11/13/2019

The Grand lodge of Mississippi Leadership 101 class scheduled for November 23 has been moved from Ebenezer Lodge to Northwest Shrine Club due to higher than expected enrollment. There is now plenty of space available.
Follow the link below to register.
https://www.msgrandlodge.org/emerging-leaders-program/

10/27/2019

Flawed But Chosen

Who does the Supreme Architect of the Universe chose as leaders? Have you ever thought about it in a biblical sense? Who did God pick to lead his chosen people out of Egypt? Nothing but a murderer with a speech impediment. Probably not who you or I would rely upon to convey our message to a sovereign leader.

Abraham was old. Elijah was suicidal. Gideon was afraid. Samson was a womanizer. Rahab was a pr******te. Jonah ran. Peter denied Christ. Noah was a drunk.

Tonight, I had the honor of conferring the Most Excellent Master upon 4 great guys in Laurel using this 100 year old flawed gavel, and it reminded me of Moses. It’s ugly and oblong, but where others have failed it has persisted. We have a stupid one in Petal Lodge that the handle keeps falling out of; yet it’s perfect and symmetrical. I hate it. But this working tool tonight caught my attention.

Believe it or not, one of the best attorneys in Hattiesburg has a severe stuttering problem. Juries connect with him. Why? Because he doesn’t put on airs or a false façade. He has problems just like the rest of us, and he’s smart enough not to try to cover it up with a fancy watch and bow tie. He’s a Moses. He's a man that relies upon God over his own talents.

Brethren, our Grand Lodge has made available leadership classes, and they’re great. We need leaders. Not placeholders or drones in our hive. Don’t wait for the perfect guy, because he won’t be chosen. I challenged the candidates tonight to become leaders of the Rite. Please consider 2020 and what you can do for the craft. If flawed men and women can make a difference to God’s cause, what can you and I do to further the craft?

R. Lane Dossett