Lewisville Lodge No. 201 A.F. & A.M. joins in the City of Lewisville’s effort to enhance our community environment by becoming a member of the Adopt-A-Spot program.
Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital PresentationScottish Rite Children’s Hospital Presentation
On March 23’rd during the weekend of the Scottish Rite Dallas Valley Spring Reunion members of the 4’th Degree Team and Auditorium Committee were given the opportunity to present proceeds raised from the Stonecutters 5k Race and Masonic Mile in the amount of $3,100.00 to a representative of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
The Stonecutters 5k Race and Masonic Mile is the annual charity event organized by Lewisville Lodge No. 201 A.F. & A.M., benefitting The Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, The Lewisville Independent School District and Vista Academy.
50 & 60 Year Masonic Service Awards50 & 60 Year Masonic Service Awards
On February 16’th 2013 Lewisville Lodge held it’s annual Past Masters and Masonic Widows appreciation and recognition dinner. Joining us this evening were several Past Masters and three Masonic Widows. Along with the festivities of the evening we also honored four of our long time Masonic Brethren. Both Brother Luster and Palmer were present with their 60 year lapel pins and certificates by Right Worshipfuls Hardeman and FitzPatrick. Although not in attendance, Brothers Swann and Clem were awarded their 50 year lapel pins and certificates at their homes later the following week.
As an upcoming event in the near future, during our Stated Meeting for the month of May we will also be honoring our 25 & 40 year service award recipients.
The New StonecutterThe New Stonecutter
Our annual Race for The Children 5k and Golf Scramble have been rebranded as our 2013 Stonecutter events.
The Stonecutter Classic will be held at Tour 18
May 10, 2013 with a shotgun start at 9:00am
The Stonecutter Shuffle will be held at City Hall in Old Town Lewisville
During Western Days
Have a look at the new website for the Stonecutter Shuffle 5k and Stonecutter Classic Golf Scramble by clicking on the logos below.
A special thanks goes out to Brother Haley for the design of the new logos!
Police and Fireman Breakfast Saturday April 6th 2013Police and Fireman Breakfast Saturday April 6th 2013
Lewisville Lodge No. 201 A.F. & A.M. held it’s annual Policemen & Firemen breakfast this past Saturday the 6’th. 56 Policemen, Firemen and EMT personnel were in attendance along with 12 Lodge Brethren.
In appreciation for all that you do… Lewisville Lodge No. 201 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons would like to serve you breakfast!
Who: All of the Men and Women that are on & off duty including Police Officers, Sheriff’s Deputies, State Troopers, Firemen, Volunteers and your Department’s Staff
When: Saturday, April 6th from 2:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Where: Lewisville Lodge No. 201 A. F. & A. M.
We would like to encourage you all to stop by and have a great breakfast. We had a great turn out last year and look forward to seeing you all again as well as those of you, who did not know about the breakfast and those poor souls who did but were called away by duty. This year we will again be serving all you can eat; ham, bacon, eggs to order, omelets to order, sausage, Belgium waffles, biscuits & gravy, juice and coffee.
Why do Masons end their prayers with the phrase “So mote it be”?Why do Masons end their prayers with the phrase “So mote it be”?
It is customary in contemporary English to end prayers with a hearty “Amen,” a word meaning ‘So be it’. It is a Latin word derived from the Hebrew word meaning ‘certainly’. Thus a congregation saying “Amen” is literally saying “So be it”. The word mote is an archaic verb that means ‘may’ or ‘might’, and traces back to Old English. The phrase “So mote it be” means ‘So may it be’, which is the same as ‘So be it’. So why do Masons end their prayer this way? The answer goes back to the Regius Poem of about 1390 AD, the oldest known Masonic document (now housed in the British Museum, London). It is one of the Old Charges or Gothic Constitution used by early Freemasons to regulate their trade. It has a legendary history, regulations to guide the Mason trade and rules of manners and moral conduct. The poem ends famously with this couplet: Amen! Amen! So mote it be! So say we all for charity. Thus Freemasons today end their prayers the same way they did in 1390. The next time you’re in lodge and say “So mote it be” after the chaplain finishes a prayer, remember that you are continuing a 600 year old Masonic Tradition.
Chili Cookoff 2013Chili Cookoff 2013
Lewisville Lodge No. 201 held it’s annual Chili Cookoff this past weekend on Saturday January 19th. There was a good turnout for this event with many members from the lodge, members of our Eastern Star, and several visitors in attendance. Ten different chilies entered for judging. There were chilies with beans, without beans, and with all different kinds of meat. Some had a little heat, while others had enough heat to make even the bravest Texan wipe a tear from his eyes. There was even one chili with chocolate as the secret ingredient. Everyone who attended the event and had a chance to sample these fine chilies were the real winners, but of course, we must honor those cooks who delivered the very finest Chilies that Lewisville Lodge had to offer.
Below is a picture of this year’s winners: Russina Lee 1st Place, Cameron Hickman 2nd Place, Norah Logsdon 3rd place.
A New YearA New Year
As you set forth your plan for the New Year, please consider adding these Resolutions to your list:
- Further your Masonic education. Read more about masonry. We have plenty of great books in our lodge library!
- Improve your ritual work. Join us each Monday as the brothers meet to teach and learn our work.
- Make an effort to attend Masonic funeral services. The families request a masonic funeral service because Freemasonry obviously meant a lot to the deceased Brother & his family. Make an extra effort to show them that it means a lot to you as well.
- Help aid and assist those in need. Specifically, ask the Senior Warden of our lodge if there is a member, widow, or other person that you could keep in contact with and help when necessary.
- Show brotherly love to all mankind. It is our duty to convince the world of the greater good of masonry through our deeds and actions.
Here is a final thought for the New Year from Brother Theodore Roosevelt:
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes up short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails Daring Greatly so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.”
– Bro. Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States
Matinecock Lodge No. 806 F.& A.M., Oyster Bay, NY, USA
ThanksgivingThanksgiving
We met at the Lodge on Saturday November 17, 2012 for a wonderful meal in honor of the Thanksgiving Tradition. We had a great time visiting with family and friends and gave thanks for the many blessings that each of us share this holiday season.
Below are a few photos from the dinner along with the original Thanksgiving proclamation given by brother George Washington 223 years ago.
THANKSGIVING DAY 1789
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – A PROCLAMATION
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be – That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks – for his kind care and protection of the People of this country previous to their becoming a Nation – for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war –for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed – for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions – to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually – to render our national government a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed – to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord – To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and Us – and generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.
George Washington