Friendship Masonic Lodge

As the Masonic year is coming to a close, Friendship still found the time to make a sixth Entered Apprentice this year last night when Jonathan joined our ranks. It was a great way to wrap up the year of Masonic degrees with our team in wonderful form. One of the highlights of the evening was having two of our most recent EAs get to watch another Brother receive their first degree, and hearing them discussing their Masonic journeys together.

Friendship held our last Stated business meeting of the year last night. We started the night with a delicious meal of Thai food provided by our Brother Junior Warden Kyle as his final dinner for the year before moving onto our business. Much to the Brothers approval, it was the shortest business meeting of 2025 as we look towards transferring into the next Masonic year. We had a somber note during the night when the Brothers held a moment of silence for the passing for Brother Bill Korte, whose funeral we are in the process of planning. For education, we listened to a poem by Montford C. Holley called, "The Work".

Friendship continues to bolster our numbers as we welcomed Rob into the Lodge, our fifth Entered Apprentice this year. Rob has been quite patient, waiting a few months now since turning in his petition because the Lodge has been so busy catching up with al the petitions we've received over the year. We also are in debt to Brother Derek from Kenton #145, who saved us by performing the Lecture at the last second after Walter was injured while riding his bike.