Educator of the Year — 2020!
Posted onFor Excellence in the Craft of Education, the Brothers of Olive Branch Lodge #16 of F. & A. M. hereby award Mr. Edward S. Gattsek the award for Educator of the Year! Congratulations!
Category: 2020
Greetings from the East!
Posted onBrethren, As the 2020 Masonic Year draws to a close, we remember just how difficult and unusual the period has been. And like many, I too did not envision this for my year as Master of our Lodge. I am relieved, however, with our progress throughout and pleased with what we have been able to […]
Growth Rings
Posted onThe entire history of a tree, year by year, can be read in the circular groves that mark its annular cycle; its growth rings. Dry years, wet years, health and affliction, a scattered wildfire, or a lightning strike, all can be defined in those annular recordings. Those unique slices of time. Trees like redwoods and […]
Greetings from the East…
Posted onActors in a Broadway show are immersed in the character they are playing in that show. Their entire existence is contained within the three walls of the stage. When an actor becomes aware that they are only a character in a show and notices that there is an audience watching them, they will sometimes step […]
Scotchtober Fest 2020!
Posted onSeptember 2020
Posted onI hope this message finds you and your family safe and healthy. If there isanything that is needed, please reach out to the Relief Committee, and wewill try to help as best we can. I, for one, am looking forward to returning to our labors after these summer months. I hope everyone was able to […]
What’s in a number?
Posted onI’d first like to say that in the midst of the Pandemic weare all going through, I hope this message finds you andyour family safe and healthy. If there is anything that isneeded, please reach out to the Relief Committee and wewill try to help as best we can. We are surrounded by numbers. they […]
Please join us this Tuesday, May 12 at 7:30 pm as R.W. Len Vander Horn presents “Masonic Youth Groups”!The Zoom meeting information is below.I hope to see you there!Fraternally,WB. Peter. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86200208063?pwd=NHZlRkROUjJDY1ExS2Y4ei9QYTlldz09 Meeting ID: 862 0020 8063Password: 161849One tap mobile+13126266799,,86200208063#,,1#,161849# US (Chicago)+16465588656,,86200208063#,,1#,161849# US (New York)
Who is a Mason?
Posted onI’d first like to say that in the midst of the Pandemic we are all going through, I hope this message finds you and your family safe and healthy. If there is anything that is needed, please reach out to the Relief Committee and we will try to help as best we can. Where are […]
What is your Trestle-board?
Posted onI’d first like to say that in the midst of the Pandemic we are all going through, I hope this message finds you and your family safe and healthy. If there is anything that is needed, reach out to the relief committee and we will try to help as best we can. —— The Trestle-Board […]