Brother John McCargar loves Freemasonry and everything for which it stands. We consistently look forward to his educational nights, his newsletter articles and even his musings on our lodge app. Enjoy as we share several recent musings from Brother John.
One of our members who recently passed had a tremendous wealth of information about our lodge in particular and masonry in general. His family has donated most of that information and you will be hearing a lot of it as podcasts in the near future.
In the state of California there is an award, called the Hiram award, that can be given out to one Mason each year in each lodge. This award is not "won", the recipient is determined by the lodge and is usually that unsung hero. It is for the Mason who comes down on odd days and does the gardening, or stays late to do the dishes, or is the one who knows how to repair everything and anything in the lodge. This podcast shares this year's Hiram Award ceremony so those of you who have never been to ...
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: http://www.freemason.org/doc/2019-08_e-TB.pdf?id=88511 Master's Article - Relief Masons 4 Mitts Members Outside the Lodge John H. Reynolds Bio Let's Get Social! Links: Angels RBI Podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/episodes/SS357-Masons-4-Mitts---Angels-RBI-with-Veronica-Vazquez-e4hman Masons4Mitts: https://www.masons4mitts.org/product/give-a-mitt/?region=orangecounty (Select North County Bees)...
Join us as we spend some time with Veronica Vazquez of the Angels RBI program. The Angels RBI League has provided over 20,000 kids, who would not otherwise have the chance, with the opportunity to play baseball and softball. As a collaboration between Angels Baseball, Major League Baseball, and other youth development agencies throughout Southern California, the league specifically targets underserved youth and provides them with a comprehensive athletic experience at no cost. In addition to lea...
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/2018-09%20e-TB_FINAL_upload.pdf?id=72447 Master's article "You joined the craft, before you inquired" - Worshipful Jenkins discusses how men have already headed down the path towards Masonry before they even knocked the first time. Senior Warden’s article "Strategic Planning" - Worshipful Reddoch discusses the initial 2019 Strategic Planning meeting results Junior Warden’s article "When you walk into your neighbor's vineyar...
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/2018-07%20e-TB_FINAL.pdf?id=69387 Master's article "Faith and Freedom" - Worshipful Jenkins discusses religious faith and Masonry "Established 1717" - A brief history of the official founding of modern Freemasonry
We had a lively discussion one night about what exactly Freemasonry is. We caught Brother John's response on video. Enjoy. Click here to view the youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEazcdb6faI
In 2018 Solomon's Staircase had the honor of being awarded best social media presence for a Masonic Lodge in the state of California for the third time in four years. The Grand Lodge also honored us with the best Trestle Board award as well. The attached audio, and video link below are the members of our lodge discussing the award, and how and why we do what we do that has allowed us to win the best social media award three out of the four years the award has been given. Click here for the youtu...
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/04_2017%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=53166
Click here to read the full newsletter: http://www.freemason.org/doc/2019-07_e-TB.pdf?id=88510 "Charity and the Ripple Effect Masonry Has Left" - Worshipful Diez discusses methods of charity Master's article - Worshipful Reddoch looks back at the successes in the first half of the year and looks forward to the second half Editor's article "Masonic Education, Masonic Enlightenment" - Worshipful Diez discusses sharing of Masonic education Chris Maher 3rd degree Welcome to the Craft, Brother Ray Fe...
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/09-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=48568 Master's Article http://www.solomonstaircase.org
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/08-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=46642 Master's Article
Click the following link for the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/07-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=46060 - Master's Article
Read the complete Trestle Board at the following link: https://www.freemason.org/doc/05-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=44772 Master's Article
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/04-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=44185 Master's Article
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/03-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=43673 Master's Article
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/02-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=42962 Master's Article
Click the following to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/01-2016%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=39852 Master's Article Master's Installation Speech
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/2018-10%20e-TB_FINAL_.pdf?id=72446 Master's article Senior Warden’s article Junior Warden’s article Brother Russ Marshall's 50 Years Oops, we did it again Sacred Geometry Promotions
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/2018-11%20e-TB_FINAL.pdf?id=72445 Master's article Senior Warden’s article Junior Warden’s article Goodbye MW Bruce Intro to Aaron Leading Brethren MW Wright
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/03-2017%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=52412 Master's article St. Patrick
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/02_2017%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=51451 Master's article
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/03-2018%20e-TB_FINAL-GL.pdf?id=62733 Master's article Senior Warden’s article Junior Warden’s article
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/2018-06%20e-TB_FINAL_1_.pdf?id=67838 Master's article Senior Warden’s article Junior Warden’s article
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/01-2017%20e-Trestleboard.pdf?id=49856 Master's article
In this episode we share information straight off the Grand Lodge of California's web site to talk about what Freemasonry is. Links: https://www.freemason.org/ https://www.freemason.org/doc/Discover%20Masonry.pdf?id=28627 https://www.freemason.org/doc/History%20of%20Freemasonry.pdf?id=270 https://www.freemason.org/doc/Masons%20of%20California%20Subsidaries.pdf?id=28629
The following link is to the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/2018-02%20e-TB_FINAL.pdf?id=60461 Master's article Senior Warden's article Junior Warden's article 2017 Hiram Award Links: https://www.masons4mitts.org/product/give-a-mitt/?region=orangecounty (Select North County Bees)
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/01-2018%20e-trestleboard.pdf?id=59913 Master's article Senior Warden’s article Junior Warden’s article Goodbye Worshipful Brian
Click here to read the full Trestle Board: https://www.freemason.org/doc/2019-01%20e-TB.pdf?id=74526 Master's article Strength and leadership
