February 21st at 7pm.
Help welcome the new candidates into Masonry!
February 25th at 9am.
Be sure to come out and cheer WPL on as the district tries to take the title!
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The Scottish Rite has some excellent podcasts with some interesting Masonic topics
WPL honored one of its own recently on his 40 year anniversary. Charles Carl Weber was born on August 22,1924. He was initiated an Entered Apprectice on January 1, 1971, passed to the degree of Fellowcraft on March 30,1971, and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on April 1, 1971.If you are wondering how brother Carl went through the degrees so fast, its because H. Glen Avery was his instructor! Carl was awarded his 40 year pin along with a certificate from Grand Lodge. Brother Carl then donated the sum of 5000 dollars to the building fund! Hats off to you brother Carl, with the upcoming renovations your donation will go a long way!
WPL participated in the Scottish Highland Games for the 3rd straight year in a row. Our Junior Warden Jeff Morgan has done another great job in getting us out in the community. Our Junior Deacon, Mike Griffin another fixture at the games spent all day Saturday and Sunday greeting people and grilling burgers for the hungry brothers manning the tent. Our Senior Deacon of Clan McDonald even got into the spirit of things by dressing in the traditional Scottish garb of a kilt! On Sunday as the day was winding down, (along with the tent and some good scotch) WM Mike Kilgore of Winter Garden Lodge and his daughter stopped by to lend a hand.
The games this year were attended by over 15,000 people. Although there is no official count of how many people stopped by the tent, brochures are running thin!
It is recorded that King Solomon’s Temple had two distinct bronze pillars erected at the porch entrance that were given the names of Jachin and Boaz. The pillars are described in the Bible in 2 Chronicles 3:15-17 and in 1 Kings 7. These pillars have played an important part in Freemasonry lore for centuries. Boaz, the left pillar, and Jachin, the right, represent strength and establishment. When studying to become Master Masons, we had to pass between the two pillars on our way to the Middle Chamber of the Temple.
But what do the two pillars really represent by their symbology?
In Robert Macoy’s “A Dictionary of Freemasonry,” he gives an example of how far back in time these pillars have played a part in our philosophy. Boaz meant “in strength” and Jachin meant “he that strengthens” or “will establish.” Putting them together, the two pillars signify “in strength shall this my house be established.” He gives one example from the cathedral of Wurzburg, one of the oldest cities in Germany, where the delicately crafted pillars played a significant part in the architecture of the building and date from its earliest construction in the year 1042.
