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Masonic Center
400 South 7th Avenue
West Reading, PA 19611
Stated Meetings: First Tuesday of the month
Extra Meetings: 4th Wednesday after the first Tuesday
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Worshipful Master Eric Prescott Kissinger
invites you to come to a Stated Meeting of the Lodge. Support your favorite Charity by participating in his “Charity of the Month” program! Call or e-mail us for reservations to join us for dinner before the Meeting.
A note to visitors to our Lodge from the Officers and Members : Chandler Lodge No. 227 is proud to support our DDGM in continuing the Pennsylvania tradition of requiring "Masonic Dress" at our Stated and Extra meetings. Masonic dress is coat and tie, but more than that it signifies a proper state of mind when entering the Lodge, being dressed Masonically means to be ready to leave the outside world of concerns to dwell in peace among your Brethren.
Any Member of the Lodge in good standing is entitled to a Masonic Funeral Service. Contact the Secretary for details...
Meals before the Stated Meetings in 2016 will be catered by Dori Martin Catering.
2016 Calendar
January
5th Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Pork & Sauerkraut
Program: Introduction of Lodge Officers, Scottish Rite Presentation
6th School of Instruction
13th School of Instruction
19th Officers' Rehearsal
20th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
27th Extra Meeting
February
2nd Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Chicken Marsala
Program: York Rite Presentation
3th School of Instruction
10th School of Instruction
16th Officers' Rehearsal
17th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
24th Extra Meeting
March
1st Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Meatloaf
Program: Trustees' Report, Memorial Service
2nd School of Instruction
9th School of Instruction
12th Regional School Harrisburg
15th Officers' Rehearsal
16th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
23rd Extra Meeting.
April
5th Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Salmon or Flounder
Program: Examination of a Visitor, Exemplification of the Masonic Funeral Service
6th School of Instruction
13th School of Instruction
19th Officers' Rehearsal
20th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
27th Extra Meeting
May
3rd Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Veal Scaloppini
Program: Official Visitation 25/50/60/70 yr pins
4th School of Instruction
7th 168th Annual Banquet
8th Mother’s Day
11th School of Instruction
17th Officers' Rehearsal
18th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
25th Extra Meeting
30th Memorial Day
June
7th Stated Meeting, Ladies Night ! Sketch Artist, Alan MacBain
Supper Menu: Tacos, Hotdogs, & Hamburgers, Strawberries & Ice Cream
1st School of Instruction
8th School of Instruction
14th Officers' Rehearsal
15th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
29th Extra Meeting
Lodge is "Dark" July and August
July
Summer recess
1st School of Instruction
4th Parade in Wyomissing
13th School of Instruction
20th School of Instruction
August
Summer recess
3rd School of Instruction
10th School of Instruction
17th School of Instruction
September
6th Stated Meeting Ladies Night -TBA
Supper Menu: Lasagna, Peaches & Ice Cream
7th School of Instruction
14th School of Instruction
20th Officers' Rehearsal
21st School of Instruction, Board of Governors
28th Extra Meeting
October
4th Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Roast Beef
Program: Past Masters' Night
5th School of Instruction
12th School of Instruction
18th Officers' Rehearsal
19th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
26th Extra Meeting
November
1st Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Crab Meat Imperial
Program: Veterans' Night
2nd School of Instruction
9th School of Instruction
15th Officers' Rehearsal
16th School of Instruction, Board of Governors
23rd Extra Meeting
24th Thanksgiving
December
6th Stated Meeting
Supper Menu: Sirloin Steak w/Mushroom Sauce
Program: OFFICER ELECTIONS
7th School of Instruction
14th School of Instruction
20th Officers' Rehearsal
21st School of Instruction, Board of Governors
28th Extra Meeting
Is it your Masonic birthday? See your meeting notice!
Note: If you know the whereabouts of any of the "lost" Brethren in your meeting notice, please contact the Secretary!
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Upcoming Masonic Events
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Chandler Lodge No.227 168th Annual Banquet
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Date: Saturday, May 7th, 2016
Time: 5:30PM
Location: The Deluxe Restaurant, 2295 Lancaster Pike, Shillington, PA
Wyomissing 4th of July day Parade
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7th Masonic District School of Instruction
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Date: First Three Wednesdays of the Month
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Masonic Center, West Reading, PA
Please see your meeting notice for further details!
Masonic Thoughts
From Eric Prescott Kissinger, WM of Chandler Lodge No. 227
To my Fraternal Brethren of Chandler Lodge No.227
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania is one of a few remaining Grand Lodges in the World that works under the Ancients Constitution. The following was copied from Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic_manuscripts):
“ The Book of Constitutions, or Ahiman Rezon, of the Grand Lodge of England According to the Old Institutions, also known as the Antient Grand Lodge of England or the Grand Lodge of the Antients, was first published in 1754. Its author, Laurence Dermott, was Grand Secretary of the Antient Grand Lodge from 1752 to 1771. The full name of the first edition was Ahiman Rezon; or a Help to a Brother; showing the Excellency of Secrecy, and the first cause or motive of the Institution of Masonry; The Principles of the Craft; and the benefits from a Strict Observance thereof, etc., etc.; Also the Old and New Regulations; etc. To which is added the greatest collection of Masons' Songs, etc. A second edition was published in 1764, and subsequent editions in 1778, 1787, 1800, 1801, 1807, and 1813. The second edition was reprinted in Philadelphia in 1855 by Leon Hyneman. Dermott borrowed heavily from the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Ireland which had been published in 1751.
The first Charge in the Ahiman Rezon reads as follows:
CHARGE I. Concerning GOD and Religion.
A Mason is obliged by his Tenure to believe firmly in the true Worship of the eternal God, as well as in all those sacred Records which the dignitaries and fathers of the church have compiled and published for the use of all good men. So that no one who rightly understands the Art, can possibly tread in the irreligious Paths of the unhappy Libertine, or be induced to follow the arrogant professors of Atheism or Deism; neither is he to be stained with the gross errors of blind superstition, but may have the liberty of embracing what faith he shall think proper, provided at all times he pays a due reverence to his Creator, and by the world deals with Honour and Honesty ever making that golden precept the standard-rule of his actions, which engages to do unto all men as they should do unto him. For the Craft, instead of entering into idle and unnecessary disputes concerning the different opinions and persuasions of men, admits into the Fraternity all that are good and true; whereby it hath brought about the means of reconciliation amongst persons, who, without that assistance, would have remained at perpetual Variance.
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