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Volume 15 Issue 9 Nov 2014 Visit us on the web: http://www.whitemountain3.org |
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Happy Birthday Nov Fred Marquardt Jerry Nutall Johnny Saban Doug Skowron
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Masonic Birthday Nov Tim Conrad(26) William Garrard(18) Donald Skelton(54) Scott Teichrow(17) John Trojanovich(50)
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To all Americans who have given the supreme sacrifice for our Country. |
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Nov Schedule 8th 9am – Pancake Breakfast 10am – Lodge Stated Meeting 12pm – Lunch 1:30pm – Chapter #7 R.A.M |
Dec Schedule 13th 9am – Pancake Breakfast 10am – Lodge Stated Meeting/Installation 12pm – Lunch 1:30pm – Chapter #7 R.A.M |
Sickness and Distress Jerry DuBois |
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Meeting Calendar 2014/2015
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2014 Officers Worshipful Master Timothy Humphrey(928-425-8120) Senior Warden Forrest Hammer(928-425-4516) Junior Warden Bill Greenen, KYCH (480-510-4241) (bg_mason@yahoo.com) Secretary Paul Dore' Sr, KYCH (928-425-2891) pauldoresr@cox.net Treasurer Scott Teichrow, PM (928-425-8293) rsteichrow@yahoo.com Senior Deacon Earl Warner PM(928-425-7715) jwew98@yahoo.com Junior Deacon Jim Rasmussen, PM Chaplain Ralph Gerhardt, PM Marshall Bill Sneyd Tyler Fred Marquardt, PM |
Trustees: Rodney Burden, 2018 Forrest Hammer, 2017 Timothy Humphrey, 2016 Harold Benjamin, PM, 2015 Ralph Gerhardt, PM, 2014
Committees Public Schools - Ed Warner Widows - Ed Warner Education – Bill Greenen By-Laws – Paul Dore' Sr. Membership – Paul Dore' Sr Community Events - Art Salcido Highway Cleanup – Tim Humphrey Trestleboard – Bill Greenen |
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Junior Warden's Corner Brethren, It's that time of year where we need to take a look back on the year and look forward to 2015 as far as leadership for the lodge. WM Tim has done a great job on moving us forward in the community. Frosty has worked hard on his ritual as well as looking at next year and how he can improve on our progress. ME, I'm a has-been who has managed somehow from getting 3rd degree burns (pun intended). I have a great feeling that we will continue on the path to better health. I'm confident that everyone will fully back our new officers. Happy Thankgiving for we have much to thank GOD this past year. Please come out and vote and provide support.
Bill Greenen, JW |
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Secretary's Desk EMPTY
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Something to Think About *Ark of the Covenant*
By Ed Halpaus
In Blue Lodge Masonry we learn a that a Lodge should be situated due East and West because that was the way Moses set the Tabernacle that God had instructed him to build. The Tabernacle was a place for the Priests to worship, and for the people to offer sacrifices as well as a place to house the Ark of the Covenant.
We don’t hear much about the Ark of the Covenant in the Three Degrees of Masonry, except that it was placed in the Sanctum Santorum of King Solomon’s Temple. However those who pursue other degrees will find the Ark of the Covenant mentioned more in those degrees.
As long as I mentioned other degrees I will comment that in Freemasonry we say there is no higher degree than that of Master Mason, which is true; however there are other degrees such as the degrees contained in the Scottish and York Rites of Masonry, which will give the Masonic Student much more to learn and apply when it comes to studying Freemasonry. If you would like to know more about those degrees, so that you can enjoy Masonry more, check with some of your Lodge Brothers about the York and Scottish Rites, I’m sure they will be pleased to tell you about them.
The Ark of the Covenant was constructed according to God’s directions given to Moses. The Ark was constructed by Bezaleel and Aholiab. The Ark of the Covenant is referred to in the Bible by other names as well; The Ark of the Testimony, The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, The Ark of the Lord God of Israel, and The Ark of God, to name some of them. The various names applied to the Ark of the Covenant indicate the high veneration in which the Ark was held by the people. Among ancient people an ark was thought of as a symbol of the receptacle of life, and the interior of the ark symbolized the place where life came into being, so the Ark of the Covenant therefore was held in great reverence as the Holy of Holies and it should be kept in a sacred place such as the Tabernacle or Temple.
When we think of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle in the Wilderness we will remember that there was a cloud called The Shekinah. It first appeared when Moses consecrated the Tabernacle and then it appeared upon the consecration of the Temple of Solomon. The Shekinah is a visible cloud of light; it is a symbol of Divinity or Divine Glory, but as the true glory of Divinity is truth and righteousness therefore Divine Truth is The Shekinah of Masonry.“As the disappearance of The Shekinah from the Ark of the Covenant of the Israelites signified the withdrawal of the divine presence, and was accompanied by disaster and destruction, so in like manner the disappearance of Divine Truth and Righteousness from Masonry would presage the same sad ending of this order.” “Masonry is not a mere social institution. Its antiquity, its universality, and its active vitality under widely divergent conditions seem to prove that it was founded and continued under Divine Approval. It is for us to see to it that we do not, like the Israelites, become self-confident by reason of our strength and prosperity and wander away to strange gods and thus lose our Shekinah, our Divine Presence, and come to destruction.”
“Among all ancient races the ark was a symbol of salvation, its preservation implied safety, sanctifying the nation who honored it as the abiding place of Divine wisdom and power.”
To the Mason the word Ark suggests a mystery; an Arcanum or Arcana which are Latin words meaning secrets or mysteries.“The Ark symbolizes the Divine Presence manifesting in us. The ark of the living temple- Man – is the soul, and between the mystic Cherubim (will and intellect) the Most High reveals himself to the true initiate. The ark was made of Acacia wood and Acacia is the symbol of eternity. The ark was overlaid with plates of gold, and gold is the emblem of the Sun, and the Sun is the ancient symbol of Deity. |
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