ENTERPRISE #70

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Volume 9 Issue 4                                                                                                                                                                                         April 1,  2008

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Greetings From the East:

Brethren, Ladies, and Friends:

Congratulations to our new Master Mason, Brother Darrell Smith. We extend a fraternal welcome as he joins Enterprise Lodge. Darrell is the father-in-law of our own District Inspector and Past Master, Mike Edwards.  I encourage all members to attend the once a month dinners prior to the meeting on the 1st Tuesday. This is an opportunity for all our members to visit with each other and enjoy a wonderful meal prepared by our own Chef, Brother Peter Mandarino. The cost is only $5 per person - a good

deal. Be expecting a personal reminder phone call from one of the pedestal officers prior to the meal and meeting.  Thanks again to all the Brethren who helped make the DeMolay Rummage Sale a success.  The items donated to the sale not only raise money for the DeMolay Chapter, but everyone's contributions are being recycled by those who purchased re-saleable clothes, dust collectors, etc.  Do you like baseball? Then join the Ben Ali Shriners of Sacramento on Friday night, May 16th, at Raley Field for their Annual Masonic Night at the River Cats game.  Any youth are free, adults are $14. For more details, contact your Master at 751-3871.  Respectfully and Fraternally

Bob Lavy, Master 

 

Greetings From the West:

I am on fire. No … you don’t have to call 9-1-1 or ask your wife “Where did I put that new extinguisher we bought?, our Senior Warden’s gone and done it again”. No… I am referring to the fact that I am on fire with anticipation and intent, now that Spring is here at last, and I can get out into our garden to tend to our existing plants and trees, and to grow new ones, if the Great Architect of the Universe will allow.  They say that April showers bring May flowers, and although that may be true in some places, and not true in others, it illustrates a point: If you want your garden to grow the way you want it to, you not only have to prepare it and sow the seeds or plant the cuttings in the right medium...Once you’re done with that, you also have to water it and give it nutrients to make it grow.  I’m sure you already knew that though.  And that goes for everything in life… especially for
 
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our fraternity. As Freemasons we prepare our garden by our

exemplary conduct. We sow the seeds of future good men by the blooms of our words and deeds. When those good men poke their heads above the ground to see the light by which we work, we nurture them until they become strong enough to bring forth fruit and seeds of their own. We do this by giving them the knowledge and support they need to grow and survive, and by letting them know that they are in a garden that is healthy and strong and productive and safe.  Brethren, we have much work to do in our garden and you as Master Gardeners are authorized to come and tend to, and nourish, all new seedlings as well as those older plants that occasionally need a bit of encourage-ment and light to remain productive.  April is a month fraught with hope for the summer to come, and a special time for all of us to rejoice in what we can do for the future. Come and join us when you can, or call or write when you can’t.  Enterprise 70 is a well established living garden that is healthy now, and will be even healthier when all of it’s gardeners bring their tools and talents to work. Let the world see the light by which Masons work.

Ed Bernard, Senior Warden

 

Greetings From the SOUtH:

Why haven’t YOU attended Lodge lately?

Respectfully, Gray Poole, Junior Warden

 

Greetings From the Secretary: 

Thank you to all who have paid their dues! If you haven’t yet, please pay if you can or if your in need of assistance, let me know!  Suspension will always be this Lodges VERY last resort, yet we must abide by the Grand Lodge Masonic Code.  It is sad to see this and even more when some don’t understand I have a job to do, so no hard feelings to anyone… yet, it has to be done and we’ll move forward as this historic lodge has always done. So let’s jump into this month, listening for those who seek information on Masonry and then send them my way!  See you at every meeting!

Pete Mandarino, Secretary

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