Liverpool Syracuse Lodge No. 501

October 2016 Word Article

The Friendly Word

This Fall will be a good time to become involved with our Lodge. We will host an official visit for DDGM RW William Toth on Oct. 17th. Then our next meeting, Nov 7th, we will be inducting several candidates as Entered Apprentices. Our second meeting in December will be our annual Christmas Party on the 19th. All are welcome. Stay tuned for more info in The Word and if you haven’t been receiving emails from our Lodge Secretary, please contact me at geoff_2007@verizon.net.

Additionally, before each Lodge meeting, I want all officers to meet in the Lamb Lounge downstairs at 7pm. These will be simple discussions to be sure we remain on track.

One final point of correction to last month’s Word article: the open V&S Dinner should read as Oct. 3rd.

Thanks and keep up that good Masonic Attitude.

W. Geoffrey Linehan
Worshipful Master
Liverpool-Syracuse Lodge# 501

September 2016 Word Article

The Friendly Word

Greetings Brethren,

Welcome back. I am grateful to have earned the confidence of my fellow
Masons to be elected Worshipful Master. This year will focus on
education and uncovering the deeper elements of Freemasonry. Our first
meeting will be Sept. 19.

We’ve remained active during the summer. Each Monday evening, during the
park concerts, we’ve begun selling funnel cakes with some success.

Oct. 5th will be our Veterans and Sojourners Dinner with RW Richard
Morley (Senior GW) as the guest of honor. Mark this on your calendars
because he is from Central NY and in line to become the Grand Master for
New York. We’ll be gathering at 6pm and begin dining at 6:30.

The new Northstar program has garnered some eager candidates, so the
Trestle Board agenda for Oct and Nov will likely be switched until the
Spring, making room for our three degrees.

Then Dec. 5th, come show support for our official visit by VW William
Toth (Onon District AGL).

As we gear up for this year, check out this Operative Mason’s Wage
Statement (circa 1400) I discovered at
http://nymasons.org/2016/operative-masons-wage-statement-circa-1400-bce

Let’s also speculate on the future of Masonry: What is our role in the
21st century?

W. Geoffrey Linehan
Worshipful Master
Liverpool-Syracuse Lodge# 501

October 2014 Word Article

The Friendly Word

First off, I’d like to thank my Senior Warden Norm Kruth for stepping up and being the Master of the Lodge while my wife and I were on vacation at the ocean. It’s my understanding that everything went well.

The Veterans and Sojourners program will be October 6. All are welcome. Cocktails will be at 6 p.m. and dinner is at 7 p.m. The meeting will follow; our guest speaker for the evening will be RW Charles Catapano, Grand Treasurer.

Up-and-coming in the year we will have a Thanksgiving dinner on Monday, November 17, mostly to say thanks to the ladies who support us. Social hour begins at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 and the meeting follows.

I have a very exciting year planned for us. And that includes any Brother who would like to visit Liverpool Lodge.

See you from the East.

Bill Schuetz

June 2014 Word Article

The Friendly Word

Greeting Brothers!

My tenure as Master is wrapping up and the lodge I can say is in great hands for next year. It has been a true privilege for me to represent and serve the lodge this year. I hope that our Brothers to have attended meetings this year derived some pleasure and satisfaction from the increased educational programs and after lodge fellowship. I know that I have, and I plan on participating next year as well. Our recently raised Master Masons are already placing themselves as integral members if the lodge.

As I have mentioned before the response to Brother Jorge’s new Question Box has been great. One of the questions which seems rather simple is “What makes you a master Mason”. While it seems on the surface as simple as “my obligation,” during our meeting we had several brothers share their thoughts and experiences. The answers we came up with were awesome! In the end we found that we had to look no further than the Brothers around us that work so hard to keep our fraternity what it is. Especially our treasured DSA’s. Being a true Master Mason is found in your actions.

Stay well Brothers!
W.: Christian Woodhead

May 2014 Word Article

The Friendly Word

Brothers!

Spring is here! Our lodge raised 5 new Brothers this month to the Sublime degree of Master Mason. We had a wonderful program by our very own VW.: Norm Kruth as well. I cannot tell you how privileged we are to have such an amazing array of knowledgeable and skilled Brothers, whose talents we constantly draw upon. Our focus this year has been on Masonic Education and Brotherhood. Both of which we have seen blossom this year. We have a new program ( conceived by our newly affiliated Brother Jorge Romeau) that has anyone with a question place it in a box outside the lodge, then we all try to answer it in lodge. The Easter egg hunt was a huge success this year, with a special thanks to W.: William Schuetz for organizing it. The children including my own three year old daughter loved it! I look forward to more fellowship and Masonic work with all of my Brothers as we look to wrap this year up.

Fraternally,
W.: Christian Woodhead