The Chalk Harmonia Lodge No. 138 Free and Accepted Masons Chartered 1894 District 32 - Zone 9 M:.W :.Grand Lodge of Florida 122 Years of Masonry in West Palm Beach January 2016 January 11, 2016 2016 Officer Installation Dinner 6:30pm Installation 7:30pm January 25, 2016 Stated Communication Lodge History Night Dinner 6:30, Mtg. 7:30 1896 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Telephone (561) 640 9115 www.harmonia138.org
From the East From the East, Welcome brethren to the New Year! This year is shaping up to be another banner year at Harmonia Lodge. We have a great team in position to serve the lodge and a busy calendar is in place. Our events kick off with the newly elected officers installation on January 11 at 6:30 pm beginning with a special dinner from our district renowned Chef Ricky, followed by officer installation at 7:30. I personally invite everyone to come out and join me in welcoming our great team for 2016. The New Year is a time for reflection and resolution. We cannot be certain what the year will bring but we can dedicate ourselves to make the best of whatever comes. It is easy to use this time every year as a measuring stick against our situations and ourselves personally. These past years have been challenging for many of us and I want to recognize that our lodge has endeavored to press onward and upward. I feel that this has happened successfully because of what Masonry stands for. While we will always have various personal challenges and successes, ups and downs, and though it may feel sometimes that we are stuck on a turntable in our lives, we always know that a lodge is a place where we can go to set all that aside. Together we can make a difference in our community, in our families and in ourselves. My commitment in 2016 is to continue to raise the bar for everything that Freemasonry stands for, charity, family, and community. Join me and the rest of the team at Harmonia lodge to usher in the new year. I know that I'm looking forward to it and I hope you will be there to help us make 2016 the best year possible at Harmonia lodge! See you in lodge! Charley Hogwood Worshipful Master From the West From the West, HAPPY NEW YEAR BROTHERS!!! Goodbye 2015 and welcome 2016! Here we are again in January at the beginning of a new year. Where has this past year gone! It seems like only yesterday that we were beginning 2015. Words cannot express the feelings I have lodged within my breast at the fact that the Craft has seen fit to elect me to the West and given me the opportunity to serve our great Lodge. Thank you God for the many blessings that you poured unto us all this past year. Yes, there have been many challenges, but in our journey through life there ever walks beside us our God and eternal friends who are always ready to guide and support us through all the difficulties and trials that may come unto us. CONGRATULATIONS to the newly elected and appointed officers for the year 2016. I truly want to express my appreciation to all the Brothers for the trust you've given me, and for the unending friendship and support you always provide. My vision this coming year is to the best of my ability keep our Lodge growing, have better communications, more Masonic education for the Brethren, wherein we are already doing a great job I should say, and within our great Fraternity, give more assistance to Brothers and families who are in need, within and outside of the walls of our great Lodge. Once again, I wish you all a great new year! I am looking forward to seeing each and everyone in Lodge soon! May God continue to bless us all and our great Fraternity all year long Ricky Espiritu Senior Warden
From the South From the South, First and foremost, I would like to congratulate everyone on a great year at Harmonia Lodge. Our fine Lodge has advanced in many positive ways. I would also like congratulate the new incoming 2016 officer line and welcome all of our new members and encourage everyone to resolve regular participation for the New Year. I would like to also thank everyone for the opportunity to serve the Lodge in the capacity of Junior Warden. It is an honor that I hope to fulfill to the best of my abilities. We have a great team in the kitchen this year and the crew is looking forward to a great year of fantastic meals and fellowship. I will always encourage and welcome help in the kitchen and suggestions for meals. We will strive to keep everyone well fed, and if there are any dietary needs from a member, please let us know so we can do our best to accommodate. Happy New Year brothers! From the South, Marco Sevilleja Junior Warden Secretary Sez Brethren, The dues notices for 2016 have been received and sent out to the Craft. Thank you to those Brothers who have already remitted their 2016 dues payments. If you have not yet paid your 2016 dues, please remit your payment to the Lodge Secretary or pay them directly next time you are at Lodge! If there are circumstances or challenges preventing you from paying your dues, please contact myself or the Worshipful Master. We are here to help my brothers, you need only to reach out and ask. Lou Babbit, Secretary In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do. The worst thing you can do is nothing! ~Bro. Theodore Roosevelt
Lodge Officers for 2016 W:. M:. Charley Hogwood 561-767-6208 SW Ricky Espiritu 561-329-6151 JW Marco Sevilleja 561-346-7688 SD Edmund Rodas 561-687-4465 JD Ray Rios 561-578-3281 SS Brian Price 561-644-7620 JS Jorge Sta Rosa 561-385-9433 JS Don Gonzalez 973-865-2593 JS Anthony Sarver 561-410-4377 Tyler Matthew Guzman 561-818-2446 Chaplain Paul Alexander 772-214-0888 Marshal Juan Rossello 954-684-5850 Musician Jason Buelow 561-305-6084 Secretary Louis Babbit 561-282-8475 Treas. W:. Joshua Johnson 561-632-7278 Historian David Reilly 561-615-7408 Trestleboard Ray Rios 561-578-3281 chogwood01@gmail.com respiritu@bellsouth.net mfmsevilleja@yahoo.com jigsrodas@aol.com rayrios@comcast.net bigdog5841@yahoo.com praning125@aol.com gonzo1515@aol.com anthonytsarver@gmail.com ducegoose@gmail.com palexandergroup@yahoo.com juan@hellcattattoo.com jrobertmusicman@yahoo.com lmbabbit@aol.com joshelmintz1@gmail.com reillydj@att.net rayrios@comcast.net M:.W:. GRAND MASTER Steven P. Boring M:.W:. GRAND SECRETARY Richard E. Lynn, PGM DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER 32 ND MASONIC DISTRICT R:. W:. Roy Strohacker Email: rdstrohacker@bellsouth.com 561-588-1802 DISTRICT INSTRUCTOR R:. H:. John Jay Carter Email: JohnJayCarter@gmail.com 561-909-7010 Palm Beach York Rite Bodies Meets at Harmonia Lodge No. 138 F&AM Chapter No. 24 Royal Arch Masons Zabud Council No. 17 Royal and Select Masters Palm Beach Commandry No. 18 Knights Templar
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2016 Lodge Committees Finance SW Ricky Espiritu (Chairman), Treas. W:. Joshua Johnson, Sec. Lou Babbit, W:. Ed Griffin, Chap. Paul Alexander Vigilance JW Marco Sevilleja (Chairman), JD Ray Rios, Tyler Matthew Guzman Petitions Marshal Juan Rossello (Chairman), Sec. Lou Babbit, Bro. Dave Porter, Bro. Bill Murray, W:. Tony Petrides, W:. David Reilly Masonic Education W:. David Reilly (Chairman), Treas. W:. Joshua Johnson, Chap. Paul Alexander Board of Relief W:.M:. Charley Hogwood (Chairman), SW Ricky Espiritu, JW Marco Sevilleja Charity W:.M:. Charley Hogwood (Chairman), JD Ray Rios, Treas. W:. Joshua Johnson, Sec. Lou Babbit Lodge Property JW Marco Sevilleja (Chairman), Bro. Scott McGary, Tyler Matthew Guzman, JS Donald Gonzalez, Bro. Dave Porter Mentor s Committee W:. Michael Hart (Chairman), Chap. Paul Alexander, JD Ray Rios Community, Civic, and Social Activities JD Ray Rios (Chairman) Letters to the Editor (Open forum by Brothers, for Brothers) We welcome any feedback to improve our Trestle Board! If you have any suggestions or input, a pressing issue, flustering problem, or you are just plain curious about any topic whatsoever, submit your comments in an e-mail to the editor at rayrios@comcast.net. Thanks in advance for your valued input!
January Birthdays William Andrea W:. Mark Eitel Michael Frankel Ronald Gerlach, Jr. Byron Hutchison John Jordan Richmond Oldford Richard Packwood Frederick Prior Juan Rossello Anthony Sarver Arnold Sherman Jeric Sta Rosa Allen Steed W:.M:. Charley Hogwood R:.W:. John Karroum, JGW Harmonia Lodge Upcoming Masonic Events 1/9/16 Open Books & School of Instruction 9:00-12:00p (Sat.) 1/11/16 Installation of 2016 Harmonia Officers Dinner 6:30pm, Installation Ceremony 7:30pm 1/13/16 Master Mason Assoc. mtg @LW Scottish Rite 7:30pm 1/25/16 Stated Mtg -Lodge History Night Meal 6:30/Mtg 7:30 1/30/16 Open Books & School of Instruction 9:00-12:00p (Sat.) 2/5/16 Family Bingo and Pizza Night - 6:30pm all welcome 2/18/16 Fellow Craft Degree - Dinner 6:30pm, Degree 7:30pm 2/22/16 Stated Mtg: Re-Obligation Night Meal 6:30/Mtg 7:30 Installation of 2016 Harmonia Officers On Monday, January 11th 2016, Harmonia Lodge will conduct the ceremony for the installation of the 2016 officers. Please come out and share in this memorable event and show your support for the new line. We look forward to a wonderful event! *Dinner Buffet will begin at 6:30pm with the Installation to follow promptly at 7:30pm.
January 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gardens Lodge Breakfast Palm Beach Commandry #18 6:30 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Meeting Harmonia #138 6:30 Lodge of Instruction and Degree Practice District 32 School of Instruction 9-12:00 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 BYKOTA Lodge Breakfast Harmonia #138 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Meeting *2016 Officer Installation Master Mason Assoc. Meeting @ LW Scottish Rite - 7:30pm Harmonia #138 6:30 Lodge of Instruction and Degree Practice 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 York Rite Council #17 7:30 pm 26 27 28 Harmonia #138 6:30 Lodge of Instruction and Degree Practice 29 30 31 Harmonia #138 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Meeting Harmonia #138 6:30 Lodge of Instruction and Degree Practice Open Books 9-12:00 Gulfstream Lodge Breakfast at Lake Worth Scottish Rite
Harmonia Lodge DRESS CODE For regular stated communications, degree conferrals, and official lodge visitations, all brothers are required to wear a suit or a sport coat and tie. For regular stated communications, all officers will wear black trousers, black tie, with white tux coat. Usual Course none Awaiting EA none Awaiting FC David Tappin, Ferdinand Habijad, James Mason, Dairo Restrepo, Raymond Lavoie Jr., Joseph Demitruk, Rob Gibson, Robert Mason Jr. Awaiting MM none Off The Shelf of the Harmonia Library for January Bro. David J. Reilly, Librarian Harmonia Library Book of the Month Preview for January: The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation by Robert Lomas This book is a short book, 110 Pages, but it is filled with some real mind provoking thoughts and makes the reader think. Lomas, Brings to light the true meaning of the rituals and beliefs that underspin the much misunderstood and mysterious movement. In chapter one he talks of Why become a Mason? The secret science is that of knowing yourself. Good read Recommend it. Coming to our Library soon Your Lodge Needs You! Can you help out one day per month by volunteering to be on the Lodge cleaning crew! We need Brothers for once a month inside cleaning and outside maintenance. You choose which one! Please contact Sec. Lou Babbit at (561)282-8475 or the Lodge office. Charity for the Month of January Crime Prevention of West Palm Beach The Box of Fraternal Relief is located in the Lodgeroom. Please donate what you can to this worthy cause.
Leave your mark on Harmonia and create a legacy for you and Lodge From the newly initiated EA to the aged Master Mason, every brother feels the great sense of pride and historical legacy when taking a seat in Harmonia. Now you can have an individual Lodge seat named in your honor, or commemorate one for another brother or loved one for a one-time donation of $200. Your name and message will be professionally engraved on a brass plate and affixed on the seat of your choice, permanently displaying the honor and making you a member of an exclusive group of brothers A limited number of seats are available, and this program is on a first come first serve basis, so don t get left out! Please see Lou Babbit, Lodge Secretary, if you are interested or have further questions.