September 2024

From the East

Matthew Mason - Worshipful Master

September is here! It is time for some great fall weather and some great fall fellowship.

We had a most excellent Table Lodge that Joe Wallach, Joseph Dongo, Smokey Stover, and Francisco Marques put on for us. We had 25 people present, and everyone had a great time. I can’t wait for next year.

This month’s Stated Meeting is being catered by……Brother Smokey!!!!! He is cooking spaghetti for us all, and I’ll be bringing the wine to go with it. Thank you so much, Brother. Also, we are going to have a Hawaiian-themed dress night (optional for you) to celebrate the Master’s Ball later this month, which is luau-themed.

Speaking of the Master's Ball, Brother Bill Workman has some good entertainment lined up, as well as some really good food. It is $40 for the man and complimentary for his guest. It is free for our dearest ladies who have lost their husbands, so make sure to reach out to them. It is open to Masons, prospects, and friends of Masons. Please RSVP for this event.

Finally, Brother Wally Clark will organize a Chili Cook-Off for our October Stated Meeting. Get your recipe out of your vault and bring some to share with the Lodge. You can also bring some cornbread as a side/entry instead or even as an addition. It’s what is for dinner before the meeting.

A bottle of wine is the prize for the best chili (and one for the best cornbread). You do NOT have to have an entry to join us for dinner. We want you to come test the chili and choose the best to your liking. This is just a time for us to relax, break bread, and enjoy each other's company.

Some exciting things are happening in our Lodge, and I think you’ll find the time well spent.

See you on Jay Street!

From the West

Joseph Wallach - Senior Warden

September is here, and with it, change.

We’ve already received our first rain storms, rinsing the layer of dust that encapsulates all that is exposed to the heat of summer and leaving a clean, exposed surface for what is to come next.

This is a fresh look at a familiar phase of our Masonic year.

The last preparations for what must be done as we move towards our new positions and duties after having shed the outer shell of our former selves. As we grow into what lies ahead for each of us, know that it is important to look back and see how you have grown and become better than the person you once were, having shed that outer layer that no longer suits you so as to free yourself to grow into a better person, man, Mason.

I look forward to seeing everyone at our September Stated Meeting.

Until then.

From the South

William Workman - Junior Warden

Brethren, it has finally cooled off a little here in the Sacramento region, but the Summer is still in all its glory.

I hope you are all planning to attend this year's Ladies Night, now referred to as the Master's Ball.

We get one last shot at Summer with a Hawaiian-themed Luau that will make you feel as if you are on the islands. It will be a good excuse to wear your favorite Aloha shirt and enjoy a tropical beverage.

A local hula group will perform, as well as some other local island entertainment.

Please RSVP so that we can plan ahead.

It's $40 for you and your date!

A lot of work has been going on behind the scenes at the Masonic Temple to ensure this event can take place.

Washington 20’s very own Worshipful Francisco Marques, PM, has been diligently working to ensure the ballroom and facilities are available and ready to host such an event. This is no small task, and I believe he deserves gratitude for his tireless efforts.

As always, I will quote a patriotic Founding Father or two on the Trestle Board as inspiration.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more,

and become more; you are a leader.”

John Quincy Adams:

"I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me;

but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me."

Benjamin Franklin

To those who inspire and work tirelessly for the benefit of others, I humbly salute you!

You are the backbone of society and a true honor to the Craft.

HARD WORK

Special Announcement

Please join us as we are transported to the Polynesian latitudes for a fun luau that includes a wonderful dinner, some tropical drinks, and maybe even some hula dancing.

Please plan to attend with your lady, partner, or just by yourself.

Saturday, September 21st

6:00 PM

Island Casual Attire

Get your tickets today!

BUY HERE

$40 per gentleman

Wives, partners, and significant others are FREE

Sacramento Masonic Temple

Reservations are required

RSVP to homerailway@me.com

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SEPTEMBER

• 03 Monthly Executive Committee Meeting (Zoom) Tuesday 06:30 PM

• 05 Monthly Stated Meeting Dinner (Banquet Room) Thursday 06:00 PM

• 05 Monthly Stated Meeting (LR1) Thursday 07:30 PM

• 12 DARK or Degree Practice (LR1) Thursday 07:00 PM

• 18 Officers School of Instruction (LR3) Wednesday 07:00 PM

(Advanced Stations, Second Degree)

• 19 DARK

• 21 Masters Ball: Aloha Tiki (Ballroom) Saturday 06:00 PM

• 26 DARK or Degree (LR1) Thursday 07:00 PM

OCTOBER

• 01 Monthly Executive Committee Meeting (Zoom) Tuesday 06:30 PM

• 03 Monthly Stated Meeting Dinner (Banquet Room) Thursday 06:00 PM

• 03 Monthly Stated Meeting (LR1) Thursday 07:30 PM

• 10 DARK or Degree Practice (LR1) Thursday

• 16 Officers School of Instruction (LR3) Wednesday 07:00 PM

(Advanced Stations, Third Degree)

• 17 DARK Thursday

• 24 DARK or Degree (LR1) Thursday

• 25-27 175th Annual Communication - GL of California Friday-Sunday

• 31 DARK Thursday

SEPTEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

02 Devin Gray (Master Mason)
05 Norman Helsel (Master Mason)
09 Marco Lopez (Master Mason)
11 Moises Gonzalez (Master Mason)
12 Rodrigo Bitar (Master Mason)
13 Brian Jones (Master Mason)
14 Lucas Zeiher (Master Mason)
15 Alan Grundel (Past Master)
17 Norman Hernandez (Entered Apprentice)
19 David Keehner (Master Mason)
21 Ian Solis-Jacques (Master Mason)
25 Alejandro Reynoso (Master Mason)
26 Ernest Owen, Jr. (Master Mason)

MASTER MASON ANNIVERSARIES

09 Douglas Dern (48 Years)
12 Jon Isaacson (Past Master) (22 Years)
12 Jesse Solis-Jacques (Past Master) (11 Years)
12 William Hill (33 Years)
15 Mauro Lara (Past Master) (8 Years)
16 V. Allen Winter, Jr. (Past Master) (31 Years)
16 Lance Vayder (20 Years)
20 Creston Whiting-Casey (12 Years)
20 Alex Baloji (6 Years)
21 Moises Gonzalez (1 Year)
22 Ramey Packer (Chaplain) (2 Years)
22 Jacob Cummings (8 Years)
23 Reaburn Lenau, III (31 Years)
24 Donald Bader (54 Years)
27 Garth Tanner (62 Years)
28 Larry Afzal (46 Years)
28 Thomas Ansell (35 Years)
29 J. Scott Goode (Past Master) (13 Years)
29 Brandon Jenkins (Senior Deacon) (2 Years)
30 David Thomas (11 Years)

Washington Lodge No. 20 F. & A. M.

Mission Statement

To practice and promote a way of life that binds like-minded men in a worldwide
brotherhood that transcends all religious, ethnic, cultural, social and educational differences.

Through Masonic principles and tradition, and by the outward expression of these
through its fellowship and compassion, Washington Lodge No.20 Free & Accepted Masons provides ways in which to serve God, family, country, neighbors, and self in an environment that contributes to the enrichment and betterment of its members, mankind, and its communities.

Freemasonry is

Kindness in the home,

Honesty in business,

Courtesy in society,

Fairness in work,

Pity and concern for the unfortunate,

Resistance toward evil,

Help for the weak,

Forgiveness for the penitent,

Love for one another and,

Above all, reverence and love for God.

Freemasonry is many things but

Most of all:

Freemasonry is a way of life.

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