I don’t get much time for podcasting. It is difficult to fit in 30 minutes of unbroken time, but as the colder weather comes, and I spend less time on the Harley, and more in the Ford, the commute easily allows me time to listen.

And I am glad I did today.

Brother John Liley, currently the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Utah, did an excellent job, and his commentary summed actions that can help not just Grand Lodges, but Lodges, and most especially individual Masons.

I’ll let his words speak for themselves.

And if you don’t get the title of the post, Brothers John Liley and Jason Van Dyke sport the same haircut.

Keystone Mark Master’s Lodge # 0 closed its inaugural year (16 months per year, right?) tonight with a gain of 43 companions, more than half of those were not Royal Arch masons when advanced to the Mark Master degree, and of that percentage, 95% have gone on to join all three local york bodies.

The companions enjoyed more than 50% attendance tonight as we elected and installed our officers for the ensuing year; including install the sitting Grand Master of Utah as our Right Worshipful Master; meaning he gets to be right again, which will no doubt open itself to many a masonic joke.

Peace, harmony and cigars capped off the evening’s festivities.

This manual is based on the duties and responsibilities as given under the Grand York Bodies of Utah, but I imagine it is largely transferable. The main motivator of posting this here, is to break the silence around masonic leadership, set a common playing field, and encourage more and more dissemination of information.

Our mysteries are quite safe, and the leadership responsibilities of (largely) incorporated agencies, is in fact, public knowledge.

J.

York Rite Officer’s Reference

Dear Unknown Friends,

The event is scheduled for Sat., July 16, 2011.

Time is running out to register. Masons and non-Masons alike are invited to attend both the banquet and the Society conferences.

Register now here!