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Volume IV, Issue #6 - June 2016
HUNTER’S PARADISE LODGE #85
June 2016 From the East: Worshipful Master, Mark Brown
A View from the East… Worship Master, Mark Brown
Greetings from the East. Brethren, the hot summer months of Arizona are once again upon us. Just a reminder, as a Lodge, we go dark in July of a Stated Meeting. We are planning a few special meetings for degree conferral so watch for those announcements. While our Lodge activities slow during this time, here are a few other Masonic activities to consider. In July, I will be heading to the Shriners International Imperial Session in Tampa, FL. This is always a great time to re-establish friendships with fellow Brethren and Nobles and start new ones. While there is business to conduct, there is plenty of time for the prin-
ciples of that fraternity; Fun and Fellowship, and the charity it supports, Shriners Hospitals for Children.
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From Secretary’s Desk PM George Mather
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From the West:
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Senior Warden, JJ Jennings
From the South: Junior Warden, Jonathan Beffel Hunter’s Paradise Lodge #85 2016 Officers
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Sickness and Distress
On Saturday, July 16th , there will be a CHIPS event in Mesa hosted by Camelback Daylight #29 which I plan to support. CHIPS is a great Masonic program that reaches out to the community to provide parents with identification for their children in the unfortunate event it would be needed.
Bro. Ken Jones: The HP 85 brothers continue to visit him. His is having a tough time, and it is a real test of his determination, Brother Ken is in the Arizona Veterans Home. Bro. Tom Johnston: is at home recovering from his medical issues. Please keep these Brothers in your prayers.
Oriental #20 will be hosting a Junior Warden Night on Tuesday, July 26th to confer a 1st degree. This is another opportunity to meet up with fellow sitting Masters and meet their Lodge officers and members.
7/16 - CHIPS, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 1415 E Southern, Mesa, AZ 7/18 - Special Meeting, 6:30 p.m.* 7/25 - Special Meeting, 6:30 p.m.* 7/26 - Junior Warden Night, Oriental #20 NO Stated Meeting in JULY
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Upcoming Activities
*Meeting & Meal updates will be sent by WM Mark Brown prior to meetings.
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Volume IV, Issue #6 - June 2016
From the Secretary’s Desk… By PM George “Z-Klown” Mather
Brothers All,
6/18/2016.
Are we ready for a great summer?
El Zaribah will be at the Imperial Session from 7/2/2016 to 7/8/2016 in Tampa.
June has the Grand Lodge Communications from 6/2/2016 to 6/4/2016 in Tucson
The El Zaribah Temple Guard is having their Annual Munds Park weekend on 7/15/2016 to 7/17/2016. Look for the flyer on el-Zaribah.org.
Bethel 22 has an installation on 6/11/2016 at Wayfarer Lodge 50 at 7:00PM. El Zaribah has the honor of having their Just Shriners singers singing the National Anthem and the Legion of Honor presenting Colors at the Diamond Backs game on 6/12/2016 at 1:00PM. Rainbow Girls are having a Grand Assembly in Lake Havasu on 6/16/2016 to
DeMolay is having their Conclave on 7/16/2016 at Embry aeronautical University in Prescott. The LA Shriners Hospital is removing the cornerstone from their existing building on the weekend of 7/29/2016 for placement in the new hospital being built in Pasadena. El Zaribah has a Shriners Hospital for Childrens Clinic on
8/5/2016 of the LA Hospital and on 8/19/2016 for the Salt Lake Hospital. These are held at the Maricopa County Hospital. Zane Grey Shrine Club has a golf outing on 8/19/2016 in Payson and El Zaribah will kick off the Fall Parade season with a parade in Payson on the morning of 8/20/2016. The CORN FEST for El Zaribah is on 8/20/2016 and 8/21/2016. These are but a few of the possibilities for Masonic involvement during the summer days ahead. Look at the Lodges website and El Zaribah website for (Secretary Mather on page 3)
On the Level…
James “JJ” Jennings, Senior Warden Brethren, Summer is quickly approaching and many of us will be out and about doing activities and meeting new people. This is a perfect opportunity to prospect for new members. Make it a point to bring up Freemasonry in your daily con-
versations. Doing so can uncover desires to pursue Freemasonry from those you converse with or can also uncover opportunities to meet with people they know who may be considering joining our great fraternity.
your personal friendships and gain best practices of other lodges that we can apply to Hunter’s Paradise.
I would encourage any and all to pursue fellowship with other lodges as a way to expand
James Jennings Senior Warden
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Fraternally yours,
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The Plumb Line
Jonathan Beffel, Junior Warden Greetings Brethren, My usual summer plans involve traveling with my family, my circumstances being what they are means I might not be able to make travel plans this summer. Regardless, if I do get the chance to travel, I plan to visit other lodges to see how they look and perform their rituals; I would encourage all of you to do the same when traveling anywhere. Try to take mental notes on the differences (good and bad) that you notice and ask yourself why they might have decided to do it that way. In my limited travels as a Ma(Continued WM Brown from page 1)
As a desert dweller, I will be looking for ANY activities in the cool mountains to escape the heat of the valley. I will pass them along as I find them. Whatever your plans are for the summer, travel safe and I look forward to seeing you again in August. Fraternally yours, Mark Brown Worshipful Master
son thus far, I have come across vastly different rituals and procedures, some were just awkwardly different, but others were insightful. Sadly some of the good changes I have observed so far would require a rather large shift in our procedures at the Grand Lodge level, which makes it a bit difficult to strive for. That being said, I hope to one day help implement some of these changes for the good of Arizona Masonry and I can thank my visits to external lodges for the inspiration! Fraternally, Jonathan Beffel Jr. Warden (Continued from Z Secretary on page 2)
more details on all these events. If you are not yet a Shriner you can still sign up to get the web blasts sent out from the Shrine. Of course the Z Secretary will be busy keeping all proper things written and completing necessary tasks as assigned. Have a great summer and think cool thoughts. Fraternally, George Z Secretary 3
Hunter’s Paradise Lodge #85 2016 Elected Officers Worshipful Master Mark Brown 480-220-0209 MarkBrownAZ@live.com
Senior Warden James “JJ” Jennings 602-821-2327 JJ@southernskiesinternet.com
Junior Warden Jonathan Beffel 480-353-1236 jmbeffel@yahoo.com
Secretary PM George Mather 480-254-5328 George.Mather@aol.com or huntersparadise85@gmail.com
Treasurer Phil Houghton 602-622-0835 phoughton@q.com
Appointed Officers Senior Deacon - Bill Wright 480-822-9242 Junior Deacon - Shawn Bushey 623-340-3653 Senior Steward - Patrick Powers 602-509-6105 Junior Steward - Brian Bednar 602-809-8359 Chaplin - Jim Hoover 602-284-5279 Marshal - Jim Leppert 602-366-9353 Tyler - Mel Linberg 602-993-8649