Masonic Youth

Missouri Rainbow Girls “Faith, Hope and Charity”

It is no mistake that 2020 has been a crazy year and it is no different for Missouri Rainbow. These past few months we have found a stride with having our events while being safe. Recently we have been having our Grand Worthy Advisor Visits. Our last visit was hosted by District 5 and held in Rolla. I wanted one of my visits to be heavily focused around service, and District 5’s plan for the day blew me away. We ended up going to a beautiful park where we decided to pick up the trash and make bags for homeless teens. It was really amazing to see all the girls working together to help other in need. It really brings out the hero in all of them.

As for the rest of the incoming year, our next few months we get a break however coming up in December we have our annual Christmas Party held at Columbia Lodge on December 5th. I am very much looking forward to this event as it usually has a great turnout and we all have a great time. This year we are planning to do things like making gingerbread houses, brining ornaments to exchange, and just overall spreading joy to others. After the Christmas party we will continue our Grand Worthy Advisor visits hosted by our Districts. The visits I have been to so far were all amazing and I cannot wait to see what is in store later on in the year. Overall, I am very excited for what is in store for the next few months. I cannot wait to see all of you at events cheering our girls on!

Thank you all so much for your support, I cannot express the gratitude and joy I have in my heart. Your support of Missouri Rainbow is appreciated, and we are so thankful for all you do. Thank you for all your support, we cannot wait to see you again.

Fraternally,

Madi Dodson

Grand Worthy Advisor

Missouri DeMolay Today’s Leaders, Tomorrow’s Future

Greetings!

Since March, we have all felt or seen the effect COVID-19 has had on our family, friends, and community. However, COVID has not stopped Missouri DeMolay. Since the beginning of the year, Missouri DeMolay has had the third-largest membership increase in the world. On June 15th we had the change of our Jurisdictional Officer team. Many chapters during this time have done their own meetings or activities on their own, however, September saw a boom in Installations and chapter activities with members from other chapters participating. The team of Jurisdictional Officers has been working all summer and through the fall up until now to the best of our ability. We Missouri Rainbow for Girls, Arkansas DeMolay’s did not want to rest while we had the extra time to Conclave, Allegiance Chapter’s Fishing Trip, and sit around. Instead, we decided to use the time we the following chapters have had degree work or had and work on various programs to help improve installations where the Jurisdictional Officer team Missouri DeMolay as well as travel. have helped them out: Waynesville Chapter, Rolla While under lockdown, Missouri DeMolay has Chapter, Daniel Boone Chapter, George L. Walters hosted a number of Virtual Brotherhood events Chapter. And that’s just the start! The field is where DeMolays from across Missouri and the constantly surprising the state leaders with what globe joined us to play various video games. We they can do. And because of that, the team of had brothers from the following Jurisdictions join Jurisdictional Officers is turning our attention to us: Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, focus more with each individual chapter to help Tennessee, and Southern California. Missouri them to go from being a good chapter to being a DeMolay also had a Virtual Speaker Event where great chapter. Their success is our priority and we 8x Olympic Medalist Apolo Anton Ohno talked want nothing more than for them to be the best about his struggles growing up as an athlete and in that they can be. I can’t wait to work more with the his professional athletic career and what he did to young men and advisors now more than ever. overcome those obstacles. Chapter, Allegiance Squires Manor, Allegiance Fraternally, During the Jurisdictional Officer’s travels since Conner Westermayer June, we have gone to the Grand Assembly for the State Master Councilor 7