The September calendar is complete, and the September Trestleboard is available here. These are September’s first three events:
Thursday, September 1st: Stated Meeting at 7:30 pm, with dinner at 6:30.
Saturday, September 3rd: Beach Cleanup. Meet at lodge at 10 am.
Sunday, September 4th: Breakfast at the Lodge from 8:30 – 10:30 am.
There will not be any tiled lodge meetings during the summer break. There may be other events, which will be announced in this space with details on the calendar.
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Members of Gulf Beach Lodge were out on Duhme Road, our adopted roadway today; taking part in the Keep Pinellas Beautiful cleanup project. We collected over forty pounds of trash from the roadside.
Watch for our next cleanup in the Fall.
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Today’s Fellowship Luncheon was a great success! Twenty-eight members and family attended today’s Luncheon held at Gulf Beach Lodge. R∴W∴ Howard Knapp put on a power point presentation about the 2009 Remodeling of the upstairs Lodge room. The next Fellowship Luncheon will be held in the Fall and there will be a presentation covering the 2010 remodel of the downstairs hall. Date and time TBA.
Brother Marshal Wood from Gulf Beach Lodge presented the District 18 Unity Gavel to the District’s newest Master Mason, Argyle Neal, from Northside Lodge. Seven brothers from Gulf Beach Lodge were in attendance: Brothers Bobby Burkett; Buck Owens; Brian Marshall; Jim Tizzano; David Gregory; Marshal Wood; and Howard Knapp. Brother Burkett gave the lecture.
Gulf Beach Lodge welcomes our newest master mason, Brother David J. Marrs, who was raised by the past masters of Gulf Beach Lodge. Prior to the degree, thirty-eight brothers enjoyed a wonderful meal prepared by our junior warden, Brother Bobby Burkett.
There were twenty-three past masters in attendance, of which fifteen were masters of our lodge. Also present were four past district deputy grand masters.
The lecture was delivered by R∴W∴ Howard Knapp and the charge by W∴ Mark Sawa-Szostak.
Gulf Beach Lodge will be dark for July and August. We wish you a safe summer and look forward to seeing you in September.
Gulf Beach Lodge welcomes our newest Master Mason, Brother Marshal D. Wood. The brothers enjoyed a wonderful Italian meal prior to the degree prepared by our Junior Warden, Bobby Burkett. The degree was excellently conferred by the officers of the Lodge. A number of officers performed new parts for the first time in the second section, and did an outstanding job! The Lecture was delivered by R∴W∴ Howard Knapp and the Charge by W∴ Mark Sawa-Szostak.
Family Trip to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota. We will meet at the museum entrance at 11:00 am. Further information is here.
District Deputy Grand Master, Sean Newton, with nine of his District Committeemen and the District Instructor, Joe Griffith, made their official visit to Gulf Beach Lodge tonight. Following a wonderful dinner prepared by Gulf Beach Chapter No. 241 O.E.S., the members and visitors retired upstairs for the tiled meeting.
The brothers donated $200.00 to the Grand Master’s Charity and over $200 for the Masonic Home Endowment Fund.
Two petitions were read for the Three Symbolic Degrees and another for Dual Membership.
The District 18 Chairman of Masonic Education, R∴W∴ Rick Wendling, presented our past master, W∴ Mark Sawa-Szostak, a Grand Lodge Masonic Education Certificate for our Lodge having met the Grand Lodge masonic education requirements during 2021.
10:00 am – Noon. Please come out and help keep our lodge clean.
We’ll be having a pizza dinner at 6:30 pm. At 7:30, Bro∴ Dominic Bueller of the Madeira Beach Fire Department will be presenting education on our AED machine, its use, care, etc. This will not be a tiled meeting so masons of all degrees can attend since the more who know how to use the device, the better.
Join us for a sit-down breakfast at the lodge from 8:30 to 10:30 am. Everyone is welcome.
Tonight we will be performing the Empty Chair Ceremony to honor those who have served in the armed forces, and first responders. As this will not be a tiled meeting, all may attend, including friends and family. If you have a piece of uniform or gear that you would like to share to honor a service member, please bring it with you.
A meal will be offered at 6:30 PM, with the ceremony to start at 7:30 PM.
2:30 – 4:30 pm. We’ll be meeting at the Heritage Village at 2.30 pm.
Address: 11909 125th St North
Largo, Florida 33774
We had a wonderful evening of Fellowship last night at Gulf Beach Lodge and were able to present a 60-year service award to our most senior Past Master, W∴ Paul King, who was Master in 1966. Here is what we accomplished.
Please join us next week for an ‘Empty Chair’ ceremony. The meal will be at 6:30 PM and the ceremony at 7:30 PM
10:00 am – Noon. Please come out and help us keep our lodge clean.
Gulf Beach Lodge hosted an Ask A Mason night last night which was organized by District 18 membership development chairman, Tim Delaney. 25 were in attendance (including our current DDGM, Jim Charrette) and enjoyed an evening which began with pizza provided by our Junior Warden, Bobby Burkett. The guest speaker for the evening was Howard Knapp PDDGM. It was a great evening, well received by all.
Meet up at 10:00 am at the lodge. We work until noon with others to help keep Madeira Beach’s beach clean.
Everyone is welcome. In addition to the regular breakfast menu, we’ll be adding today blueberry pancakes, as an ‘item of the month.’ The extra item will change monthly.
Following a fantastic meal prepared by our Junior Warden, Br ∴ Bobby Burkett, members and visitors enjoyed a wonderful Fellow Craft Degree for brother David Marrs. Our Senior Warden, Br∴ Joe Sosa, sat in the east for the first time in a FC degree and did an outstanding job. The lecture was delivered by Br∴ Bobby Burkett and the charge by R∴W∴ Howard Knapp.
Congratulations Br∴ David Marrs on being Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft!
11:00 am – 2:00 pm. Meet at the park. Further information is here.
A great night of Freemasonry was enjoyed at Gulf Beach Lodge — here is what went on.
We hope to see you next Thursday night for the Fellow Craft Degree of Br∴ David Marrs.
Following a fantastic meal prepared by our Junior Warden, Br ∴ Bobby Burkett, thirty-one members and visitors enjoyed a wonderful Fellow Craft Degree for brother Marshal Wood. In attendance tonight were members from Star Lodge and Clearwater Lodge. We were also honored to have our District Deputy Grand Master, R∴W∴ James Charrette, in attendance. The lecture was delivered by R∴W∴ Howard Knapp and the Charge by W∴ Mark Sawa-Szostak.
