Portland Valley Scottish Rite News February 1st, 2015

Please enjoy the new Portland Valley Scottish Rite website http://portlandscottishrite.org

 

For dinner reservations
Email: officemanager@portlandsr.com
Call: (503) 226-7827

Upcoming Events

• 02/3/2015 5:30 pm-6:00 pm: Clark Trust
• 02/3/2015 6:00 pm-7:00 pm:Body Heads Meeting
• 02/3/2015 6:30 pm-7:00 pm:Speaker & Event Night
• 02/3/2015 6:30 pm-7:30 pm:Dinner
• 02/3/2015 7:00 pm-8:00 pm:Stated Meeting
• 02/4/2015 7:00 pm-8:00 pm:24th° Practice
• 02/10/2015 5:30 pm-6:15 pm:Social Hour
• 02/10/2015 6:15 pm-7:15 pm:Sweet Hearts Dinner
• 02/11/2015 7:00 pm-8:00 pm:24th° Practice

Happy New Year brethren!

The Portland Valley Membership Committee is gearing up for our Spring Reunion which will be Friday and Saturday, April 10th and 11th, 2015. After such a large reunion class last fall, and the renewed interest in the Scottish Rite Degrees, we are excited about another successful reunion in the Spring.

Your Membership Committee will be busy scheduling Blue Lodge visitations to promote the benefits of membership in the Scottish Rite, and we would love your help! Blue Lodge visitations will start the last week of February and go all through the month of March. If you are interested in joining us with some Blue Lodge Visitations, or want us to come to your Blue Lodge, get in touch with me or contact Nate in the office.

If you know of a brother who is interested in joining the Scottish Rite, give him a petition! All Scottish Rite brethren should carry a petition on them at all times in case they meet a curious brother. Also suggest that he look at our website where he can download a petition online.

There is so much more to Freemasonry and we have such a special brotherhood at the Scottish Rite, it would be a shame for any Master Mason not to experience it.

**The next Membership Committee meeting will be on Tuesday February 24th at 7:30PM, after the Scottish Rite University.

Please contact me anytime if you would like to get involved, and check the website calendar regularly for updates on events, degrees and meetings.

The 24th Degree will be conferred on Tuesday February 17th, and we hope to see you all there! Don’t forget to call or email the office with your dinner reservations no later than Noon the day before.

I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday, the “Rite” night!

Bryan Witt, 32°
Membership Committee Chairman
Portland Valley Scottish Rite

Call us or email to let us know if you are coming  503 363 9240

• January 6th – Meatloaf
• January 13th – Chicken Marsala
• January 20th – Shepard’s Pie
• January 27th – Taco Bar
• February 3rd – Lasagna
• February 10th – Beef Tenderloin
• February 17th – Chicken & Dumplings
• February 24th – Club Sandwich

Sweet Heart’s Dinner

Don’t forget to make your reservations for our Sweet Heart’s Dinner taking place on Tuesday February 10th.

Come honor our Ladies!!! We are honoring those special women who, without their support we Masons could not do our work. We are having a social time starting at 5:30 and dinner at 6:15.  Price will be $20 per person.

My Brethren,

the roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Brother Wayne Felder 32°, has not answered to his name. He has laid down the working tools of the Craft and with them he has left that mortal part for which he no longer has use.  Brother Felder was memorialized on December 22nd at the Al Kader Shrine Center in Wilsonville, Oregon.

The roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Brother John Billups 32°, has not answered to his name. He has laid down the working tools of the Craft and with them he has left that mortal part for which he no longer has use.  Brother Billups was memorialized on November 21st at the Lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Portland.

Please remember Brother Len Schiler who is recovering at home from the effects of a minor stroke.

Also remember Brother Garry Lienhard who is recovering from heart bypass surgery.

Click here to download petition: Scottish Rite Petition