Effective June 1, 2022, Illustrious Rick Komraus, 33°, of the Valley of Portland has been appointed as the new Deputy for the Orient of Oregon. Rick is a former Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Oregon, and he is looking forward to his new duties in the Orient. As one of his first actions he has appointed Illustrious Ron Eggers, 33°, of the Valley of Portland as the new Portland Valley Personal Representative. Ron is a former Grand Master of the Grand lodge of Oregon.
Rick and his Wife Georgi currently resides in Central Oregon. He is almost at the exact geographical center of Oregon.
Ainsworth Chapter of Rose Croix No. 1 17th Degree Knight of the East and West
Duties of the Degree: To work, to reflect, and to pray. To hope, to trust, and to believe. To teach truths that are hidden in allegories, and concealed by the symbols of Freemasonry.
Lessons: An army of martyrs have offered up their lives to prove their faith or benefit mankind.
For refection: Can Masonry teach religion without being a religion? What is the meaning of the vacant chair in the ceremony?
The Portland Valley premiere of the Ainsworth Chapter of Knights Rose Croix Ceremony of Remembrance and Renewal for 2022 will air tonight on our Valley’s YouTube channel.
Your online viewing attendance is encouraged as we honor our dear departed Scottish Rite Brethren of the preceding year and usher in hope for increasing light in the year to come.
Once the performance is premieres on March 7th at 6:30pm it will be available for streaming.
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Ainsworth Chapter of Rose Croix No. 1 16th Degree Prince of Jerusalem
Duties of the Degree: To direct and aid those who labor to build the Symbolic Temple. Judge equally and fairly. Provide aid of whatever kind to fellow Princes of Jerusalem. Keep faith in the justice and beneficence of God. Press forward with hope for the persecuted and oppressed.
Lessons: Build Temples of the Living God in our Hearts by following Masonic Truth–justice, equity, morality, wisdom, labor, fidelity, brotherhood–to achieve immortality.
For refection: Will you leave a noble heritage to those who follow you in this world?
The roll of the workmen has been called, and Worshipful Brother David B. Fambro, 32°, born May 4th, 1963, at Portland, Oregon, has not answered to his name. He was Initiated on February 23rd, 1995, Passed on March 30th, 1995, and Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on May 19th, 1995, in Portland Lodge No. 55, A.F.&A.M. of Oregon, he was Invested as Master or Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret of the 32° of the A.&A. Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J., U.S.A., on November 4th, 1995, in the Oregon Consistory No. 1 of the Portland Valley in the Orient of Oregon. He served as Worshipful Master of Portland Lodge No. 55 in 2000 and served as Wise Master of the Portland Valley’s Ainsworth Chapter of Knights Rose Croix No. 1, from 2002 to 2004. On January 18th, 2022, the Great Architect of the Universe smiled upon him and taking him by the hand, gently led him to that “house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.” There is no death. All that is beautiful and good and true in human life is no more affected by the shadow called death than by the darkness that divides today from tomorrow. In this, our Brother’s hour of victory, we should rejoice that we can see far enough into the future to know that all is well with him. He is but a step-in advance of us and we thank our Creator that we had known and loved him for a while.
As a reminder, we apologizes to all the Valley’s Sweethearts, the Dinner scheduled for February 1st has been canceled. We hope to hold another event in future months to make it up to you.
The 16th Degree has been moved to February 15th, at 7pm.
Due to the size of the cast required for this degree the Valley Body Heads & Director of the Work have determined that moving the conferral of this degree back one month will provide the additional time needed to fill the five remaining cast parts and add additional rehearsals to give the performance of this entertaining degree the justice it is due.
This month on January 18th we will be screening Matrix Resurrections (2021), Rated R, Runtime 2h35m. All members and accompanied guests welcome. Doors at 6pm, feature screening at 6:30pm.
