Next Tuesday, February 25th at 7pm will be the Portland Valley Scottish Rite Stated Meeting for the Ainsworth Chapter of Rose Croix No. 1.
There will be short reports by various officers and committees on the status of membership projects in the works, balloting on new members and the announcements of the upcoming calendar events. All members are encouraged to attend.
Note, there will not be a meal provided for this meeting.
Schedule
7:00 pm Stated Meeting
Dinner at 6:30pm, Intro at 7:15pm in the Auditorium
Please RSVP to officemanager@portlandsr.com for dinner
With special guests The Purple Herons providing festive entertainment!
There will be a potluck dinner at 6:30pm with some hors d’oeuvres provided; please email officemanager@portlandsr.com to RSVP and sign up to bring; hot plates, casseroles, salads, sides, appetizers or desserts. To enable us to sufficiently cover for everyone’s attendance please email no later than Monday December 2nd at 11:00 am.
Attire is Holiday festive, Ugly and Awesome Christmas sweaters are encouraged! So feel free to break out your best/worst sweater for the evening. Christmas music will be provided. We will also have festive punch, holiday spiked eggnog, regular eggnog and non-alcoholic beverages.
As with all our events, this is not open to the general public.
A great time was had by all with celebratory Healths (Toasts) and some of the finest dining in the City at the Portland Valley’s first Albert Pike inspired Table Lodge.
For the Oration Br. Myers shared his heartfelt experiences with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates program), a truly great charitable outreach to our community’s youth. Click here for more info about this great program https://www.casahelpskids.org/.
The Brethren even engaged in the ages old Masonic tradition of singing a rousing rendition of the Table Lodge Closing Song! Keep an eye out for upcoming meetings where the Valley may just make this a more regular tradition.
On Tuesday, November 26th Portland Valley will be conducting an adaptation of Albert Pike’s Table Lodge Ritual for the November Stated Meeting. This will be a tyled meeting open on the 14th Degree.
There will be short reports by various officers on the status of projects in the works, balloting on new members and announcements of the upcoming calendar events. After conducting the brief business at hand we will begin the Table Lodge Ritual during the meeting.
As an entertaining education piece we will have a presentation by Br. Phil Myers on the Court Appointed Special Advocacy Program and its role in helping the youth of Oregon.
Schedule
7:00 pm Stated Meeting & Table Lodge Ritual
Table Lodge Dinner: Herb roasted turkey, mushroom gravy, braised green beans, Yukon gold mashed potatoes, green salad with a lemon-garlic vinaigrette, dinner rolls with butter, cookies and coffee. All for just $15. [Vegetarian option available by request.]
Refreshments to follow in the Member’s Lounge.
As with all our events this is not open to the public.
Email officemanager@portlandsr.com to RSVP
The Portland Valley announces the appointment of Brother Commander Wayne Ford, 32°, KCCH, as our new Personal Representative of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General for the Portland Valley!
We look forward to his assistance with the operations of the Valley and the continual growth and development of the Scottish Rite in Oregon.
RSVP to officemanager@portlandsr.com by 11am Monday the 30st of November.
Tuesday the 17th of September, at 7:30 o’clock pm, the Portland Valley Scottish Rite will confer the 6th Degree of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, “Intimate Secretary”.
All Scottish Rite Members of the 5th° or higher are welcome to attend. Visiting Brethren will need current dues card showing membership in the Scottish Rite. Attendance is exclusively for members of the Scottish Rite, as with all of our events, this is not open to the public.
This Degree takes place on a bad day for King Hiram having just heard of the death of the Master Architect and believing a town King Solomon had given him was in ruins he storms off to take the matter up with Solomon when a concerned interloper intervenes.
The Duties of the Degree are; “Be zealous, faithful, disinterested and benevolent. Act the peacemaker.”
The Lessons of the Degree are; “Zeal and fidelity to duty are always rewarded.”
To consider for reflection; “Why act the peacemaker?”
Schedule
6:30 pm Dinner [Pulled beef, Collard greens, Black eyed peas, Cornbread & Coleslaw all for just $15!]
7:15 pm Scottish Rite University Intro
7:30 pm Degree
After the degree there will be a cast party and Social in the Members Lounge. The Portland Chapter of the Knights of St. Andrew will be hosting an informal debriefing of the degree during the social.
Please RSVP by email to officemanager@portlandsr.com for dinner reservations by no later than 11:00 am on the Monday before the event. Any requests that come in after the cut off will go on the standby list.
Brethren,
I have received an update of information for Bother Kent Cox’s passing. His Masonic Funeral, Memorial and Reception will be on Saturday, September 14th, 2019 at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church at 17405 NE Glisan St., Portland, Oregon 97230. For directions click here.
The members of Sandy Lodge No. 158, A.F.& A.M. will open Lodge at 1:00 pm, the Memorial and Funeral will begin at 2:00 pm, there will be a reception following. Scottish Rite Brethren please attend to pay tribute and our last respects to a great man and beloved Brother of our Fraternity.
Fraternally,
Bro. Nathan R. Neff,
General Secretary
Portland Valley, Orient of Oregon,
A. & A. Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J., U.S.A.
