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On Tuesday October 11th members of the Scottish Rite University Faculty will present an in-depth Review of the 8th Degrees.

Come join the SRU and learn the history, myths and secrets behind the Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

Schedule
5:30 pm Social
5:30 pm Clarke Trust
6:00 pm Body Head Meeting
6:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm SRU

Please RSVP for dinner by email officemanager@portlandsr.com

Brethren,
The roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Brother Roy Redman, Jr., 32°, has not answered to his name. He has laid down the working tools of life and with them has left that mortal part for which he no longer has use. His labors here below have taught him to divest his heart and conscience of the vices and superfluity of life, thereby fitting his mind as a living stone for that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Strengthened in his labors here by faith in God, and confident of expectation of immortality, he has been granted admission to the Celestial Lodge above.

Brother Redman was a member of the Portland Valley Scottish Rite, Al Kadar Shrine, & Blue Lodge member of Kenton Lodge No. 145.

His obituary can be read at: http://www.hustadfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/HUSTAD1/obit.cgi?user=86184968_RRedmanJr

Have you as a Master Mason ever wondered about joining the Scottish Rite? Good News! The Fall Reunion and New Member Initiation is on November 18th & 19th!

The Scottish Rite in Oregon began in Portland in 1870 headed by the first S.G.I.G. John C. Ainsworth, 33°, who has been followed by eleven other Honorable Masons holding that office including the present S.G.I.G. Illustrious Brother Gary Kuney, 33º Active, appointed in 2009.

The Scottish Rite is often called the College of Masonry and this Fall we will be having a Class of new Candidates to join us in the quest for further Masonic Light. The ritual of the Scottish Rite comprises twenty-nine degrees, the fourth through the thirty-second, each of which, in the dramatic form of a vaudeville era Shakespearean style moral play, presents lessons of high purpose developing the moral character of the individual.

The theater here was built expressly for these degree presentations. Our Temple in the Historic Goose Hollow Neighborhood is the first building exclusively designed and built for the Scottish Rite Degrees in the United States and was used as a model for other Scottish Rite buildings throughout the world. It was the great architectural vision of Brother Richard H Martin, Jr, 33º who designed several other Fraternal Buildings in downtown. It is unique in still having over ninety hand painted stage drops available for the degree presentations. They were painted in the early 1900’s and are known for their outstanding perspective. The drops and fly system accompanying them are some of the best preserved in the country of their type and age. Our Temple along with being the last vaudeville era stage still in active use in Oregon, is also the oldest building in downtown Portland still occupied by its original inhabitants, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. 

Click here to download to join the Portland Valley Scottish Rite:  petition

Tuesday the 4th of October, at 7:00 pm, the Portland Valley Scottish Rite will confer the 8th Degree of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, “Intendant of the Building”.

All Scottish Rite Members of the 7th° 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.

The Duty of the Eighth Degree is “Be benevolent and charitable.” The Lesson of the degree teaches “Benevolence and charity demand we correct our own faults and those of others. That which a man knows dies with him; therefore, transmit your knowledge. Labor is honorable if done with Sobriety, Temperance, Punctuality and Industry.”

Schedule
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Degree
After the degree there will be a cast party and social in the Members Lounge.

Confirmations on Facebook of attendance will not be counted for dinner. Please RSVP directly for dinner reservations no later than 11:00 am on Monday the 3rd. Any requests that come in after the cut off will go on the standby list. You will need to email officemanager@portlandsr.com to RSVP for dinner.

The Portland Valley Scottish Rite presents the Feast Of Tishri, Tuesday September 27th, at 7:00 pm. Hosted By the Officers of the Oregon Lodge Of Perfection.

At 7:00 pm will be the Opening Ceremony with Dinner and Toasts to follow.

Under the Statutes of the Supreme Council this was considered one of the obligatory observances and sharing of our fraternal spirit.

The history of the “Feast of Tishri” is based upon the Feast of the Tabernacle, “Succos” described in the Old Testament. In the book of Leviticus, Chapter 23, Verse 34 we read, “The Fifteenth Day of this Seventh Month (Tishri) shall be the Feast of the Tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.” It was at one time considered the greatest festival among the early Hebrews.

In ancient days, the joyous festival was observed by the Israelites in the Palestinian Autumn when they had finished the agricultural toil of the year. They thanked God and praised Him for the abundance stored in barn and bin, and offered prayers to Him and He sent new rains for the coming year.

This is a closed ceremony for Scottish Rite Members.

Dinner will be $10, please RSVP by email to officemanager@portlandsr.com no by no later than 11:00 am Monday the 26th.

Greetings Brethren,

On Tuesday, September 13th we will be having a “State of the Rite” meeting rather than a Stated Meeting.

We will have short reports by various officers on the status of projects in the works as well as the exciting upcoming events.

*Body Heads will talk about their specific body’s duties and what they have coming up in the future
*Membership growth and retention
*VMAP (Specifically the clubs)
*Cleanup project over the summer
*Our mentorship program
*State of ritual work…specifically two rituals a month

Dinner will be just $10 and it’s Taco Tuesday!
Please RSVP for dinner by emailing officemanager@portlandsr.com

Schedule
5:30 pm Clark Trust
6:00 pm Body Head Meeting
6:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm State of the Rite
Refreshments to follow.

Brethren,
The roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Brother Richard H. Koessel, 32°, has not answered to his name. He has laid down the working tools of life and with them has left that mortal part for which he no longer has use. His labors here below have taught him to divest his heart and conscience of the vices and superfluity of life, thereby fitting his mind as a living stone for that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Strengthened in his labors here by faith in God, and confident of expectation of immortality, he has been granted admission to the Celestial Lodge above.

Brother Koessel was a member of the Portland Valley Scottish Rite, Al Kadar Shrine, & Blue Lodge member of Lents Lodge No. 156.

Memorial Service is at the First Presbyterian Church in Woodburn, Oregon, tomorrow, September 3rd, at 2 pm. His obituary can be read at: http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?n=richard-h-koessel&pid=181256342

September is here and it is time for our annual Hamburger Feed.

Please join us Thursday, September 1 (I know the card says September 7 but you can’t believe everything  you read) at 6:30pm.  Cost will be $6.00.

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Potato Salad and all the Fixings

Please reply to this email address with your reservations: salemscottishrite@gmail.com

See you Thursday

Dave.