May Message - 2011

Post date: Dec 19, 2012 5:54:09 PM

Greetings Brethren,

I hope you are all doing well as we move deeper into the warmer weather. Soon the warm

months of summer will be upon us.

Many of us are on the internet sending emails, checking out websites, and maybe making posts

on Facebook. The internet has a large amount of information available to it. I am sure many of you

know about the Grand Lodge website (wisc-freemasonry.org), but have you gone to it? On this site

you can read the Grand Masters message, see more pictures from the Masonic Journal than what

is in the printed edition, and find copies of the Masonic Code and the Masonic Handbook. All of

the Grand Lodge proceedings are posted there, as well as forms, information about the Masonic

Charities and contact information for the Grand Lodge Officers. From this site you can find all the

Lodges in the state as well as links to their websites and websites of other Grand Lodges.

Have you gone to your LodgeÃÔ website (mckinleylodge.org)? On this site, you can find contact

information for the officers, a calendar that has the LodgeÃÔ activities, history of the Lodge,

past messages in the Temple Topics and links to other Masonic organizationÃÔ websites. Even

our District has a website (http://sites.google.com/site/district11famofwisconsin/).

Here you can access the district blog and read other LodgeÃÔ Trestleboards. The District 11 blog (http://

district11mason.blogspot.com/) has a listing of activities in the district.

I have even discovered that our Grand Lodge website is formatted to work on smart phones

and other devices that use a mobile browser. From your mobile device you can access all the

information that is available to regular web browsers. To me it is amazing that all the information

that the Grand Lodge has is available to you from your mobile phone.

Brethren, take this opportunity to go out to the internet and discover all the information that is

there. By the way many lodges, including McKinley, have a Facebook page.

On to lodge news At the 1st Stated in April, we had a dinner prior to the meeting. The food

was excellent and fellowship was nice. A special thank-you goes to Sherri Goodwin who prepared

our meal. On April 8th, we had a very successful World Famous Fish Fry. Around 240 people

attended which is very large crowd for us. I would like to say thank-you to everyone who attended

and helped out and to Past Master Chris, Joyce, and Jim for their efforts in preparing and cooking

the meal.

Coming up in May, we have a dinner prior to the 1st Stated meeting on May 5th. These dinners

have been a lot of fun. Hopefully we will see you there. On May 21st we will be having a lodge

clean-up and cook-out. Work begins at 9:00 am. Come and help us do a little spring cleaning.

Finally, tickets are on sale for our annual Table Lodge which will be held on Friday, June 17th.

This is our huge dinner which includes hors devours, home brew from Brother Ken and Brother

Andy, French Onion Soup, Salad, a German Sausage Platter (Smoked Pork Chop, Knackwurst,

Kielbasa, Spaetzle, Red Cabbage), and dessert. Cost of the ticket is $20.00 and will be available

from any Lodge Officer or you can call Brother Chip Wood (262-957-4138) to reserve your spot.

Hopefully we will see you at one of the upcoming events or meetings.

Fraternally,

Michael A. Gorgen, P.M.

May

5 Thu Dinner 6:00 pm, 1st Stated Meeting 7:30 pm

19 Thu 2nd Stated Meeting 7:30 pm

21 Sat Lodge Clean-up and cook-out 9:00 am

June

2 Thu Dinner 6:00 pm, 1st Stated Meeting 7:30 pm

16 Thu 2nd Stated Meeting 7:30 pm

17 Fri Table Lodge 5:30 pm