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Seattle's Metropolitan Masonic Lodge - Meeting Every Third Wednesday
7910 Greenwood Ave. N. in Seattle, Washington---Telephone - (206) 623-0261
Mailing Address: St. John's Lodge No. 9, PO Box 30069, Seattle, WA 98113-0069
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Our Vision:
St. John's Lodge No. 9 will be a recognized Masonic leader in personal growth through association, ritual excellence, education, and charity.
Ask Us How To Join
If
you are a man of at least 18 years of age and would like to find out how
to become a member of St. John's Lodge No. 9 Please use the contact form to ask - A member of St. John's Lodge No. 9 will respond to your request within 24 hours.
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St. John's Lodge Number 9 is a fraternal organization of men who
are working to better themselves through Freemasonry. As Brothers, we work to subdue our
passions, but are passionate about the good work we do in our community.
We try to act in a diligent, prudent, temperate, and discrete manner in the
discharge of our duties, but have as much fun as possible when we are together.
Want to read a good book? Take a look through the book database, pick one out and then e-mail the webmaster with the book title. He will bring the book to the next Stated Communication and you bring it back at the following Stated. This service is for active members of the Lodge.
Driving directions to St. John's Lodge No. 9 are found here.
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Memorials for departed Brethren for Lodge year 2012 are found here. No brother should ever go beyond the veil without remembrance from his brothers.
Other memorials, according to the Lodge year (since 2001), are found in the archives section of this site.
To learn about what Freemasonry is and what has been its history, read the articles listed in our Articles Section.
There
are many stories which have been written to help the Freemason grow as
a Freemason. An excellent collection of these is found in our Masonic Stories Section.
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St.
John's Lodge No. 9 is the State of Washington's sixth oldest
corporation. Chartered on September 4th, 1860 and receiving articles of
incorporation on January 24th, 1861 by act of the Territorial
Legislature we have been in continuous existence in the City of Seattle
since that time. We have worked to make better men of ourselves and to
help the community around us.
Secretary of State Sam Reed awarded St. John's Lodge No. 9 the
Washington State Sesquitennial Celebration certificate of Territorial
Corporation seen above. For one hundred fifty two years we have worked
and seen our city grow from a frontier settlement to the thriving
metropolis it is today. The work continues and as things evolve and
change we strive to evolve and change to meet the needs of our
community.
As we work into the twenty first century we would encourage those men
over the age of 18 years who would like to be part of an organization
that is based on moral values in which the our membership works together
to better ourselves and the world around us to consider joining Freemasonry
and our Lodge in particular. We promise a life long journey toward personal
excellence while having fun with others who are on the same journey. The
fellowship and support are important in today's world.
Lodge Headlines From The Past Year
If you would
like to see what else has happened during the past Lodge year you can see
the beginning of the year up until these headlines begin on our Old Headlines page from 2009, Old Headlines page from 2010, and from our Lodge archive files under "Old Headlines."
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Welcome letter to visitors
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January Trestleboard The January Stated Communication has been Cancelled due to inclemental weather
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The January Stated Communication will feature a talk on Freemasonry in the Arts as well as committee reports.
As always, every member is needed to get the work of St. John's Lodge No. 9 done properly so make it a point to volunteer for the committee of your choice at the meeting. | | |
It will be a fun and informative meeting!
Special Note: We make a special effort to get our candidates to our meetings so if you are coming from another Lodge bring yours.
Aslo - We do ask that if you are coming that you please let our Secretary know how many are going to be at the dinner. Dinner is complementary but we need to know the number so we can tell our caterer.
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Read the Trestleboard! -- Turn off the Television. Join us for fun and fellowship. You will be pleased that you chose to spend the evening with your Brethren.
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Christmas Cheer
St. John's Lodge No. 9's members Christmas shopped, wrapped, and delivered Christmas gifts and safeway gift cards to four needy families with eight children once again this year. In addition our Lodge supplied gifts which were purchased and wrapped by our members and delivered to the Veterans Administration for distribution to fifteen children.
A total of 29 needy people were helped this year and the Brethren were pleased to be of some help to our community and to the children who are helped by the Veterans Administration.
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December Stated Communication
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The December Stated Communication was the inagural meeting of Worshipful Master Joseph Oates and his officer corps. Our new Senior Warden, Bro. David Flood delivered a report on his research on the origins of the term “entered apprentice.”. The business was conducted in a smooth style and the Lodge closed before 9:30PM. A good start for our new Worshipful Master! |
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Read about these things, and more, on our December Stated Communication report page.
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If you live in the Seattle area, please plan on attending your Lodge's meetings.
The satisfaction of time well spent is worth your effort to make these
Stated Communications. Also, when you (the members of the Lodge) come
to the meetings you have direct input into what programs and charities
the Lodge supports.
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Holiday Charity Work
On November 20 members of St. John's Lodge No. 9 met at the Aurora Costco and shopped for Thanksgiving dinner and food to last a couple of weeks for four needy families. Brothers Simon Letarte, Hector Ramos, David Holdsworth, John Louderback, Josh Skinner, and VWB Charles Tupper shopped for and purchased the food with funds supplied by the Lodge. The brothers then split up and each team delivered to one of the families. We are now receiving thank you notes from the recipients and we expect to help these same families over the Christmas holidays with presents and food.
Each year St. John's Lodge No. 9 adopts three to five families who are given to us by the Greenwood Food Bank volunteers of America. The Lodge then takes care of the entire holiday season for these families. The members of the holiday committee are volunteers drawn from the Lodge membership. Any member is welcome to help and all those who volunteer, from Entered Apprentice to Past Master, are needed to get the job done. There is great satisfaction gained by our members by doing jobs like this for those who are at their wits end trying to do something for their children. Especially during the holiday season.
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Our Company Store
If you are a member, have a high speed connection, and would like to see some incredible deals on Masonic merchadise you need to visit our Company Store! Worshipful Brother Hans Wehl has found these items and has made them available at the Lodge for your purchase. The really neat thing about these is that you can earn St. John's Lodge No. 9 dollars at each meeting. This includes all degrees and Stated Communications. Each dollar makes these items cost that much less. You cannot go wrong by purchasing what you like as these are sold at cost. Purchase some of these and advertise your Lodge and our great Fraternity.
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St. John's Lodge in the Community
St.
John's Lodge No. 9 is active in the Community. We have something in
which every member can become involved which will help others. We find
these things to be personally rewarding and continue to look for new
opportunities to help. Our Secretary has put together an excellent
treatise on which charities, organizations, and educational programs we
support at the present time. Find out what the Lodge does to help our
city and our community - Read his report here
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| Masonic Education Want to read a Masonic book but don't have one to read? WB Tupper is making his family's book collection available to active members of St. John's Lodge No. 9 to read. He is busily cataloging the collection and |
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you can pick out a book to read from the on-line database and then e-mail VWB Tupper with the title of the book you wish to read and he will bring it to the next Stated Communication. Books are to be returned at the following Stated Communication. At the present time he has cataloged over seven hundred books on Masonic, historical, religious, esoteric, fraternal, and philosophical subjects. | There are to be found in the listing the latest titles which are much in demand so e-mail early when you see a book you want to read.
WB Tupper's collection has been compiled by the past four generations of Masons in his family. They are a private collection. There are some titles in the listing which due to their rarity, value, or replaceability are reference at the collection site only. |
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In
order to make it easier for our membership to request Lodge financial
support for the member's favorite charities we have put the request form
on our website. Simply click the link, fill out the form, and click
send. Our Lodge Secretary will receive the form and it will be acted
upon with dispatch.
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Outdated Articles, Trestleboards, pictures, etc. will be found in the Archives section or in the Site Index.
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