 Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Good Evening Brothers, I hope that this email finds you well. 2025 is starting with a bang. We will be conferring an Entered Apprentice degree at our April stated. For this to happen we have to practice so that we are giving our candidate the best possible degree. With there being multiple parts of the degree, it would be great to have everyone there to practice the complete degree with all parts present. Worshipful Master is requesting the following officers at the upcoming practice, Tuesday, March 25, 2025: Tyler Caplain Deacons Wardens Any other brother is welcome and would be appreciated. Thanks, Bradley Grissom |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Brothers, If you have an OSW please bring it to the meeting tonight. It will prove very useful for the lecture service. Thanks. Bradley Grissom |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Brethren, Just another reminder for tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 4th, for our annual lecture service It is very important that we have a solid turnout for this Grand Lodge requirement. We have partnered with Granville to have this lecture service this year. Each lodge is required to have at least 7 members present. 5 of which must consist of the Worshipful Master, Sr. Warden, Jr. Warden as well as both deacons. There will be finger foods prior so that we can get the lecture service in between our stated and Granville's stated on 3/13/25. There will be no formal meal as there usually is. The lecture service will start at 6:30. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Fraternal Regards, Bradley Grissom, Sec'y 919-605-6893 |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Brethren, As we begin 2025, it looks like we have many things to look forward to as a lodge. One thing that we are discussing is fundraising. Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed. Some of the fundraiser ideas that are being discussed will require help from many brothers. As many of you know, the Grand Lodge has made changes to the requirements subordinate lodges must meet to maintain their charters. One of these changes makes it much harder for a lodge to fulfill the requirements for the Annual Lecture Service. This is why we need your help! To meet these new requirements, Franklinton Lodge has partnered with Granville #380 to hold a lecture service on Tuesday, March 4th @ 6:30 pm at our stated communication. Lecture service will be completed at Granville #380 stated on March 13th if necessary. Franklinton is required to have at least 7 members present at this lecture service, and they must include the Master, Wardens, and Deacons. Please make arrangements, if at all possible, to attend this lecture service and help Franklinton Lodge meet the Grand Lodge requirements. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions. Fraternal Regards, Bradley Grissom, Sec'y 919-605-6893 |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Brethren, Due to the possibility of inclement weather tonight, our DDGL has canceled the lecture service. It will be rescheduled at a later time. Thanks, Bradley Grissom |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Good Morning Brothers, I hope this finds you well and warm. As a requirement of the Code and Board of Custodians, we are required to an annual lecture service. Franklinton's lecture service is scheduled for the next two weeks. DDGL Casey Pearce will be with us on January 21 and 28 starting at 6:30 pm. We are required to have a total of 7 Master Masons there to be compliant with the Code. Worshipful Master hopes to see you there so that we can go ahead and fulfill this requirement early in the year. Also, we still meet on the 1st Tuesday of every month and would love to see the brothers that have been missing. Bradley Grissom |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Good Evening Brother, I hope this finds you well. This Friday, December 6, 2024, we will be holding our annual Past Master's and Ladies night at the lodge. Our hope is that we will have a large crowd for fellowship and brotherly love. If you haven't been able to attend the lodge you have been missed and we would love to have you on the 1st Tuesday each month. Bradley Grissom |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Brothers, Good Afternoon. Please disregard the dues notice that was just sent out. It has incorrect information regarding dues for 2025. The Dues for 2025 are $140 and not $136. This was done to keep up with the per capita increase at the Grand Lodge. I will be making the corrections to the dues notices and sending them out shortly. You have the option to pay your dues online through Grand View or you can mail a check to me. Thanks, Bradley Grissom |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Good morning Brothers This text was received this morning and after she conversation, Granville Lodge is going to contribute to this cause. The text is copied from Brother Dustin Baker "Good morning brothers, Myself and a few others are planning to head west on Thursday with equipment, food, water supplies etc to help the mans. It is much worse than is being shown the media because they aren't letting most of them in as there are thousands missing. Anyone that may want to donate food or fuel or cases of water let me know. We are taking all we can. We have some local guys from wake forest FD and also Youngsville FD I've been in contact with getting this info". Anyone that wants to contribute please get up with Dustin or any other Granville member, I believe that we can collect at the Granville lodge and help Dustin get loaded Thursday. Please be in prayer for the people that are affected as well as the first responders and rescuers that are in this catastrophe. |
Franklinton No. 123 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Brothers There is a very urgent need for assistance at WG Arnold Lodge in Rolesville They are desperately trying to raise a couple of new bothers and need some help. Please understand they are few and some of them have never witnessed a MM degree in their lodge. They are confident they can fill the first section, the second is where we come in. There is need for someone to fill the East, West, 1st and 2nd ruffian, #1 fellow craft and the lecture. Please respond to me at Rylandgrissom@outlook.com with a part that you know and would be able to fill. They are planning to cover this degree on Saturday Oct 5, 2024 so there may not be much practice, if you can fill a role, show up and be ready on Saturday. Please respond ASAP and lets help these brothers welcome are members to the fraternity. |
Good Morning Brothers,
Brethren, I hope that this finds you well. The Children's Home in Oxford is in the process of replacing the aging furniture in each of the bedroom for the children. In a continued effort to support our home, each lodge in the 13th district has been asked to consider sponsoring a room. To show our support for the home we decided that we as a lodge would attempt to collect the money for this project by passing the hat. The total cost of the project is $2000. Our lodge collected $600 last month in getting us on our way of meeting this goal. We will be passing the hat each month to collect funds for this project. We ask that you give as you are able and feel lead towards this worthy project.
Also, we will have our Official Visit from our District 13 Officers. It would be great to have a large crowd to show support for our officers not only in our lodge but also District13. As the norm, we will have a meal at 6:30 with the gavel drops at 7:30. We would love to see each of you.
Fraternally,
Bradley Grissom
Good Morning Brothers,
The Grand Lodge is transiting to a new web-based membership database which will require EVERY brother to sign in and create a member profile. If you would please take about 5 minutes to set this up it would be a great help to me as well as your lodge. The ilink is http://nc.grandview.systems. Once this page is up and running you will be able to find minutes of meetings as well as other important information about YOUR lodge. This is a work in progress, and has a severe learning curve for Nat and I, however with you patience and assistance, I think that this will be something good for the brothers.
The information that you will need to complete this is on your dues card. You will need you lodge number, masonic number and last name. If you have nay issues or need help getting this done, I will be happy to help you at any stated meeting.
Also, If you are waiting for your dues card for 2023, I will be mailing those out this week.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Bradley Grissom