It's that time again. The regular monthly meeting of Liberty Lodge 714 is tonight. The gavel drops at 7:30. We'll have the second reading and vote on a proposed amendment change for our July meeting, we read the names of those brothers who have not paid their dues, and begin plans for our annual family Christmas dinner. Will there be a meal you ask? Of course! At 6:30 we'll have chicken rollers (trust me, they're good), pintos, mashed potatoes, rolls, and dessert by Karen. Ya'll come on and join us.

Fraternal Greetings!

It is time for the regular monthly meeting of Liberty Lodge 714, Thursday, July 3^rd. We’ll be examining candidates on their 1^st degree catechism, finalizing plans for our annual family cookout coming up on the 12^th, and other such business as may come up. A meal is planned for the evening at 6:30 with the meeting to follow at 7:30 p.m. Chicken casserole, corn on the cob, salad, and peach cobbler, is the menu. Look forward to seeing you there!

Liberty Lodge 714 will have a first degree for Mr. Brad Bolton this Thursday (5/22/2025) with a meal at 6:30 and gavel at 7:30.  Chicken and rice casserole, Black-eyed peas, salad, rolls, and desert.  Come out and join us as we bring a fine man to masonic light.  Good crowds always make the degree better.

Look forward to seeing you there. 

Greetings Brethren!

Wow! This past month flew by. Several of our members have been through some trying times with surgeries and sickness and I hope we are all doing well. Since our last meeting, we had our lecture service which was a very successful event.

Time for a new month and a new meeting though. So Thursday, May 1^st we’ll have our regular stated meeting. Meal at 6:30 and meeting at 7:30. We’ll continue to go over the proposed amendments to the code, talk about the annual family cookout coming up in July, mowing, and our next 1^st degree. I hope you can all come out and support our officers and share in the fellowship. I look forward to seeing you there!

S & F

Roger Euliss, Secty.

Brothers, we now have 5 candidates completing the Master Mason degree this Saturday. 

Jefferson Penn has 3 and Leaksville has 1.  Bingham Lodge asked if they could bring a candidate, making it 5.  

All 5 will go through at Leaksville Lodge.                                                                                            

We will have one more practice this Thursday at 7:00 at Leaksville. Please come to that as well, we need everyone who can make it BECAUSE WE CAN USE THE NUMBERS,

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This may be the first time many of us have seen 5 brothers go through at once.  It will surely be interesting; therefore, if you can make it this Saturday, please do.  Degree at 9:00 AM.   

Breakfast at 8:00 AM (suggested donation is $5.00) .

Mike Cooke, CHFM, CHC, CHE

Greetings!

It is again time for our monthly meeting at Liberty Lodge 714 that will be on 2/6/2025.  On tap for this meeting, we’ll have stew beef, rice, green beans, rolls, and dessert at 6:30.  Then our regular meeting at 7:30.  We have the usual correspondence to share.  We have the audit and budget for 2025 to review and vote on.  We have reports from the committees of investigation for three petitions and the vote on them.  We have petitions to receive.  And a special speaker, Wbro. Alvin Billings, who is the development director for MHCO to present a program.  Wbro. Alvin has another duty as the Jr. Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge.  It’s going to be a great night for food, fellowship, and education.  And I have a couple of stories to share with you that you may enjoy.  Come on out and join us.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Roger Euliss,  Secty.

Greetings and Happy New Year!

I’m excited to start a new year and I hope each of you are also.  It’s time for our regular monthly meeting of Liberty Lodge 714 tomorrow (Thursday), Jan 2^nd, 2025.  As usual, we’ll have a meal at 6:30 followed by our meeting at 7:30.  Our newly elected officers have been working to prepare for a great year, and I hope you will join with me in supporting them and their efforts.  Worshipful Master Bret Pedigo has already put a lot of effort into his agenda, and we need to support him.  Be prepared, he’s bringing back the $20.00 attendance challenge.  So every time we have 20 or more, he donates $20.00 with a challenge for members to match that (not $20.00 individually, but as a whole).  So come on out and let’s get his $20.00.  He’ll discuss plans for that during the meeting.  He has already worked on committee list for the year and is ready to make those appointments.  He’ll be posting an agenda during the year so we’ll know what’s going on. 

Our meal this month will be grilled or fried pork (haven’t decided which), green beans, mashed potatoes, rolls, dessert.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Fraternal Greetings !

Our monthly meeting is upon us!  Thursday, November 7^th, our regular monthly meeting will be held at Liberty Lodge 714.  We hope you will be able to join us for this important annual meeting.  On the agenda for this month – report on NPDs, election of officers, report from building and grounds on sidewalk, a wrap-up of the roof replacement, and other business as may come up.  We will have a meal at 6:30 consisting of meat loaf, mashed potatoes, lima beans, salad, rolls, and dessert.  Thank you Larry and Peggy Shoffner!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Fraternally,

Roger Euliss, Secty.

A well known speaker started off his seminar holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this."

He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. He then asked, "Who still wants it...?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We may feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value."

"Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE."

"You are special, don't EVER forget it."

Fraternal Greetings!

This is a friendly reminder that our regular monthly meeting of Liberty Lodge 714 is tomorrow evening (Thursday, September 5^th).  We’ll begin with a meal at 6:30  and meeting to follow at 7:30.  BBQ, slaw, hushpuppies, potato salad, rolls, desert, and drink.  We have a few items to cover not the least of which is finalizing plans for Saturday morning’s 3^rd degree for Bro. Michael Poplin.  We have a proposed bylaws change to consider, Grand Lodge code changes, a report on roof project, and other such business as may come up.  We’ll also examine Bro. Poplin on his 2^nd degree catechism.   

Then please don’t forget that we are having a 3^rd degree on Saturday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m.  We’ll enjoy a hearty breakfast before we get to enjoy seeing Brother Michael Poplin raised by his father, Bro Ronnie Poplin.  He’s excited about this event (and maybe a little nervous) to be able to participate.  We all know it takes a lot for a proper 3^rd degree, so come and help us bring Brother Michael to ‘further light’. 

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Brethren,

Liberty Lodge 714 will have a Master Mason Degree tomorrow (Tuesday, August 20^th). Meal at 6:30 and gavel drops at 7:30. Roasted pork loin, black-eyed peas, mashed potatoes, salad, rolls, and deserts. Come and join us as we bring Brother Israel Carter to ‘further light’.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!  Even though we didn’t have a stated meeting in July, it was still a busy month.  We had our annual family cookout, we passed Brother Michael Poplin to the degree of Fellowcraft, and we began receiving donations for our roof replacement project.  Now its time to get back to our regular business.  This Thursday (8/1/2024) will be our August stated meeting.  We have a few things to catch up on.  We have received the draft of the proposed amendments to the code (there are 14), we will have a by-laws change to read, we’ll have an update on where we’re at with our roof replacement project, correspondence, and other business that may come up.  As usual we’ll have a meal at 6:30 and the gavel will drop at 7:30.  The meal this month will be spaghetti and meat sauce (made by Pam), bread, salad (with lots of stuff to go on it), drinks, and of course some wonderful deserts constructed by Karen McDaris.  I hope you’ll be able to come and join us and support your lodge officers.  See you there!