Grand Lecturer 2019-20

Greetings Brethren All!

I decided to create a blog for my year as Grand Lecturer to document my travels throughout our Grand Jurisdiction and maybe remember some of it in the process!

Right after Grand Lodge I attended the Annual Strawberry feed in Auburn, YUM!

Since Grand Lodge I have attended OES Grand Chapter and Rainbow Girls Grand Assembly

Robin and I attended a corner stone ceremony in Sequim for the Sequim Museum & Arts.  It was a beautiful day and attended by many masons and local citizens.  The history of Sequim is extremely well represented at the Museum and will be a treasure for years to come.  We got to hear from Matt Dryke, who is a Sequim Pioneer family member and Gold Medalist from the 1984 Olympics.

We took off for Spokane to a corner stone ceremony at the Hutton Settlement, a place for Children to live and Grow, providing a safe and healthy living opportunity for children in need of long term housing.  I was able to participate as Acting Senior Grand Warden and had the privilege of delivering the Oration from VWB Jimmy Norton.  It was a very moving day.

I attended the open air degree in Granite Falls and served as the Secretary for opening, the Senior Deacon for the Conferral, and the 1st Ruffian in the Drama.  The degree was attended by approximately 150 brothers and it was a very well done degree.  The day was a great success!  Congratulations to Bros. Will Lorenzini, Larry Jaquot, and Mike Fee on being raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason.

This year I am revitalizing the ritual competition.  We will have the standard SW competition open to all first time Senior Wardens.  There will be a team competition consisting of the WM, SW, and JW which is open to any Master Mason, as long as all three are members of the same lodge.  Finally, we will have an individual lecture competition with the participant doing the Apron Lecture, and the Geometry Lecture.  This competition is open to any Fellowcraft Mason or Master Mason.

In order for the Fraternity to survive, we must be committed and find reasons to be involved, rather than reasons to sit by.  We must provide Masonic education in all things, from ritual and esoteric, to fraternalism and family, to the administration of our lodges.  All of these are important to thrive.  I like to use the 5-4-3 for the 47th problem of Euclid.  The 5 being the foundation of it all and the ritual and esoteric, the 4 being the brotherhood and family, and the 3 being the administrative side of things.  It can be argued that 5 and 4 could be switched, and I can live with that too!  Find reasons to be involved, instead of reasons to stay away, Be All In!

Until Next Time!

Fraternally,
Steve Martin
Grand Lecturer