The annual Masonic Home Homecoming will be held on Saturday, March 17th from 10:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on the grounds of the Florida Masonic Home in St. Petersburg.
Festivities for the day will include the Youth Car Wash, Chili Cook-off, Antique Car Show, Boat rides on the Lady Claudia, and Live Music.
For more information, check out the flyer. We hope to see you there!
Installation season is already upon us! The following Chapters have scheduled their spring term installations for 2007:
January
February
Keep watching this space as we update the list of Installations.
Our next State-wide Initiation, in honor of Illustrious Brother Robert Goldsmith, 33rd, SGIG, PGM, will be taking place on Saturday, February 10th, at the Florida Masonic Home in Saint Petersburg.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
As additional details on the days festivities evolve, we will update this article with the latest news.
At Mini-Conclave Brother Kris Perez of South Miami Chapter was installed as the new State Scribe for the Florida Jurisdictional Chapter. He will be working with Dad Ron Blaisdell over the next year to ensure that our proceedings are issued, and that we start some new communications ventures, including a quarterly printed newsletter!
Brother Anothony Pickren who did an outstanding job as State Scribe from January 2006 to January 2007, has been appointed the Personal Representative of the State Master Councilor, and has been charged with working with the local chapters around the state to ensure that the core concepts of running a successful DeMolay Chapter are properly taught to the new Master Councilors and Chapter officers.
Before leaving office, Brother Anthony made a special presentation. He presented the Medal of Appreciation to Mom Athena Mock from Bahia Chapter for all her efforts and assistance during his term as State Scribe.
The following Chapters and Individuals were crowned State Champs at the recent Mini-Conclave in Daytona Beach Shores:
And, Dad Jason Sinnott, Athletics Director also presented a new award:
Sportsmanship/Brotherhood Award
Which was presented to a new DeMolay who had joined South Miami Chapter on Saturday, January 14th:
Brother Jorge Quintana
Congratulations Brother Jorge! We look forward to great things from you.
The following ritual champions were crowned at Mini-Conclave, and they have the opportunity to represent Florida DeMolay at the upcoming Old South Tournament in New Orleans.
1st Preceptor:
2nd Preceptor:
3rd Preceptor:
4th Preceptor:
5th Preceptor:
Ceremony of Light:
In addition, there were competitors in Magnificent Seven, Flower Talk, and Majority Service, but their scores were not high enough to represent at the Old South Tournament.
Volume 2, Number 12 of the Florida DeMolay eCordon has been published, and sent via email. If you did not get your copy, or accidently deleted it, or maybe, you haven’t signed-up yet, then you can read the latest issue online in the eCordon Archives.
Volume 2, Number 11 of the Florida DeMolay eCordon has been published, and sent via email. If you did not get your copy, or accidently deleted it, or maybe, you haven’t signed-up yet, then you can read the latest issue online in the eCordon Archives.
