Tonight: 50 Year / Past Masters Night.. Program at 6pm... Dinner Directly after. Reservations required.

Acanthus Lodge #632 Weekly +

Trestle Board

November 17th: Issue 628 This email reaches 270 Brothers PLUS Secretaries of surrounding lodges.

Check out the 2025-26 Google Calendar

PayPal.me/acanthuslodge Due to PayPal service fees the total is $187.00

2026 Dues are $180

Dues are a very important part of keeping our fraternity alive and healthy. Please get in touch with your secretary with your updated contact information Or if you are having financial difficulties this year

Secretary@AcanthusLodge.org

ONLY Master Masons need to Pay dues

Tonight:

Past Masters/ 50 Year Night Dinner

(reservations required)

Program Starts at 6pm

Dress Code Business Casual

Menu for Past Master / 50 Year night. Sicilian Lasagna, Caprese salad, assorted artisan breads and desserts.

Click here for our Google Calendar

Calendar:

November

Mon 17 Past Masters/50 Year night. (Reservations were required by last Friday)

Mon 24 3rd Degree for Will Adams

December

Mon 1. Degree Work TBA

Mon 8 Stated Meeting

Mon 15 Christmas Party/ Installation / Chili Cook off

Sat 20. Pancake. Breakfast SANTA WILL BE THERE

Mon 22. Lodge is Dark

Mon 29 The Lodge is Dark

NOTE: Requested Open Lodge Attire is Business Casual, we ask that NO Shorts, torn jeans or open toed sandals should be worn in open lodge. However, we understand that if a brother is coming off of a hard days work, it is acceptable to come as you are. We want to see you! Pssst, there is no dress code to come and have dinner!

Really Important

Grand Lodge of Iowa has a new ONLINE Member portal.

Please log into the site and make sure your information is correct with the Grand Lodge of Iowa. On this site you can do many things, like look up your lodge brothers, change address or contact information. Receive Grand Lodge information and posts.

You will need 4 things ready to do this.

Log Into: https://ia.grandview.systems/users/sign_in
Your Lodge Number which is 632
Your Membership Number is on your 2022 dues card
Your LAST NAME with the first letter capitalized.

Hey Brother, BRING THEM IN!

Let's grow this fraternal Organization! Bring a potential brother to dinner... Oh, and don't forget one of these: Petition for Membership <-Download Here

So, you've joined a masonic lodge.... What's next? The raising to a 3rd Degree Master Mason may be the highest expression of freemasonry but believe me, it is only the beginning. The secret is really in the bonds and friendships you make with your brothers. There surely is more to learn about freemasonry in the Appendant bodies available, but this requires participation. You need only to show up and lend a hand where a hand is needed and start asking the questions you maybe had BEFORE you were a mason to informed brothers. In 2025 please make an effort to stop by your lodge at least once a month or more to get to know your brothers.

If you have paid your 2024 Dues...

Dues cards are available for you to print when you log on to the Grand Lodge of Iowa website. For those brothers who live out of town and do not have access to internet, paper dues cards will be mailed. Otherwise if requested to the Secretary, brothers in the area can come to lodge to pick up their cards on Monday nights.

Digital Dues Card

YOU MUST REGISTER TO RECEIVE ONE

The Grand Lodge of Iowa will be switching to Digital dues cards for 2023. So It is important that you register on our our Grand View system to have access to that card via your smart phone. DON'T worry, regular paper cards will be available upon request.

Just click the link below: (Your Member number is on your existing 2022 dues card.)

https://ia.grandview.systems/users/sign_in

(Further instruction from the Grand Lodge on how to access your dues card CLICK HERE)

Brotherly Advice for the new guys: If you are new to our fraternity it is expected that you lend a hand where a hand is needed. Kitchen help is ALWAYS appreciated and needed for prep and clean up. Prep starts at 5pm and clean up starts at 7pm. Ask an officer where you are needed if unsure. Thank you! (The back kitchen door will be open at 5pm)

Welcome...

Our New 2025 Brothers!

Daniel Hart MM, Steve McNeeley MM Tomas Ward MM, Jason Miller FC, Evan Taylor MM, Will Adams FC, James Williams EA

Acanthus Lodge has a NEW Phone Number

(515) 888 4133

If you call this number you will be able to leave messages for the secretaries of Acanthus Lodge, OES and Ascalon. Just press 1, 2 or 3.

Help Them Out!

Do you know of a brother who is NOT getting these Emails? Please, either forward it to them OR send their Email to Secretary@AcanthusLodge.org OR print out the darn thing and give it to them every week! If they are in a Nursing home, give me the nursing home's Email and I will put their name on it so it can be delivered.

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