Portsmouth Freemasons | St. John's Lodge #1

Don’t know if you have ever tried to get tickets for Strawbery Banke’s Annual Candle Light Stroll Dinner Nights at the William Pitt Tavern, but if you have tried you probably found out they are very difficult if not impossible to come by.  This year’s tickets (for Dec. 2018) were sold out almost immediately after being put on sale.  There are now no tickets available anywhere -HOWEVER- there is a special opportunity (arranged by the Valley of Portsmouth Dover- Scottish Rite  ) available for N.H. Masons and their families.  Please click on the “Holiday Dinner Announcement” below for details  . Note:  This opportunity is limited and the cut-off number as well as the need to make reservations is  absolute .  There will be no at-the-door ticket sales or admissions, so please act “fast” if you are interested.

Holiday Dinner Announcement

Brethren, We are working to establish a volunteer schedule for the  Masonic Museum at the William Pitt Tavern for the six nights of this year’s Candle Light Stroll at Strawbery Banke.  The Dates for for this year;’s stroll are December 1,2,8,9, 15, and 16.  All evenings are Saturdays and Sundays.  Saturdays hours will be 5 to 9 p.m. and Sundays 4 to 8 p.m.  If you can give us one or more evenings as a volunteer guide it will be greatly appreciated.  Please contact Senior Grand Warden David Collins at  sgw@nhgrandlodge.org  or Grand Historian Rod MacDonald at rodmstjohnsno1.@comcast.net so they can schedule you in for the date{s) you are available.  Although we get help from a number of lodges and individuals in the state, we are really dependent on brothers from the 1st and 5th districts who live nearest to Portsmouth to “fill the ranks”.

If you will attending dinner for the St. John’s Stated Communication on November 7, 2018 please click on the button below to make your your reservation

If you will attending dinner for the St. John’s Special Communication on November 28, 2018 please click on the button below to make your your reservation

The theme of this month’s Master Masons Class is:

Choosing and Developing Junior Officers

• Doesn’t the responsibility of choosing the right officers fall on the Brethren ?
• Elected or appointed, what’s the difference ?
• Should I wait until elected to the Master’s position before thinking about other Officers ?
• If the future of the Lodge is at stake, why is that my responsibility ?
• Do I draw up my “Plan for the year” first or select the Officers first ? Why ?
• It is my year, why should I Include all Officers in the programs ?
• Should others be involved in the Trestle Board ?
• When I lay out my plan for the year, do I share that with others or let them just follow me ?
• Do we have to worry if they have learned the ritual ?.  Why ?
• And the questions go on.  The program is set in a round table format with comments from all.

Please join us for the1st Districts Master’s Class at Star in the East Lodge, downtown Exeter with coffee and donuts (no meal) on Wednesday October 24th from 7 to 9pm. 

Click on the Grand Lodge site for articles about our District in NH.  Then search the web site for other important news and the Grand Masters recent postings.

Get Your Dues for 2019 in

before December 30, 2018!

On October 20th, 2018 Masonic Lodges across the state of New Hampshire will hold an Open House between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.  This will include St. John’s and St. Andrews Lodges as well as the Whalley Museum and Hackett House located at 351 Middle Street in Portsmouth, NH.  All members of the public are invited to tour the building !