Craft Information

Meetings & Dinners

We meet regularly and each meeting is followed by a Dinner. We meet six times a year, on the last Friday in January, February, March, September, October and November (Installation). The ‘Installation’ meeting is where the new Master for the coming year is installed, and his new officers for the year are appointed on that night too.

Meetings are held at The Masonic Centre, Main Street, Big Town and begin promptly at 6pm, except in November when it is 5.30pm for our Installation meeting.

The meeting, which like those of other groups, are open only to members, is normally in two parts. First, there are normal administrative procedures such as:

• Minutes of the previous meeting
• Proposing and balloting for new members
• Discussing and voting on the annual accounts
• Masonic news and correspondence
• News about charitable work

Second, there are the ceremonies for:

• Admitting new members
• The annual installation of the Master of the Lodge and his officers

Lodge of Instruction

The ‘Lodge of Instruction’ is used to rehearse our ceremonies and learn the work, with a view to improving the ceremony held on a Lodge evening, but in a more relaxed environment.

Time and experience has shown these meetings are invaluable to all those seeking to progress through the various offices to the Masters Chair, and all members are strongly encouraged to attend.

They are held on the first Wednesday of each month the Lodge meets, at The Masonic Centre, and start at 7pm.

There is also a ‘Standing Committee Meeting’ and ‘Officers Night’, which is held on the Tuesday immediately before the actual Lodge meeting. The Standing Committee Meeting starts at 7pm, again at The Masonic Centre, and is followed by the final rehearsal, or ‘Officers Night’, which will begin at 8pm after the ‘Standing Committee Meeting’.