{"id":38,"date":"2020-01-22T12:22:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T12:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:34:24","slug":"craft-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/craft-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Craft Information<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Meetings &amp; Dinners<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>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 \u2018Installation\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Minutes of the previous meeting<br \/>\n\u2022 Proposing and balloting for new members<br \/>\n\u2022 Discussing and voting on the annual accounts<br \/>\n\u2022 Masonic news and correspondence<br \/>\n\u2022 News about charitable work<\/p>\n<p>Second, there are the ceremonies for:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Admitting new members<br \/>\n\u2022 The annual installation of the Master of the Lodge and his officers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Lodge of Instruction<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>The \u2018Lodge of Instruction\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>They are held on the first Wednesday of each month the Lodge meets, at The Masonic Centre, and start at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a \u2018Standing Committee Meeting\u2019 and \u2018Officers Night\u2019, 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 \u2018Officers Night\u2019, which will begin at 8pm after the \u2018Standing Committee Meeting\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;482&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Craft Information [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Meetings &amp; 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 \u2018Installation\u2019 meeting is where the new Master for the coming year is installed, and his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masonicwebsites.co.uk\/multi-page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}