As a Brother of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of
Florida you can further your support for your lodge and Freemasonry by
purchasing a Perpetual Membership, whereby you fill out Grand Lodge Form 410
(Perpetual Membership) available from and should be returned to your Lodge
Secretary along with the appropriate fees as described below, the Lodge
Secretary will submit it to Grand Lodge. Once your petition for Perpetual
Membership has been processed and approved by Grand Lodge you will receive a
certificate of Perpetual Membership signed by the Grand Master and Grand
Secretary and as of the date on the certificate your no longer obligated in
perpetuity to pay lodge dues or the Grand Lodge Per Capita. You will still
receive a dues bill each year with a zero balance, the only thing that will
appear is the voluntary contribution to the Masonic Home of Florida currently
set at $7.30 per year and you are strongly encouraged to support the Masonic
Home.
All of the monies that are received from the Perpetual
Memberships are pooled together into a high-yield bank account and at the end of
each year Grand Lodge takes a portion of the earned interest and distributes it
to each lodge based on the number of Perpetual Memberships that the lodge has
and the interest from your Perpetual Membership continues even after you pass to
the Celestial Lodge above.
A Perpetual Membership can be paid in full
or through a payment plan. For the payment plan you must put down a minimum of
$200 when you submit your Perpetual Membership petition to Grand Lodge and then
you have exactly Five(5) years to pay the remaining balance, If you fail to pay
the balance in full by the required time Grand Lodge will return your Perpetual
Membership petition as unfulfilled and you will receive back the money you paid
and will be required to restart the process all over again.
Please
note if you opt for the Perpetual Membership payment plan, you are
STILL OBLIGATED to pay your lodge's yearly dues and the Grand Lodge Per
Capita while you are paying off your Perpetual Membership. Failure to do so may result in a NDP (Non-Dues Payment) notice and
possible suspension of your membership.
All payments should be in
U.S. Dollars and made payable to
PERPETUAL MEMBERSHIP FUND. Acceptable forms of payment include a certified or personal check or money
order issued by a National Association bank such as Bank of America, Chase or
Wells Fargo, a Federal Credit Union including Addition, Navy Federal or
Fairwinds or a money order issued by the U.S. Postal Service or a Money
Transmitting Service licensed in the State of Florida such as AMSCOT or
Western Union.
A Perpetual Membership paid in full is
non-refundable per the Perpetual Membership petition.
There are
currently three types of Perpetual Memberships available in the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge of Florida of Free and Accepted Masons.
Regular Perpetual Membership
The cost of this Perpetual
Membership is currently Twenty (20) times your current lodge dues plus the
Grand Lodge Per Capita. If you wish to further support your lodge with a
higher financial benefit per year, there is also a Gold Perpetual Membership
at Twenty-Five (25) times your lodge dues and GL per capita and Platinum
Perpetual Membership at Fifty (50) times your lodge dues and GL per capita.
This is available to Master Masons in good standing within the Grand Lodge
of Florida.
Memorial Perpetual Membership
The Memorial Perpetual Memberships allow you to honor a deceased
Masonic Brother, a family member or a friend. The cost is $200.00. Please
note, Memorial Perpetual Membership
DOES NOT PROVIDE NOR GRANT LODGE MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS OR BENEFITS
to the deceased honoree or their family. This is simply a way to honor them
and provide support to a Masonic Lodge.
The application for the
Memorial Perpetual Membership must be initiated by a Brother in Good Standing
in the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Florida.
Honorary Perpetual Membership
The Honorary Perpetual Membership allows you to honor a fellow Brother
Mason, a family member or friend. The cost is $200.00. Please note, Honorary
Perpetual Membership
DOES NOT PROVIDE NOR GRANT LODGE MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS OR BENEFITS to the Honorary recipient. This is simply a way to honor them
and provide support to a Masonic Lodge.
The application for the Honorary Perpetual Membership must be initiated
by a Brother in Good Standing in the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of Florida.
If you have further questions or would like to request a Perpetual
Membership application please contact the Perpetual Membership Committee at
perpetualmembership@21stmasonicdistrict.com.
