Important message from W:. Paul Wilson at Haines City No. 219

Grand Master Directive No. 1

Brethren, This afternoon M:.W:. Thomas L. Turlington, Jr., Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of Florida issued Directive No. 1 regarding the reopening of this Grand Jurisdiction. Take Due notice thereof and govern yourself accordingly.

The 21st Masonic District website turns 1 year old

 
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Today marks the first anniversary of the official launch of the 21st Masonic District's official website. The brain child of Bro. Rick Schwarz of Lake Wales Lodge No. 242 he approached R:.W:. John R. Miller the District Deputy Grand Master for permission to create the site, R:.W:. Miller without any hesitation gave Bro. Schwarz permission.

In the first year that this site has been in operation it has received thousands of visitors from across the United States and the world, many of whom came back again and again for updated information or looking for a lodge to petition or visit.

Annual Grand Communication Important Announcements

With the approach of the Annual Grand Communication which will take place in Orlando from May 25th to May 27th the following announcements are being made. Brethren in this Grand Jurisdiction should take due notice thereof and govern yourself accordingly. 

The Grand Lodge in Jacksonville will be operating with a skeleton staff, there will be someone there to answer the phone, however all requests to the Grand Master, the Grand Secretary or the Grand Lodge staff will not be able to responded to immediately (with the exception a true emergency) until after the Annual Grand Communication.

The office of the 21st Masonic District including the District Deputy Grand Master and the 21st Masonic District Master Masons Association will be closed until June 1st, if you have an urgent matter or emergency please email urgent@21stmasonicdistrict.com and we will respond ASAP.

Masonic lodges in the district which hold their second Stated Communication on a day during the fourth week of May will presumably be dark (No Stated Communication) due to the Annual Grand Communication. Please speak to the lodge secretary or consult the lodge's Trestle Board, website or social media outlet (Facebook, Twitter) to confirm the date and time of the lodge's next scheduled Stated Communication.

Important announcements From Grand Lodge

Brethren, the following is an announcement from Grand Lodge, Take due notice thereof and govern yourself accordingly.

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Please see the attached Executive Order from the Grand Master canceling the 191st Annual Grand Communication. DO NOT call the Rosen Plaza Hotel to cancel reservations as the hotel will cancel all reservations in our contracted block. More information concerning online/written balloting will follow soon. Also attached is Directive No. 5 concerning the balloting for the Grand Lodge Officers and the 2020-2021 Proposed Budget.

The Written Ballots and instructions for Electronic Voting were mailed out to the voting Delegates on Friday, May 15, 2020. Electronic Balloting will OPEN on May 25, 2020 and CLOSE on May 27, 2020. Please note that if you vote electronically please DO NOT return your paper ballot.

Due to the threat of the Coronavirus, all Board Meetings are being held via tele/video conferencing until further notice. We cannot afford to bring any serious illnesses to the Masonic Home and risk the health and safety of our residents as well as our Masonic Home Staff.

The toll free telephone number for the Grand Lodge Office is no longer in service, please use 904-354-2339 to contact our office.

Red Books are currently out of stock; however, are in production. We will send out an email once they are available to order.

Please go to our website to download or view the March/April Monthly Mail:    http://grandlodgefl.com/glfl_monthlymail.html

You will find the following items included in the Grand Lodge March/April Monthly Mail on the website:

1.   Corporate Board Minutes February

2.   Corporate Board Minutes for March

3.   Board of Trustees Minutes February

4.   Board of Trustees Minutes March

5.   Delinquent Dues Notice Reminder for Lodge Secretaries

6.   L.Y.P.M.G.C. 2nd Quarter Report Form & Letter

7.   Flyer on District 7 Fundraiser Raffle

Informal Masonic Get Together

For brothers who are feeling the withdrawal of not having the ability to go to lodge or interact with their fellow brethren, W:, Bert Leach of Lakeland Lodge No. 91 has organized a weekly non-tyled video conference on the Zoom platform. We meet every Friday from 8:30pm until whenever. If you are interested in joining please see the 21st Masonic District Master Masons Association Facebook page for connection information. Note this is a private Facebook group and you must be a brother of the 21st Masonic District in order to join and view posts. Alternatively you may contact W:. Leach directly.

Thank you brothers...

As the 21st Masonic District prepares for the new Masonic year its time to refresh and renew our website and we wanted to let you that the following will be happening.

From May 21st until May 31st we will be temporarily shutting down our servers for maintenance and the website will not be accessible during this time. Next, we'll be moving all of the posts articles and media from the previous Masonic year offline to the 21st Masonic District's digital archives and they will no longer be publicly accessible.

On June 1st all lodges in the district resume operation, our website publicly reopens.

In closing I'd like to first thank M:.W:. John W. Westerman III for asking me to serve as your District Deputy Grand Master and thank you to all of the Worshipful Masters, Lodge Secretaries and the brothers of the 21st Masonic District for making this a very successful Masonic year and of course a HUGE thank you to all of my District Committeemen for taking time out of their busy schedule to serve the fraternity, they are R:.W:. John Bush, Bro. Cloyd Conley, R:.W:. Fred Gerdom, W:. Jeff Jackson,
W:. Bert Leach, W:. Robert Latimer, W:. Scott Perritt, Bro. Rick Schwarz, W:. Anthony Pickren, Bro. Charles Welborn and W:. Dennis Wind. It has been a honor and pleasure to serve as your District Deputy Grand Master for this Masonic year.

Fraternally,
R:.W:. John R. Miller, District Deputy Grand Master, 21st Masonic District