Our next meeting, 2/26, will be a First Degree. Practices are scheduled as follows:

• Sunday February 15th at 6pm
• Thursday February 19th at 6pm
• Tuesday February 24th at 6pm

Unfortunately the speaker scheduled to present the program on the Cardiac Research Institute at The Masonic Medical Research Laboratory is no longer able to attend this Thursday. In his stead, a substitute program will be put on by W∴ Dwight Jemison.

There will still be a dinner at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there.

We hope everyone had an enjoyable Holidays and New Year. As we enter the new year and get back into the swing of things at Lodge, we'd like to draw your attention to our upcoming meeting on Thursday, January 8. The program will be on the Cardiac Research Institute at The Masonic Medical Research Laboratory. These folks do some really important and interesting work.

As usual, there will be a meal at 6:30pm followed by the meeting at 7:30pm. We hope you will be able to join us for some fellowship and an informative meeting.

On December 11th at 6:30pm Johnson City Unity Lodge No. 970 will open to confer the Degree of Master Mason.

There will be a practice Sunday at 7pm with a drama practice directly following, and another Tuesday at 6pm, also followed by a drama practice. Please attend if you are able.

We look forward to seeing you all soon.

At our next meeting (October 23rd) we will be welcoming the District Deputy Grand Master for his official visit. A dinner consisting of chicken parmesan, salad with cobb inspired topping, and bread with butter will be served at 6:30pm. RSVPs to the Junior Warden will help him to estimate how much food to prepare.

On Thursday, November 13th at 6:30pm we will be conferring the Fellowcraft Degree. Practices for this degree will be held as follows:

• Sunday, November 2nd at 6:30pm
• Thursday, November 6th at 6:30pm
• Sunday, November 9th at 6:30pm

We encourage all who are participating in the degree to attend as many practices as possible.

At our next meeting (Thursday, October 23) we will be opening at 6pm for the purpose of presenting the First Degree Historical Lecture to our newly initiated Brother. Following the lecture will be a dinner at 6:30pm and then the official visit of the District Deputy Grand Master with the meeting beginning at 7:30pm.

We hope to see you there!

Practices for our upcoming 1st Degree (10/9 at 6:30pm) will be held as follows:

• Thursday, October 2 at 6:30pm
• Sunday, October 5 at 5:00pm
• Tuesday, October 7 at 6:30pm

The officers of Johnson City Unity Lodge No. 970 are looking forward to another great year in Masonry. The website has been updated to reflect the schedule of programs, officers, committees, and Master's message for the upcoming year. As it was such a success last year, we intend to continue the tradition of holding a light dinner at 6:30pm prior to all meetings, except for degree nights.

We hope to see many folks out for meetings. For those who are unable to join us, we hope all is well and would love to hear from you. Feel free to email an update to us at info@jcu970.org that we can share at our next meeting.