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.

Congratulations to those who were elected officers for the 2014-2015 year:

• Master - Bro. Dwight Jemison
• Senior Warden - Bro. Thomas McCoy Jr.
• Junior Warden - Bro. Christopher Rockhill
• Secretary - R∴W∴ Mark D. Smith
• Treasurer - W∴ Gary W. Hunt
• Trustee (3 years) - W∴ Joshua Copp
• Finance Committee (3 years) - W∴ Robert Jensen

Practices for our upcoming (May 8) 3rd Degree are scheduled as follows:

• April 22 at 6pm
• April 27 at 6pm
• May 4 at 5pm
• May 6 at 7pm

All those who will be involved in the conferral of the degree should plan to attend as many practices as possible.