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Greetings from the Ea= st,

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1^st of all= I would like to thank everyone for giving me their trust and confidence of allowing= to sit as Master for the ensuing Masonic year. I will try my very best to live= to your expectation.

I hope everybody had = enjoyed their Christmas Holiday and may every one of you and your family will have Peace, Harmony, Love and Prosperous New Year.

The Christmas Party w= as another success story for Lemon Grove Lodge and maybe we can have more part= icipation in 2008 and with your input we can probably improve more.=

Thanks to our Santa C= laus for giving joy to those Kids and before I forget many thanks to everyone who assisted on bringing our installation a very successful one. Thank you for = your time spends in helping us. I hope you will continue to do it in the future.=

Congratulation to our= last Master Mason for 2007 and may you enjoy your new journey as a Mason. <= /o:p>

As the year 2008 arri= ve new challenges also comes with it and I know with the participation of everybod= y we will face this new challenges ahead of us. I would like for those brethren = who have not visited the Lodge for a long time to start coming back and for what ever reason you have let us put that aside and forget about it. Let us do t= his for the benefit of Masonry and the Brotherhood. Let Peace and Harmony preva= il; remember the first teaching we received when we enter the door of Freemason= ry. Let us put that in our heart and remember the reason why we join the fraternity. I would like to encourage those Brothers who have not yet finis= hed their degrees to come back and to finish their degrees. Call me or the ward= ens if you need any help in your proficiency. If you have any suggestion or com= ment that you think will help to improve our Lodge and its member let me know. L= et us make this year a very successful one. See you all in the Lodge.

Brotherly Love, Relie= f and Truth

Fraternally,

Bing Pascua

Worshipful Master

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Fraternal Greetings,

        &= nbsp;      I hope that everybody had a wonderful and joyful Christmas and New Year. To t= he brethren of Lemon Grove Lodge No. 736, I thank you again for the trust and confidence that you have placed in me.   And from the bottom of my he= art, thank you very much for allowing me to be your Senior Warden of our Lodge for this ensuing Masonic year.        =

        &= nbsp;      Our Installation of Officers was a success because of those who labored and dev= oted their tireless effort to make this event flawless. My special thanks to the following brethren: Brothers. James Serrano, Leo Baguio, Aldrin Larot, Louie Young, A= be Ravitch, Rogel Barretto, Paul Arboleda, Rusty Coronel and Adrian Lopez, Regis Britzerdenfusie, Bert Rivera and Abe Cunanan.= I also would like to thank our lad= ies, who assisted us during the installation.

    &nbs= p;          Our Christmas Party was a successful event.&nb= sp; Again, my thanks to all the brethren and their families who came and celebrated our Lemon Grove Lodge Christmas Party.   Everybody had a wonderful ti= me especially the kids who received their gifts from our own Santa Claus-Worsh= ipful Brother. Fergy Ferguson.

    &nbs= p;          Congratulat= ions to Brother James Serrano who was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Try to start working o= n your 3^rd degree proficiency while it is still fresh in your memory. Brother Adrian Lopez will be glad = to assist and help you with your 3^rd degree proficiency.

    &nbs= p;          To = all my brethren, your undying support to the Lodge is greatly appreciated. We still need sideliners to give u= s a hand during our degree works. I just want to remind everyone that on our next Stated Meeting, have your dues card in your possession as always just in case the tiler decides to check on it.    Please make s= ure that your dues card is up to date in order to be a mason in good standing. = The last thing you don’t want is to be suspended for non-payment of dues.

Lastly, remember that we represent a Fraternity t= hat is great because of its sacred foundation.&nb= sp; You might call it old-fashioned or conservative, but it makes a Mason feel how proud he is to be a member of our ancient and honorable fraternity.

I’ll see you all at the lodge.

Fraternally,

Jay V. Mamuyac

Senior Warden

“Paternus Deus...Humana Fraternitas”

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    =         Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas with your fa= mily, friends and loved ones.

        &= nbsp;   Would like to congratulate Brother James Serrano for being raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason and also thank him and Brother Paul Arboleda for organizing the reception and heading the kitchen crew during our December 1= st Installation of Officers. Lot= s of delicious food was had by all. And to Brother Paul, good luck on your transfer to Yokosuka, Japan. Also, great job by Brother Jay for putting together our Christmas party.

        &= nbsp;   Another year has gone and a New Year ahead of us.&= nbsp; Every New Year most, if not all of us, comes up with a list of New Year's resolution. Some resol= ves to lose weight, others to quit smoking, some others to spend less money or may= be to save more. But there is one resolution I would like to ask the brethren to consider adding to their list. That is, to start visit= ing the lodge again and more often if you can.= We still have petitioners, Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts awai= ting their next degree. We also ha= ve our stated meetings and stated meeting dinners. And there will be other activit= ies and events to promote fellowship, family and Masonry in general. All this requires the support of t= he brethren. Join us every time,= all the time, once a week, once a month, every first degree or every third degr= ee, it is up to you. What's impor= tant is that you are back supporting your blue lodge, back amongst your brothers= .



Fraternally,

Jaime= villar

Junior Warden