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On Behalf of the Officers and Members of Greenleaf Lodge, I'd like to welcome you to our website, and invite all Brothers to join us at any of our meetings. For those friends of the Lodge, and those interested in Freemasonry, we welcome you to email me for more information.

Our stated meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM, except for our December Meeting which begins PROMPTLY at 7 PM in the Egyptian Hall at the Masonic Temple 1524 Linden Street, Allentown, PA 18102. Extra meetings on subsequent Mondays as work dictates. Stewards report after all meetings.

I am also asking for you to help our Lodge save money by reducing our printing and postage costs by sending us your email address so that we may begin emailing your notice. Please send an email to sec@greenleaflodge561.org with subject: Lodge Notice. Thank you for your assistance in advance.

A Stated Meeting of Greenleaf Lodge No. 561, Free and Accepted Masons, will be held in the Egyptian Hall at the Masonic Temple 1524 Linden Street, Allentown, PA 18102 on Thursday, December 15, 2011, at 7:00 o'clock, PM. The work upon the Trestleboard for the evening will be Bro. Jerry Hamilton speaking about the Grand Lodge of Ireland and its relation to our Grand Lodge.

An Extra Meeting of Greenleaf Lodge No. 561, Free and Accepted Masons, will be held in the Egyptian Hall on Monday, December 19, 2011 at 7:30 PM where we will confer 1 Fellowcraft Mason Degree.

An Extra Meeting of Greenleaf Lodge No. 561, Free and Accepted Masons, will be held in the Egyptian Hall on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 7:30 PM where we will confer 1 Master Mason Degree.

An Extra Meeting of Greenleaf Lodge No. 561, Free and Accepted Masons, will be held in the Egyptian Hall on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 7:30 PM where we will confer 2 Master Mason Degrees.

As always, please refer to your Trestleboard for more details, or contact one of your Officers.

Well, this is it! It's been a mad dash throughout the year, and now I'm looking at the back door. On December 15 at 7:00PM we will have the Election of Officers to continue our work with new beginnings.

Last month, we had our Annual Banquet, which was a happy evening of good food and great friends, and I want to thank Bro. Chuck Canning for his insightful speech. Our two honorees were Bro. Bob Hoffman, PM 9wm hoty Award) for his tremendous help and support during this year, and Bro. Skip Breitfeld, PM (Mason of the Year) for being a true friend and Brother throughout my journey. I also want to thank Bro. Ralph Slider, DDGM for his absolute dedication to Freemasonry as he retires this December.

As I was thinking about this message, I remembered a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the famous German Lutheran Pastor who was executed by the Nazis towards the end of World War II. He said, "First they came for the Communists, but I was not a communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew, so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak for me." It struck me in three ways: one, we need a sense of identity; two, we can not let our individual identities cause barriers; three, if we do not speak out for who we are - whether as individuals or a fraternity - who will speak up for us? Do we care enough to continue?

Thank you for your encouragement this past year, and thanks to all the Officers and Past Masters who have worked so diligently to maintain this Lodge. Please show your support at our Stated Meeting for Bro. Brian J. Wiener, and all the Officers who will move up a chair. And I wish you blessed holy days and a happy new year.

January 9, 2012: Reorganization meeting, Square and Compass Room, Masonic Temple

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