FROM THE EAST:
Lodge News – April 12 2025
Worshipful Master’s Message
Dear Brothers,
Wow! Is it just me or has the time flown by!? Seems like yesterday
I was installed as Master and now, it’s almost over! Whew! For
starters, I want to thank and praise the efforts of our Secretary,
Worshipful Brother Bennett Hart for getting the ball rolling. That’s
one thing that’s been bewildering about serving in the East, it’s not
easy. There are so many connections to make and do. I’m amazed
that things work the way they do! Our fraternity is amazing in how
the brothers from various jurisdictions and places work together,
sometimes bumpily and yet in the end, “for the good of masonry.”
It never ceases to amaze me!
I have been juggling church, a 3-week revival, laryngitis (3 times
in a row), and the end of the 2024-2025 school year! Whew! Our
secretary has taken it upon himself to charge forward. I must say
brothers, that the Civil War Lodge of Research has been VERY
blessed to have such a capable secretary in Brother Bennett. He
deserves the highest praise and thanks for ALL he does! If you’re
at the meeting, thank him. If you’re not, shoot him an email and
thank him for all he does. Secretaries are our unsung Masonic
heroes to be sure! Masters come and go, but an able secretary can
cause the rise or fall of a lodge. As long as Bennett Hart occupies
his station, our Lodge should sail smoothly. He is an inspiration to
me.
Given that we have changed course a little bit and moved South
from Chattanooga into Georgia, another Masonic/Civil War related
group I am a part of, The Wool Hat Boys, have started inviting their
members to attend our meeting! So, I’m hoping and praying that we
will see a great turnout at our July meeting.
Finally, our October meeting we will return to the Old Dominion
State. I have secured our meeting place at Richmond Lodge No. 10.
A lodge where we’ve met before and one that has history stretching
back long before the War Between the States into the 1700s. Again,
let’s have an awesome turnout like we did in Charleston, SC where
we met on the day and in the city where the War began in 1861.
I thank you for your prayers, support and efforts to make this a great
year for me sitting in the East. I pray that as the year concludes we
will continue our efforts of letting our Masonic light shine brightly
as we show how bright that light did shine during those tumultuous
years as war clouds darkened the land. No matter the crisis,
Masonry has withstood the test and shone its beneficent rays of
brotherly love and friendship. How much it is needed today as well.
God Bless you and be safe as we look to the start of summer and last…
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Creighton “Creig” Lee Lovelace, D.D.
Pastor, Danieltown Baptist Church
Worshipful Master
Pastor, Danieltown Baptist Church