Trestleboard
Communications from Mission Lodge No. 169
Trestleboard
The traditional trestleboard contains the blueprints, or plans, relating to how we are to create positive change within our life. Symbology of the traditional trestleboard is taught to the Mason as he progresses through the degrees.
Contemporary use of the public trestleboard equates it to a "newsletter" of the lodge.
The articles below appear in the order they were published on the website. To see the articles in order of most recent first, please visit the individual pages for the East, South, West, Secretary, Tiler, or of any other officer who contributes an article.
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget On the eleventh hour Of the eleventh day In the eleventh month... The guns fell silent on the Western front… The Great War, the war to end all wars, was done… Many of our youth and manhood lay still and dead on the battlefields of Europe… The war was...
Video: On the Level 1 – October 13, 2014
https://youtu.be/68b76_AHP2s Grand Master Russell E. Charvonia shares his thoughts with the brethren and our greater Masonic family in his new video series, On The Level. Watch this first episode, and stay tuned for more over the coming weeks....
The Allegory of the Chariot
I recently came across a very interesting article titled “What is a Man? The Allegory of the Chariot” and posted to the Art of Manliness website. This article really resonated with me because I felt that it aligned well with our Masonic teachings and it...
Adieu, A Heart-Worm Fond Adieu
Adieu, A Heart-Warm, Fond Adieu Adieu, a heart warm, fond adieu, Dear brothers of the mystic tie! Ye favored, ye enlightened few, Companions of my social joy! Tho’ I to foreign lands must hie, Pursuing fortune’s sliddery ba’,–– With melting heart and...
World Masonic Knowledge
In 2011 and 2013, the Grand Lodge of California’s Institute for Masonic Studies held International Conferences in conjunction with the history department at the University of California, Los Angeles. These academic forums brought together acclaimed contemporary...