With fall in full swing and the holiday season fast approaching we are gearing up for an exciting next few months.
Our installation of officers will be on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. and this year the annual Christmas Party will be held on Sunday, December 18, 2011. I am looking forward to all of you and your families attending and celebrating the holiday together.
I am a great believer of family values which has been passed down to me through many generations of my family. My father, Jobie Dotson P.M., has had the great honor of serving as Worshipful Master of this great lodge two separate terms, first in 1983 at the exact same age as I am now, and most recently in 2009. My father has been a great role model and mentor for me in this journey; he has instilled in me what a privilege it is to be part of a masonic family. The bond that links family is not always one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. I would like to thank my father for teaching me the great values of family and showing me his love for the Masonic Order.
With great honor I am looking forward to serving as Worshipful Master this year. I would like to take time to thank officers that will be serving with me this next year. I am looking forward to working with all of you this year and I will be looking to you for assistance with some of the upcoming events we have planned for the year. I would like to thank Roy Kurka for the great job he has done serving as Worshipful Master over this last year.
As the winter months and the holiday season approach, please remember those in need. Let us all take time to check on our elderly family and neighbors. Let’s remember those that are serving our great country in the armed forces and their families.
Respectfully,
Jobie W. Dotson
