5 articles in this issue
On Wednesday 24th November 2021, the current Brethren of Horus Lodge No. 3155 met in due and ancient form at Freemasons Hall, to conduct the formal business of the Lodge and progress the planned takeover.
After Opening and taking the Minutes, respects to departed merit were paid to W Bro Gordon Wilson, PDepGSupWks, and former Secretary of the Lodge. W Bro David Wilson was declared as Worshipful Master, and his Officers were appointed and invested.
Brethren,
I hope this finds you all well. After months of preparation, things are starting to get in to scarily real territory! Hopefully by the time you read this, you will have received an email update about Clearance Certificates – so this seems like an apt time to update you all on the timeline.
On Wednesday 24th November the six Committee members who will be doing the formal ‘takeover’ of Horus Lodge No 3155 were read out at Freemasons Hall, and Notices of Motion were made to amend the Bylaws and offer the six members of ‘old’ Horus Honorary Membership to thank them for their work steering the Lodge to this point.
We continue in our series introducing you to the Committee who will be taking active Offices in the Lodge, giving you a chance to learn a bit about them as a person and as Freemason, and we come to the soon to be Senior Warden – Bro Adam Mills
| Name: | Adam Mills |
|---|---|
| Time in Freemasonry: | 4 years |
| Mother Lodge: | Ostrea Lodge, 8209 (Essex) |
| Rank(s): | Master Mason |
Some of you will know Adam as a founding member of the Masonic Craft Beer Society, and regular on the Friday Happy Hour Zoom sessions.
We have had a fair number of inquiries and Forms from Brethren in overseas Jurisdictions (from as close as within the UK, to as far away as the Americas), so in each edition of the Herald, we hope to put the spotlight on a joiner from overseas – a chance to learn a little about them, Freemasonry in their country, and what attracted them to join this Lodge.
The first in this series takes us to Bolivia and Sergio Jimenez whose mother Lodge is Mariscal De Zepita Lodge No. 20 and who is currently Junior Warden in Horizonte de Luz Lodge No. 85. We asked him to tell us a little about Freemasonry in Bolivia, about himself, and what made him want to join Horus 3155 in England. This is the story in his own words:
Would you like an opportunity to get involved in Horus Lodge by taking an Office? We are actively seeking volunteers from amongst our members to take on the following Offices:
Traditionally the first position a Mason holds in a progressive Lodge, some might look down on this Office as being the most junior floor Office in the room. We don’t.