By J. Rafisura — Junior Warden Brethren, As the summer draws to an end, we now enter to the beginning of the end, Fall. Thank God, fire...

Greetings!  My name is Natalie S. and I am the current Guide of Bethel No.1 Dublin! We recently had our first meeting of the term on...

By Paul Rodriguez-Obrien — Master The end of my year is coming on us like a fully loaded freight train rolling downhill. There has been...

By Brian Ross — Senior Warden Brethren what a month August turned out to be! From our double-second degree ceremony for our new...

By J. Rafisura — Junior Warden It has been a busy month so far. Opening the lodge back up and practicing and conferring degrees. All...

By Paul Rodriguez-Obrien — Master Brothers and Families, As you will read in this Trestleboard, we had our “Grand Reopening Stated...

By Brian Ross — Senior Warden What a great First Degree we had at the Lodge on July 15, 2021! Welcome Brother Randy Lehman! It felt...

By J. Rafisura — Junior Warden Brethren, our first Stated dinner/meeting since the lockdown about a year and a half ago was a blast! We...

By Osman “Ozzie” Ghani, E.A. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” That...

By Paul Rodriguez-Obrien — Master We have passed through that long tunnel and it sure looks good on this far side. Your Officers have hit...

By Brian Ross — Senior Warden It feels good to get back to the lodge if only to practice! The officers are working hard to eliminate the...

By J. Rafisura — Junior Warden About two days ago, I received in the mail the latest issue of “California Freemason” magazine. To my...

The daughters of Job’s Bethel No. 1 are ready to get back to our usual, in person, meetings. Even though we have been Zooming and keeping...

By Paul Rodriguez-Obrien — Master Brothers, By now you have received the letter informing you of the selling of the ‘Oakland Masonic...

By Brian Ross — Senior Warden Brethren, On Saturday, May 22, 2021, I had the pleasure of going on a day-long fishing trip to the...

By J. Rafisura — Junior Warden Getting back at it! Brethren, the time has come that we are slowly getting back to the lodge. Restrictions...

http://www.jvlmasons.com/uploads/3/6/1/9/3619807/three-minute-mason.pdf Some authorities think that as blue has, from ancient Biblical...

By Paul Rodriguez-Obrien — Master It’s almost time to say, “Welcome back”. We have had a very busy month digesting the ‘Reopening...

By Brian Ross — Senior Warden For those of you who do not know, we are losing our long-time Officer’s Coach, Worshipful Kurt Allen and...

By J. Rafisura — Junior Warden Greetings Brethren, Finally, we have news that we are now very close to being able to have Masonic events...