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The Master's Message
April 2025

 

Greetings from the East,
 
I wish you all a very joyous and Happy Easter and Passover! Our lodge had a great March with our famous Pancake Breakfast in support of our Youth Orders; we also enjoyed exceptional Masonic education from Past Grand Bible Bearer, WB Tuoc Pham. It was a pleasure to be joined by our friends and family, including brothers from surrounding lodges. Thanks to everyone who worked hard and showed support in making these events a success!
 
Reseda Lodge will also be celebrating her 97th year of bringing brotherly love and Masonic light to our community. Come join us on April 10th at Lulu’s Restaurant, and enjoy your meal in the company of friends, family and loved ones! Our officers will continue to hone our ritual, and several will attend the Masters and Wardens Retreat to prepare for our dear lodge’s future.

We will also be co-hosting a dinner with all the lodges of Van Nuys Masonic Center in honor of our First Responders, in gratitude of their heroic actions during January's fires.
 
We look forward to seeing you! Our lodge is made better with your presence, brotherly warmth, enthusiasm and good will. Come join us as we celebrate the beauties of Masonry in Reseda Lodge!

Cordially and Fraternally,
Daniel Rivera, PM
Master, Reseda No. 666

 

 



From the West

 
We’re off and running into baseball season and the Dodger’s are up 4 and 0 for the first time since 1981. This means it’s time for Masons4Mitts. Just enter Masons4Mitts, click donate, and search for North West Beach Bums (that’s us) Dodger’s. You can then donate what you want to your heart’s content. This is a GREAT way to get kids into youth baseball.

Worshipful Paul Russell introduced this program to us and quite a lot of us have been giving to this GREAT event ever since. It’s amazing how many at-risk youth have gone through this program and gone on to be successful in life. See y’all at Lodge.
 
Upon the Level,
 
Glen Moore
Senior Warden

 



From the South 


Brethren, welcome to Spring season! We had an awesome time last month with our Pancake Breakfast. I am looking forward to this month's activities!
 

By the Plumb,

Jose Valdivia
Junior Warden


From the Secretary's Desk


Happy Spring, Reseda Lodge. With that being said I am reporting very sad news. Our Past Treasurer, Wor. Jim Jarnagin, is seriously ill. He is a great member of our lodge, please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. 

As I mentioned last month, Grand Lodge has sent out the final dues notices to those who may not have paid yet. I want to thank all of you that have paid your dues. 

Have a great spring.

Fraternally,

Chris Snyder 
Secretary

THIS MONTH AT RESEDA MASONIC LODGE 


Thursday April 3rd
April Stated Meeting, Dinner & Inspector's Official Visit
Open to Masons, Friends and Family

Dinner at 6:45PM
Meal options are Chicken Parmesan, Salmon, or Vegetarian (Vegan upon request)

Meeting at 7:30PM
Dress code is business formal

Please RSVP on Discord or by texting or calling 818-576-9025 with your headcount and meal choices

Thursday April 10th at 7 PM
Reseda's 97th Birthday Celebration
Open to all Masons, friends and family


Lulu's Restaurant
16900 Roscoe Blvd
Van Nuys, CA 91406

Come celebrate Reseda's 97th Birthday among brothers, friends and family!

Purchase your meal and drinks from the restaurant's selection. Separate checks
RSVP with your guest number at 818 576-9025 or resedalodge@gmail.com

Business casual
 
Thursday April 17th 7 PM
Van Nuys Masonic Center First Responders Dinner
Open to all Masons, friends and family
Business formal
 
Saturday April 19th 10 AM
Officers School of Instruction
Hosted by Clarence Smith Daylight Lodge No. 866, Second Degree Complete

Open to all Fellowcrafts and Master Masons
Casual Dress
 
Thursday April 24th 7:30 PM
Second Degree Practice
Open to Fellowcrafts and Master Masons
Casual Dress
 
Have a safe week and see you Thursday!

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Daniel Rivera, PM          04/10
Ruthanne Thompson     04/13
Paul Russell, PM            04/16
William Malouf, PM        04/25
Tony Aban                       04/26
Steven Andrade              04/28


Happy Birthday to our Brothers and Sweethearts!!

 
 
Reseda Masonic Lodge's 97th Birthday Celebration
 
Thursday April 10th, 2025 at 7 PM

Lulu's Restaurant
16900 Roscoe Blvd
Van Nuys, CA 91406

Come celebrate Reseda's 97th Birthday among brothers, friends and family!

Purchase your dinner and drinks from the restaurant menu 
Separate checks

Business casual

RSVP with your guest number at 818 576-9025 or resedalodge@gmail.com

 
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Van Nuys Masonic Center First Responders Dinner
 
Thursday April 17th, 2025 at 7 PM
 
Come celebrate with Reseda No. 666, Home Lodge No. 721, Van Nuys No. 450, North Hollywood No. 542, & Clarence Smith Daylight No. 866 

As we honor our retired and active First Responders in a dinner celebration!

Meal options are Tri-tip and Vegetarian
Business casual

RSVP with your guest number at 818 576-9025 or resedalodge@gmail.com
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If you are a Brother or widow in need of support, please contact our Lodge at 818 576-9025 or resedalodge@gmail.com

RESEDA LODGE WEBSITE


View upcoming events, see the monthly Trestle Board, access Masonic resources, and read articles penned by Masonic scholars and our own Reseda Brethren. 

You can visit the website here:

resedalodge666.org

Many thanks to Worshipful Daniel Rivera for providing abundant and valuable content for it and to Brother Hunter Goodin for his stunning photo of our lodge's Square & Compass and Ashlars!

RESEDA LODGE DISCORD APP


Reseda is now using Discord for its lodge app. If you are a member of Reseda, you are welcome to join to stay in touch with your Brethren digitally! You can participate in discussions, RSVP for events, and find photos and videos of our degrees and socials there.

Download Discord for your phone or computer here:

https://discord.com/download 


After downloading, reach out to resedalodge@gmail.com or fill out the website form for instructions on how to join the Discord


Worshipful Master
Daniel Rivera, PM

Senior Warden
Glen Moore

Junior Warden
Jose Valdivia

Treasurer 
Donald L. Gipson, PM 

Secretary
Chris Snyder

Chaplain 
Tim French

Senior Deacon 
Hunter Goodin

Junior Deacon 
Frank Capurro

Marshal 
Steve Andrade

 
Senior Steward
Edmond Abramyan 

Organist 
Joel E. Castro, PM

Tiler 
Jose Alvarez, Jr.

Officers Coach 
Kevin Anderson, PM

 
District 709 Inspector
Leland Celestre, PM
 
OLD TILER TALKS, by Carl H. Claudy
Published 1924


"IN MEN'S HEARTS"

"Where is the most beautiful Masonic temple in the world?" asked the New Brother of the Old Tiler.

"Wouldn't the answer depend on one's conception of beauty? retorted the Old Tiler. "I might think, and you another, while an architect or an artist might choose still another."

"Well, which one do you choose?" persisted the New Brother.

"I don't!" answered the Old Tiler. "The House of the Temple in Washington is impressive; Detroit has a wonderful temple; Philadelphia's temple is massive and beautiful, the Albert Pike memorial in Little Rock is considered fine. I cannot choose."

"You think it is one of these?"

"No, I am simply trying to oblige," laughed the Old Tiler.  "I know three temples which impressed me more than any of these."

"I asked because I am taking a winter vacation.  I'd like to see the wonderful temples Masonry has erected.  Tell me where your three are located!"

"One temple that to me is great in beauty is in a town of about 2,000 people in the Middle West.  The lodge room is over a country store.  The floor is bare of carpet.  The chairs are plain wood.  The heating plant is one large stove; it is the Junior Deacons' business to feed it during the meetings.  The walls are stained, the lamps are kerosene, there is no organ or piano and the ribbons in the lodge jewels are frayed.  Not very up-to-date, the members of this lodge.

"But this lodge made a boy of twenty-two a Master Mason just before he went to France in the first world war.  After Soissons he lay all night on the field with a shattered leg and an arm so badly mangled that later they cut it off.  While he lay there he heard familiar words from the familiar burial service of a Mason; 'this evergreen, which once marked the temporary resting place of the illustrious dead is an emblem of our faith in the immortality of the soul.'

"The wounded boy called for help.  Came crawling to him was a man slightly wounded, who had said the service over the remains of a comrade.  At the risk of his life he hauled the wounded boy to safety.  That wounded boy came back to this little country lodge to tell his brethren of what Masonry means in men's hearts when they carry it into the battlefield.  As I listened the plain board walls fell away, the deal floor became tessellated marble, the low stained ceiling became a vaulted archway and the Great Architect Himself entered the East Gate.

"Another beautiful temple I only heard of. Civil engineers were building a railroad in the Andes. One of their laborers, a Mason, had fever and had to be sent home. This party of five sat out under the trees and the stars and talked on the square. Each of them gave a month's salary to the sick laborer. He had a wife and two babies in Denver, the wife trying to live in spite of the dread disease Denver's high altitude cures. Our ancient brethren met under the stars, where their 'covering was no less than the clouded canopy or starry-decked heaven.' But none of these ever held a more beautiful lodge than those five young men, filled with Masonic charity, giving each more than he could afford for a day laborer in hard luck, because he was a Mason.

"My third most beautiful temple was made of many little tents. There were children in them; children large and small, and there was no distinction between them of race, creed, color. All a child had to be was poor to have two weeks in the open. Nor was this a lodge charity; it was the work of a Masonic club, and run by individual contributions. As I looked I heard the organ peal as I have never heard it in many temples of stone.

"As a teacher said, 'for where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.' Where three, five, seven or more Master Masons gather in the name of Masonry, there is the temple. It is right and wise that we build great temples of stone and carving; which give testimony to all the world that here men gather in brotherhood. Masonic structures play a great part and we could spare them ill. But the greatest Masonic temples are built in men's hearts.

"If you would visit beautiful temples in your travels. seek less for mighty building and more for a house not made with hands. 'Masonry builds her temples in the hearts of men' and in men's hearts shall you seek for, and find, those most beautiful."

The Old Tiler ceased and looked off into space as if he saw a vision.  The New Brother looked at the Old Tiler.  "I do not need to travel far to see one of the most beautiful temples," he said.

 

LODGE COMMITTEES

CHARITY

Daniel Rivera
Glen Moore
Jose Valdivia

AUDIT

David Shampay
Tim French
Joel Millner
Frank Capurro

MEMBERSHIP RETENTION

Chris Snyder
Jose Valdivia
Tim French
Kevin Anderson

INVESTMENT BOARD

Hunter Goodin
Edmond Abramyan
Jose Valdivia
Jason Miller

BENEVOLENT TRUST

Kevin Anderson
Chris Snyder
Glen Moore

SWEETHEARTS/WIDOWS

Jose Valdivia
Kevin Anderson
Glen Moore

YOUTH ORDERS

Jose Valdivia
Tim French
Chris Snyder

EDUCATION

Daniel Rivera
Edmond Abramyan

SOCIAL EVENTS

Edmond Abramyan
Joel Castro

CANDIDATES COACHING

Hunter Goodin
Tim French
Eric Sharp
Frank Capurro

FUNERAL

Tim French
David Shampay
Daniel Rivera

SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE

Kelly Gilliam
Hunter Goodin

TRESTLEBOARD

Edmond Abramyan
Daniel Rivera

FRATERNAL SUPPORT SERVICES AMBASSADOR

Joel Millner

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