Quite a busy day at home today until about 3.45 p.m. when John H called for me to drive up to Swindon for the Wiltshire Masters' Lodge meeting. The weather was very pleasant today and the grass seed which I sowed last week is now showing signs of taking. Mary has a very heavy cold is feeling most wretched and Tom is not too happy today either because he doesn't really know what he wants to do. The long summer holiday will soon be over and both will be back to school. Tonight I was invested as Senior Deacon of the Wiltshire Masters' Lodge in a very nice ceremony in Swindon. This was followed by an interesting lecture on the topic of "What we do and why we do it" whose message was that the essence of the masonic message (brotherly love, charity and ethical behaviour) was far more important than getting ritual right. How similar that message is to us Christians who feel that the Christian message of God's love through Christ should be conveyed to as many people as possible in a way which is not bound up too tightly with ritual and tradition. The meeting was followed by an excellent dinner of smoked mackerel, cold meats and salad with hot new potatoes, cheesecake, cheese and biscuits and coffee and mints. It was good to be with old friends again from lodges from all over Wiltshire and beyond. The meeting ended just before 10 p.m. and we were back in Winterslow by 11 p.m. Ironically, whilst I had been in Swindon enjoying masonic hospitality, Southampton FC had been entertaining Swindon Town FC in the first round of the Johnson's Paint Trophy contest. The result, a thumping 0-3 defeat at the hands of the Wiltshire club. In a way I was quite pleased that the first game (fortunately not a league game) without Alan Pardew should result in such a bad defeat. Also whilst in Swindon, Sara attended a branch meeting in Ower of her Vie company but was back home before me.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Investiture in Swindon
Quite a busy day at home today until about 3.45 p.m. when John H called for me to drive up to Swindon for the Wiltshire Masters' Lodge meeting. The weather was very pleasant today and the grass seed which I sowed last week is now showing signs of taking. Mary has a very heavy cold is feeling most wretched and Tom is not too happy today either because he doesn't really know what he wants to do. The long summer holiday will soon be over and both will be back to school. Tonight I was invested as Senior Deacon of the Wiltshire Masters' Lodge in a very nice ceremony in Swindon. This was followed by an interesting lecture on the topic of "What we do and why we do it" whose message was that the essence of the masonic message (brotherly love, charity and ethical behaviour) was far more important than getting ritual right. How similar that message is to us Christians who feel that the Christian message of God's love through Christ should be conveyed to as many people as possible in a way which is not bound up too tightly with ritual and tradition. The meeting was followed by an excellent dinner of smoked mackerel, cold meats and salad with hot new potatoes, cheesecake, cheese and biscuits and coffee and mints. It was good to be with old friends again from lodges from all over Wiltshire and beyond. The meeting ended just before 10 p.m. and we were back in Winterslow by 11 p.m. Ironically, whilst I had been in Swindon enjoying masonic hospitality, Southampton FC had been entertaining Swindon Town FC in the first round of the Johnson's Paint Trophy contest. The result, a thumping 0-3 defeat at the hands of the Wiltshire club. In a way I was quite pleased that the first game (fortunately not a league game) without Alan Pardew should result in such a bad defeat. Also whilst in Swindon, Sara attended a branch meeting in Ower of her Vie company but was back home before me.
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