Dues Card

Jericho2013 said:

I ask because I think it may have been lost. It made it to the lodge but then disappeared and I haven't received it by mail. I should have received it by now for sure. He is the secretary of three lodges and is spread pretty thin so I just wanted to see if I can just directly get it from the grand lodge. I don't see him very often so it is making it difficult. I guess next time I see him I will ask to please have another one sent and hold it someplace safe and I will come get it. I am wanting to petition the York Rite but it will be pointless if I can't prove I'm in good standing.

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Bro. Stewart said:

You only need a Certificate of Good Standing to petition for York Rite or any other appendant body. Not your dues card. Still, this comes from your local Secretary and signed by the Worshipful Master.

At least in TX anyhow...

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Jericho2013 said:

I have a replacement card on the way. I let the secretary know on Saturday that it never showed up. He's going to just hold onto it and call me when it comes in. Funny thing is it occurred to me that maybe they didn't update my address in the grand lodge database. So I sent an email asking about that and sure enough it had not been updated. I went by my old house yesterday and asked the gentleman that lived there if he had seen a letter come from my lodge last week. He said yeah are you a mason? I said yes and he said he was an endowed member of a lodge up in Humble, Tx. So he said it had come and he set it aside to mail back to my lodge. Then he kicked it into high gear and looked everywhere in his house for it. He woke up his wife and asked her if she did something with it and she said she had thrown it away. He comes back outside and goes through all his trash trying to find it to no avail. I was very impressed that he would go to all that trouble to find it. I was just wondering if it might still be laying around. I never expected him to try so hard to find it. He said he was looking for a lodge since he moved to my town. I told him about my lodge and a little about it's history and ended up inviting him to our lodge for dinner and a visit. We exchanged contact information, he gave me the grip and said it was nice to meet you brother. And when I left I was thinking what are the odds of finding a mason in my old house when I needed something? That was a really good example of brotherhood. Anyway I should have a replacement card this week hopefully so all should be good.

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Brother_Steve said:

That is crazy given the numbers of masons in the world. I would play the lottery if I were you.

At least he tried but why did his wife throw it away? I hate when my wife throws things away that I set aside.

*I think I just answered my own question!*

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