State Master Councilor
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State Senior Councilor
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State Junior Councilor
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State Marshall
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State Chaplain
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State Senior Deacon
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Executive Officer
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New Newsletter!!
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Posted by Eric Sandegren
Welcome!
This is the first issue of an email newsletter that Iowa DeMolay will be
sending out. The issue should arrive to your inbox around the 1st and 15th of each month, so keep an eye out!
The newsletter will feature articles about your chapter
events, as well as the current membership standings, and upcoming events. We’re still playing with the format, so please make suggestions of you have ideas on either content or layout.
We hope you enjoy and get as much out of this newsletter as
we do creating it! If you by chance received
this email by mistake, or wish to have your address removed, please send an
email stating so to esandegren@hotmail.com. Thank you and ENJOY!
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Brandon Stone Installed
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Posted by Ryan Logan
Champlin Chapter in Boone held their
Installation of Officers on May 18, 2003. Brother Brandon Stone took the reigns as the new Master
Councilor, with Zach Hakansen as Senior Councilor and Ryan Anderson
as Junior Councilor. In all, twelve
officers were installed. The
Installation was performed by Champlin PMC-MSA Eric Sandegren and the
State Officers.
Brother Stone outlined his term plan, which
included a trip to the Mid-Atlantic national ritual tournament in Washington,
D.C. in September.
After the ceremony, the Chapter hosted a
dinner of barbecue ribs, which the State Officers had difficulty eating in
their tuxes. Fortunately, no white dress
shirts were harmed in the eating of this dinner.
Champlin's junior past Master Councilor, Ross
Lemon, received the PMC-MSA award for his term, and Brother Stone's looks
to qualify as well, so look for good things to come out of Boone in the next
six months.
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James A Guest Hosts Parents' Night
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Posted by Ryan Logan
p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>James A. Guest Chapter in Burlington hosted a
Parents' Night on Wednesday, May 28. The evening consisted of a short program involving the Flower Talk, the
First Preceptor, and a performance by JAG's own barbershop quartet, the Tone
Brigade (Rob McIntyre, Andrew Reif, Andrew Howard,
Wes Ewing). Parents applauded
enthusiastically for all the performers. After the program, the Chapter served refreshments.
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Membership Mania in Cedar Rarpids and Hawkeye
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Posted by Tom Bowersox
So far this year, Hawkeye and Cedar Rapids
chapter have both initiated 20 new members. This is quite an achievement, especially for the fact that it isn't even
June yet. Both chapters have initiated
in half a year around the same number that they initiated the entire year
before. If these chapters can keep it
up, then that means there's still hope for the rest of you guys that haven't
stepped up to the membership plate yet this year.
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New Newsletter!!
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Posted by Eric Sandegren
Welcome!
This is the first issue of an email newsletter that Iowa DeMolay will be
sending out. The issue should arrive to your inbox around the 1st and 15th of each month, so keep an eye out!
The newsletter will feature articles about your chapter
events, as well as the current membership standings, and upcoming events. We’re still playing with the format, so please make suggestions of you have ideas on either content or layout.
We hope you enjoy and get as much out of this newsletter as
we do creating it! If you by chance received
this email by mistake, or wish to have your address removed, please send an
email stating so to esandegren@hotmail.com. Thank you and ENJOY!
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Brandon Stone Installed
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Posted by Ryan Logan
Champlin Chapter in Boone held their
Installation of Officers on May 18, 2003. Brother Brandon Stone took the reigns as the new Master
Councilor, with Zach Hakansen as Senior Councilor and Ryan Anderson
as Junior Councilor. In all, twelve
officers were installed. The
Installation was performed by Champlin PMC-MSA Eric Sandegren and the
State Officers.
Brother Stone outlined his term plan, which
included a trip to the Mid-Atlantic national ritual tournament in Washington,
D.C. in September.
After the ceremony, the Chapter hosted a
dinner of barbecue ribs, which the State Officers had difficulty eating in
their tuxes. Fortunately, no white dress
shirts were harmed in the eating of this dinner.
Champlin's junior past Master Councilor, Ross
Lemon, received the PMC-MSA award for his term, and Brother Stone's looks
to qualify as well, so look for good things to come out of Boone in the next
six months.
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James A Guest Hosts Parents' Night
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Posted by Ryan Logan
p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>James A. Guest Chapter in Burlington hosted a
Parents' Night on Wednesday, May 28. The evening consisted of a short program involving the Flower Talk, the
First Preceptor, and a performance by JAG's own barbershop quartet, the Tone
Brigade (Rob McIntyre, Andrew Reif, Andrew Howard,
Wes Ewing). Parents applauded
enthusiastically for all the performers. After the program, the Chapter served refreshments.
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Membership Mania in Cedar Rarpids and Hawkeye
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Posted by Tom Bowersox
So far this year, Hawkeye and Cedar Rapids
chapter have both initiated 20 new members. This is quite an achievement, especially for the fact that it isn't even
June yet. Both chapters have initiated
in half a year around the same number that they initiated the entire year
before. If these chapters can keep it
up, then that means there's still hope for the rest of you guys that haven't
stepped up to the membership plate yet this year.
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New Newsletter!!
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Posted by Eric Sandegren
Welcome!
This is the first issue of an email newsletter that Iowa DeMolay will be
sending out. The issue should arrive to your inbox around the 1st and 15th of each month, so keep an eye out!
The newsletter will feature articles about your chapter
events, as well as the current membership standings, and upcoming events. We’re still playing with the format, so please make suggestions of you have ideas on either content or layout.
We hope you enjoy and get as much out of this newsletter as
we do creating it! If you by chance received
this email by mistake, or wish to have your address removed, please send an
email stating so to esandegren@hotmail.com. Thank you and ENJOY!
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Brandon Stone Installed
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Posted by Ryan Logan
Champlin Chapter in Boone held their
Installation of Officers on May 18, 2003. Brother Brandon Stone took the reigns as the new Master
Councilor, with Zach Hakansen as Senior Councilor and Ryan Anderson
as Junior Councilor. In all, twelve
officers were installed. The
Installation was performed by Champlin PMC-MSA Eric Sandegren and the
State Officers.
Brother Stone outlined his term plan, which
included a trip to the Mid-Atlantic national ritual tournament in Washington,
D.C. in September.
After the ceremony, the Chapter hosted a
dinner of barbecue ribs, which the State Officers had difficulty eating in
their tuxes. Fortunately, no white dress
shirts were harmed in the eating of this dinner.
Champlin's junior past Master Councilor, Ross
Lemon, received the PMC-MSA award for his term, and Brother Stone's looks
to qualify as well, so look for good things to come out of Boone in the next
six months.
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James A Guest Hosts Parents' Night
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Posted by Ryan Logan
p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>James A. Guest Chapter in Burlington hosted a
Parents' Night on Wednesday, May 28. The evening consisted of a short program involving the Flower Talk, the
First Preceptor, and a performance by JAG's own barbershop quartet, the Tone
Brigade (Rob McIntyre, Andrew Reif, Andrew Howard,
Wes Ewing). Parents applauded
enthusiastically for all the performers. After the program, the Chapter served refreshments.
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Membership Mania in Cedar Rarpids and Hawkeye
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Posted by Tom Bowersox
So far this year, Hawkeye and Cedar Rapids
chapter have both initiated 20 new members. This is quite an achievement, especially for the fact that it isn't even
June yet. Both chapters have initiated
in half a year around the same number that they initiated the entire year
before. If these chapters can keep it
up, then that means there's still hope for the rest of you guys that haven't
stepped up to the membership plate yet this year.
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New Newsletter!!
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Posted by Eric Sandegren
Welcome!
This is the first issue of an email newsletter that Iowa DeMolay will be
sending out. The issue should arrive to your inbox around the 1st and 15th of each month, so keep an eye out!
The newsletter will feature articles about your chapter
events, as well as the current membership standings, and upcoming events. We’re still playing with the format, so please make suggestions of you have ideas on either content or layout.
We hope you enjoy and get as much out of this newsletter as
we do creating it! If you by chance received
this email by mistake, or wish to have your address removed, please send an
email stating so to esandegren@hotmail.com. Thank you and ENJOY!
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Brandon Stone Installed
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Posted by Ryan Logan
Champlin Chapter in Boone held their
Installation of Officers on May 18, 2003. Brother Brandon Stone took the reigns as the new Master
Councilor, with Zach Hakansen as Senior Councilor and Ryan Anderson
as Junior Councilor. In all, twelve
officers were installed. The
Installation was performed by Champlin PMC-MSA Eric Sandegren and the
State Officers.
Brother Stone outlined his term plan, which
included a trip to the Mid-Atlantic national ritual tournament in Washington,
D.C. in September.
After the ceremony, the Chapter hosted a
dinner of barbecue ribs, which the State Officers had difficulty eating in
their tuxes. Fortunately, no white dress
shirts were harmed in the eating of this dinner.
Champlin's junior past Master Councilor, Ross
Lemon, received the PMC-MSA award for his term, and Brother Stone's looks
to qualify as well, so look for good things to come out of Boone in the next
six months.
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James A Guest Hosts Parents' Night
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Posted by Ryan Logan
p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>James A. Guest Chapter in Burlington hosted a
Parents' Night on Wednesday, May 28. The evening consisted of a short program involving the Flower Talk, the
First Preceptor, and a performance by JAG's own barbershop quartet, the Tone
Brigade (Rob McIntyre, Andrew Reif, Andrew Howard,
Wes Ewing). Parents applauded
enthusiastically for all the performers. After the program, the Chapter served refreshments.
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Membership Mania in Cedar Rarpids and Hawkeye
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Posted by Tom Bowersox
So far this year, Hawkeye and Cedar Rapids
chapter have both initiated 20 new members. This is quite an achievement, especially for the fact that it isn't even
June yet. Both chapters have initiated
in half a year around the same number that they initiated the entire year
before. If these chapters can keep it
up, then that means there's still hope for the rest of you guys that haven't
stepped up to the membership plate yet this year.
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New Newsletter!!
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Posted by Eric Sandegren
Welcome!
This is the first issue of an email newsletter that Iowa DeMolay will be
sending out. The issue should arrive to your inbox around the 1st and 15th of each month, so keep an eye out!
The newsletter will feature articles about your chapter
events, as well as the current membership standings, and upcoming events. We’re still playing with the format, so please make suggestions of you have ideas on either content or layout.
We hope you enjoy and get as much out of this newsletter as
we do creating it! If you by chance received
this email by mistake, or wish to have your address removed, please send an
email stating so to esandegren@hotmail.com. Thank you and ENJOY!
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Brandon Stone Installed
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Posted by Ryan Logan
Champlin Chapter in Boone held their
Installation of Officers on May 18, 2003. Brother Brandon Stone took the reigns as the new Master
Councilor, with Zach Hakansen as Senior Councilor and Ryan Anderson
as Junior Councilor. In all, twelve
officers were installed. The
Installation was performed by Champlin PMC-MSA Eric Sandegren and the
State Officers.
Brother Stone outlined his term plan, which
included a trip to the Mid-Atlantic national ritual tournament in Washington,
D.C. in September.
After the ceremony, the Chapter hosted a
dinner of barbecue ribs, which the State Officers had difficulty eating in
their tuxes. Fortunately, no white dress
shirts were harmed in the eating of this dinner.
Champlin's junior past Master Councilor, Ross
Lemon, received the PMC-MSA award for his term, and Brother Stone's looks
to qualify as well, so look for good things to come out of Boone in the next
six months.
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James A Guest Hosts Parents' Night
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Posted by Ryan Logan
p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>James A. Guest Chapter in Burlington hosted a
Parents' Night on Wednesday, May 28. The evening consisted of a short program involving the Flower Talk, the
First Preceptor, and a performance by JAG's own barbershop quartet, the Tone
Brigade (Rob McIntyre, Andrew Reif, Andrew Howard,
Wes Ewing). Parents applauded
enthusiastically for all the performers. After the program, the Chapter served refreshments.
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Membership Mania in Cedar Rarpids and Hawkeye
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Posted by Tom Bowersox
So far this year, Hawkeye and Cedar Rapids
chapter have both initiated 20 new members. This is quite an achievement, especially for the fact that it isn't even
June yet. Both chapters have initiated
in half a year around the same number that they initiated the entire year
before. If these chapters can keep it
up, then that means there's still hope for the rest of you guys that haven't
stepped up to the membership plate yet this year.
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Ad Books
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Posted by Carl Todd
Some
of us are wondering how to pay for Summerfest its $85. Well here is a
great way to do it. You can sell ads the Iowa Demolay Ad book. You
can earn 25% of what you sell in straight cash back at Summerfest or you can get
50% of what you sell in DeMolay dollars for state events such as Summerfest.
With the new membership program for newly initiated people before
Summerfest they get 20 dollars off of the price combined with the 10 dollars
off for early registration. You only need to sell 110 dollars of ads to
go to Summerfest for free. So get selling those ads. See you at
Summerfest.
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Ok, Why?
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Posted by Ryan Logan
Let’s all admit it; the DeMolay Ritual does a poor job of
explaining itself.
It uses big words, confusing sentence structure, and archaic terms. (“Mirth?
What is my mirth, and what are you going to do to it? You’re not going to kick me in my mirth, are you?”)
The horrible part is that all of this complexity is tossed at brand-new
candidates with machine-gun speed. Even
years later, there are elements of the Ritual and the DeMolay program that most
of us have never heard explained.
Over the next few issues, I’m going to dedicate this space
to explaining some of the aspects of DeMolay that went completely over my head
for the first few years of my membership.
To begin:
After my initiation at Summerfest 1996, I asked my Chapter
Dad, “Why doesn’t anybody sit in the North?”
All he said at the time was that it was based somehow on King Solomon’s
Temple. This, of course, left me with
the obvious question of “yeah… so??”
Let’s try to clear this up.
DeMolay, as most of you know, equates the morning, noon, and
evening of the day with the three stages of a man’s life. But beyond DeMolay, this connection is the
oldest allegory in the history of Man, dating back even to ancient Egypt and
the Sphinx’s Riddle. “What walks on
four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night?” The answer, of course, is Man, who crawls as
an infant, walks upright as an adult, and goes with a cane in old age.
DeMolay borrows a further allegory from the Masonic
Lodge. The Lodge takes as its example
the building of King Solomon’s Temple, the first great structure erected for
the worship of God, and arguably the greatest application of the mason’s
craft. The Temple had three gates; in
the East, South, and West, to let in the rays of the sun. No gate was built in the North because in
the Northern Hemisphere, the sun doesn’t shine directly on the north face. (That’s why moss only grows on the north
side of trees.)
DeMolay combines these allegories of the East, South, and
West with the morning, noon, and night of life, and places our three principal
officers in these stations.
Hopefully, this sheds some light on one dark corner of
DeMolay. Next month, we’ll examine the
roles of the Councilors more in-depth.
Got questions? Send questions about Ritual and programs to sabelo2000@hotmail.com. Good questions will be answered in this
column.
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Promo!
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Posted by Kyle Martin
Summerfest is going to rock!
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Who's Initiating?
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Initiates(YTD)
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| Hawkeye |
22 |
| Cedar Rapids |
20 |
| Allen |
8 |
| Altoona |
7 |
| Southgate |
7 |
| Champlin |
5 |
| James A. Guest |
3 |
| Cyclone |
3 |
| Michael H. Barnes |
1 |
| Blackhawk |
1 |
| North Iowa |
0 |
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Congratulations to all the chapters that are initiating! 76 is an Awesome number! Remember our net gain number is 101 so keep bringing your friends and sharing DeMolay!
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