Joining Boone - Union Lodge No. 304
The Grand Lodge of Kentucky
Boone - Union Lodge No. 304 Free & Accepted Masons is a chartered Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. To be a member of a chartered Lodge in Kentucky you must :
• be a man of at least 21 years of age
• be
of good moral character
• want to join of your own free will
Masons do not recruit, so no one should ever approach you to ask you to join, you must approach us. When it comes to membership in the Masons the slogan is " 2B1ASK1 " meaning simply, To be a Mason, ask a Mason. After joining you will immediately find yourself meeting others and making friends that will last a lifetime. Our organization has a very rewarding social component but it is more a result of our working together and like-minded desires to help our community than anything else.
Ask, and ye shall receive, knock and the door shall op en...
Joining a Lodge can offer the right-minded individual the rare opportunity to feel a part of something very special indeed. Masons humbly give to those in need, volunteer within their community, and assist without being asked. Worldwide, the organization donates over two million dollars per day to various charities, and those in need. Joining gets you involved directly. We don't simply pass a plate and take collections. We select our causes carefully, based upon need, plan and orchestrate fund raising events and personally delivery the assistance. As a Mason, helping means so much more than writing a check or placing a donation in a can. It means personally experiencing the destitution and need of your fellow human beings, empathizing with the grieving, and seeing, first-hand, the, often life changing relief and joy of being assisted by a stranger. Most importantly seeking no recognition or benefit save the self satisfaction of knowing you are a part of great thing indeed.
The Mason Seeks Nothing In Return
The Mason must be pure of heart. We give simply to help, we ask for no recognition, most commonly giving our assistance in anonymity. We do not do what we do for any other reason than compassion and a strong desire to make the world a better place starting in our community. Contrary to many people's mistaken opinions about Freemasons and Freemasonry in general, we each have our own personal religious beliefs and political opinions, but we are all drawn together in fraternal brotherhood by a common purpose of helping others, gaining personal joy from seeing those in pain relieved, and those we help comforted.
The secrecy of our organization is often misunderstood and assumed to harbor some nature of conspiracy. The truth, is our secrets are in place to protect our anonymity and ensure our deeds and actions are done for the pure and just purpose of compassion and not for the benefit of our egos, pride, our personal reputations, or any other self serving purpose. Neither do we waste much of our time debating these raucous claims as we feel everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion regardless of how informed or uninformed they may or may not be.
The Questions We Get...
The rites and rituals of Freemasonry are not public, so we do not discuss them with those outside of our membership, and even then only with other Brothers that have gone through them already. Masonry is a journey and a learning process. We all start out as ignorant candidates, and learn lessons as we progress through degrees. The lessons are in the form of allegorical lessons passed from mason to mason in the form of memorized ceremony. These ceremonies were participated in and conducted by some of history's most important characters. Men such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, Audie Murphy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Will Rogers, Franklin Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt, to name a few. Many of the allegorical ceremonies can be traced to rites practiced by Knights during the Holy Crusades and beyond.
When a man asks to join a lodge he is given a petition to fill out and present back to the lodge. Then members of a membership committee will visit the candidate and speak with him and his family about what he is about to do, answer their questions and discuss what comes next. From there, the lifelong journey begins, and it will be largely up to the candidate to make of it what he so desires.
To find out more, or to locate a member in your area, contact us today. You can contact us by clicking here or on any of the Contact us now links throughout our website.