A nice spring is upon us – as some of us wondered if winter was a revolving door for the last few weeks. Since it is such a nice spring, it reminds me that May is National Family Wellness Month. Family Wellness Month strives for com- munities to adopt healthy family lifestyles including making healthier eating choices. The healthier each individual family is overall, helps to improve the well-being of our society as a whole. Family Wellness can also be viewed by remembering each of our brothers and their families. There are those that struggle with various things in life – a demanding job and deadlines, health, financial issues, loss of a good friend or family mem- ber, relationships, etc. Each one of us has struggles that we are dealing with – even if one doesn’t always share theirs with you. One way to deal with these items is to: stay posi- tive, make a plan, and work it – one step at a time. The strug- gles make you stronger, and the changes make you wise. My challenge to each of you for Family Wellness month - is to go for that walk this evening. While you are on that walk - call a brother that you haven’t talked to in a long while – even just to say hello. Fraternally, Verl W. Raap Senior Warden Let us congratulate Worshipful Brother Dale Lillevold on bringing another Grand Lodge Apron to Wayzata Lodge 205 and his recent achievement of becoming a Grand Lodge Monitor. Congrats, Brother, on your achievement. Volume 31 No. 5 April 2012 THE MASONIC TEACHING Masonry teaches man… To practice charity and benevolence… To protect chastity… To respect the ties of blood and friendship… To adopt the principles and revere the ordinances of religion… To assist the feeble… Guild the blind… Raise up the downtrodden… Shelter the orphan… Guard the alter… Support the Government… Inculcate morality… Promote learning… Love man… Fear God… Implore His Mercy and hope for happiness. WAYZATA LODGE 2012 OFFICER ROSTER Master . . . . . . . . . . Tim Jirak……. . . . . . 612.701.7743 Senior Warden . . . Verl Raap . . . . . . . . . 612.805.0403 Junior Warden . . . . Curt Quast . . . . . . . . 612.978.1423 Treasurer . . . . . . . . Leonard Andrews . . 763.258.2796 Secretary . . . . . . . . Andrew Brennan 612.801.7342 Education Officer...Neil Neddermeyer…...612.618.0383 Senior Deacon . . . . Chris Wendover. . . . . 952.221.0588 Junior Deacon . . . . Shanon Stitt . . . . . . 763-639-1388 Senior Steward . . . Corey Christensen . . . 612.708.1673 Junior Steward . . . . John Bushland.... . . . 612.356.0155 Marshall . . . . . . . . . Kevin Kern……… . . 651.403.2634 Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . Sergey Vaynshenk. . . .952.221.3691 Chaplain. . . . . . …..Charles Leflar……….612.810.4675 Lodge meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM. Look in the Lodge Schedule for other events, times & places. This publicaon issued by permission of the M.W. Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Minnesota www.wayzata205.org WAYZATA LODGE NO. 205 A.F. & A.M 407 East Lake Street Wayzata, MN 55391 Perhaps you have heard the term “Big Tent Masonry” before but have you ever stopped to consider what it means to you? We currently have several brothers from Wayzata Lodge completing the degrees of the Scottish Rite or the York Rite and others are preparing to be “fezzed” at the Zuhrah Shriners Ceremonial. It is a wonderful collage of experienc- ing local Masonry on different levels. I have enjoyed my travels and gotten to know many amazing brothers from other Lodges. Sometimes I have visited other lodges due to their location or because I knew another broth- er from that lodge from a different part of my life. However, many times my introduction to these brothers was through involvement in other parts of our Masonic family like the Rites or the Shrine. Like many new masons I was invited to join some of the Appendant Bodies by members of our Lodge. I was comforted by being introduced to these groups by Wayzata Brothers. I grew closer to some Wayzata broth- ers by sharing the experience with them. My involvement in these appendant bodies also introduced me to many other amazing brothers and gave me the occasion to get to know and interact with them. It is not uncommon that I see many of the same brothers at different Masonic venues on a regular basis. Yet these same brothers are active in their own Blue Lodges and I can see this when I visit, at- tend the Metro West Masters and Wardens or The Grand Lodge of MN Annual Communication. I remember how dif- ferent my experience was at the Grand Lodge Annual Com- munication between the first time I attended as a guest in 2009 and the second time as a delegate in 2010. Due to my involvement in the appendant bodies I knew far more broth- ers from all over the Craft and I had a far better experience. Wayzata Lodge has had a long tradition of involvement with the MWMW, the Grand Lodge and appendant bodies. You can see this in the number of current, and past, brothers that are active and participate in committees, degrees, hold lead- ership positions and yet still look forward to coming home to our Mother Lodge every month. These experiences have allowed me to have a larger Masonic experience and a bigger Masonic Family. Fraternally, Tim Jirak Worshipful Master