There will be no Family Night this month due to Grand Lodge Meeting.
Our next Family Night will be 31 July 2012.

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 was our most recent Stated Communication.  All the usual things took place:  First Time Visitors, Past Masters and other Dignitaries  introduced and welcomed. Sick Report included Brother Don Carson recuperating from surgery as is Brother Steve Tipton. The Craft was sadly informed that Brother Gene Markey had passed away on 9 May…… Correspondance read and bills paid.  Received a Petition for Dual Membership and discussed the repair of the area on the 2nd Avenue side of our parking lot. The major business of the night concerned fund raising.  Many ideas were discussed and Right Worshipful Alan Rosenthal presented an oration which brought our fund raising efforts into perspective……Our Vidalia Onion sale is going very well.  The proceeds not only help support the Lodge but can also help other Lodges and the Masters & Wardens Association……Beginning within the next couple of months, the Lodge will be utilized on the fourth Sunday of each month for an Auction……finally, the Worshipful Master presented Masonic Education concerning “Cowans”.  The Lodge closed at 8:55 P.M. The Worshipful Master reminded everyone to practice Charity in our daily lives.  (this is only a brief synopsis of the minutes for this meeting.  If you would like the ‘rest of the story’ come to our next Stated Communication, 19 June 2012, where you can read them in their entirety).

Brother Scott Sylar, standing to the right of the Worshipful Master, was initiated an Entered Apprentice on May 8th, 2012.  Our Senior Deacon, Brother John Ferguson, was sitting as Worshipful Master and did a fine job.  This was his first time in the East.

We now have a conviently located AED installed in the building. It is located just to the left of the men’s restroom on the first floor.
Lets hope we never have to use it!

Tuesday evening we had a fabulous Stated Communication.  We elected two new candidates and will be presenting the Entered Apprentice Degree to them on Tuesday, May 8th.  Gulf Beach Lodge visited us with 23 of their members and captured the Traveling Gavel.  The subject for our Masonic Education segment was Brotherly Love, which was richly demonstrated in several ways throughout the meeting, including Gulf Beach Lodge members presenting a Special Patch for his Widow Son’s vest to our Past District Deputy Grand Master, Alan Rosenthal, in token of their love and respect for him.

Tuesday night members of the St. Petersburg Chapter, Order of DeMolay met in our dining area for a ‘fun night’.  They played pool, cards and the piano, and enjoyed plenty of pizza and soft drinks.  At least one prospect submitted his Petition for membership.

Our newest member, Brother Steven Tipton, had a great time last evening taking his first step in Freemasonry.  It was a fantastic Degree and everyone was very proud of the Work presented by the Degree Team.

Brothers, we will be presenting an Entered Apprentice Degree on
Tuesday, 03 April, at 7:30 P.M. Dinner will be served at 6:30 P.M.
Please come out and assist Mr. Steven Austin Tipton take his first
step in Masonry.

St. Petersburg Lodge No. 139 F. & A. M. is the oldest Lodge in St. Petersburg working under a Charter from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Florida.  We are located at 114 – 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A.  We meet on Tuesday nights.  The first, second and fourth Tuesdays are either Degree or Degree practice meetings.  The third Tuesday is our Stated Communication.  All meetings begin at 7:30 P.M.  If there is a fifth Tuesday, we usually have a Family Night.  We always serve a dinner at 6:30 P.M. prior to any Stated Communication or Degree meeting. Please navagate through our various pages to gain further light into our Lodge.  If you have any questions, please contact our Secretary, John Livingston, PM at 727-418-3356 or via e-mail at secretary@stpete139.org.