0700: Doors Open

BRING YOUR DUES CARD

Parking: Drivers should approach the building by driving west on Colfax/15th St. and turning right onto Welton, then immediately merging right across the bike lane and down into the underground Pavilions parking deck.

Union Lodge #7 will refund parking expenses at check-in on the 4th floor.

Refreshments: Coffee and doughnuts will be available at the 4th floor Front Dining Room for a donation to the Masonic youth groups.

ONLY REGISTERED MASTER MASONS IN GOOD STANDING MAY PROCEED BEYOND THE BATHROOMS ON THE 4th FLOOR

Denver Lodge #5 and Union Lodge #7 will open a joint communication in the Large Lodge Room at this time.

0800-0900: Opening Remarks

Large Lodge Room

The event hosts will have some opening remarks before welcoming the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Colorado, Most Worshipful Brother Dean McConnell (Marquis de Lafayette Lodge #41), to provide a keynote address and dismiss attendees to their choice of education sessions.

0900-1200: AM Education Sessions

4th Floor: Large Lodge Room

  • PHA Degree Team: 3rd degree ritual

    • 0900-0945: First Section

    • 1000-1115: Second Section

    • 1130-1200: Charge

      Jaymie Vaughn (Lafayette Lodge #91): “On Yonder Book”

4th Floor: Front Dining Room (Untiled)

  • Cleanup from morning refreshments and preparation for lunch; socialization

4th Floor: Back Dining Room (Untiled)

  • Information and tables from the Grand Lodge and Masonic youth groups

5th Floor: Small Lodge Room

  • 0900-0945: Eden Pierre-Louis (Rocky Mountain #1 PHA), “The Lesser Lights in Masonry”

  • 1000-1115: TBD

  • 1130-1200: Rocky Mountain Mason (Recording a podcast episode), “TBD“

5th Floor: Red Lodge Room

  • Ritual Performance (“Stair Lecture” including battle scene. 2nd Section of the FC degree.)

    • Bring a ritual book from your jurisdiction.

    • Judged by a tribunal of ritualists: PGM Mike Moore, PGM Ralph Newby, and PM William C. Hardy, PHA

      • 0900-0930:

      • 0930-1000: Graves Broderick (Constitution #184)

      • 1000-1030: Scott Bates (Weston #22)

      • 1030-1100: Kevin Trabert (Denver Lodge #5)

      • 1100-1130: Brock Sowa (South Denver Lodge #93)

      • 1130-1200: Brandon James (Pikes Peak Lodge #5, PHA)

1200-1330: Lunch

Front Dining Room

Lunch will be provided in the front dining room.

1330-1630: PM Education Sessions

4th Floor: Large Lodge Room

  • 1330-1415: Closed: Play preparation

  • 1430-1545: Douglas Lodge #153 and Friends, a Masonic play: “A Rose Upon the Altar”

  • 1600-1630: Closed

4th Floor: Front Dining Room (Untiled)

  • Cleanup from lunch; socialization

4th Floor: Back Dining Room (Untiled)

  • Information and tables from the Grand Lodge and Masonic youth groups

5th Floor: Small Lodge Room

  • 1330-1415: Masonic Debate (Moderated by Tim Sanks)

    “Whether a Lodge Should (or Should Not) Develop Real Property”

    • Ben Williams (Weston Lodge #22) vs. J. Randy Penn (Marquis de Lafayette #41)

    • This debate will be held in the Lincoln-Douglas debate format and the debaters will only learn which side of the statement they must argue at the beginning of the event.

  • 1430-1545: Colorado Grand York Rite (exemplified by Denver Chapter #2, RAM), “Mark Master Degree”

  • 1600-1630: Mark Master Degree (ctd.)

5th Floor: Red Lodge Room

  • 1330-1415: District Lecturer Seminar (Scott Olson, DL): “Duties and Details of the Senior Deacon's Role in Lodge”

  • 1430-1545: Van-Troi Perozo (Denver #5), “Freemasonry: From Ancient Roots to Its Future as a Global Presence in the 21st Century”

  • 1600-1630: Denver Consistory (moderated by Miguel Lazalde), a discussion of the themes found in the 4th Degree, “Secret Master”