Grand Masters Message

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and we all have a great 2024. Brothers, as we move into the new year, I hope we can say we did our best to be better men in 2023 and we will do more to be even better men in 2024. Congratulations to each of the new Lodge Officers. Thank you for your service and as we move into the roles of leadership, may we be found worthy in our duties. We should not take lightly the duties that we have obligated ourselves under. We all promised that we would fulfill all the duties appertaining to the office to the best of our ability. If there is anything we can assist you with, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our Instructional Meetings will start in January, and I hope to see you at these meetings. These meetings will be the best place to get the information needed to help you with the station or place you are serving in. There will be a Q&A section in the meetings, so please write your questions down so that you do not forget them and if you desire, give the list to your MEC or DDGM where he will read those out and have the answer ready. We also have the Masters Workshop on Feb 3, 2024 at the Scottish Rite Center in Columbia, SC starting at 8am. We should finish up around 12 noon. The Grand Masters Perpetual Life Membership Raffle has been completed. The Lodge that was the lucky Lodge to be drawn out was Taylors Lodge 345 and the Brother who was drawn was Brother Richard Kirby from Benton Lodge 26 in Timmonsville, SC. Thank you for supporting the First Annual Perpetual Life Raffle. We are working on the next raffle to be bigger and better so stay tuned in for coming information on details. Lady Toni and I were honored to represent our Grand Lodge, December 16, 2023 at the 87th Annual Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas (South Carolina won the game 24 to 0). Congratulations to all the young men that represented their state in the game.
“Our Best Is The Least We Owe Each Other”

Steven D. Hames
​Grand Master 

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