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 publication 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

Top: Retrieving our

Travelling Gavel

from Plymouth

Lodge 160. Right:

New Wayzata City

signs featuring the

Square and Com-

pass. Bottom:

Wayzata Lodge Of-

ficers with Bro

George Washing-

ton’s Bible.

Brothers,

Just a few notes from my desk…

Potential Candidates If you have a friend who might be interested in becoming

a Mason, now is a great time to reach out to them and

start the process to line them up for our fall class. Re-

member, once they submit a petition, it's a two month

process to get them elected and ready to receive the de-

grees.

Degree Work As we've already got candidates in the works, I'm confi-

dent that we'll be putting on degrees. One of them most

powerful memories that I have of the degree experience

was seeing how many guys took time out of their life's to

be there for me (and my class mates). More details on

the candidates and the degrees will be published in later

news letters, but I encourage every member of our lodge

to put our fall degrees on their calendar and plan to at-

tend. Better yet, if you 're interested in participating, let

me know and I'll get you in touch with the proper per-

son. There are parts for all levels of experience.

Lodge Attendance In my visitations to other lodges and conversations with

brothers, I've come to appreciate how much participation

from our members that we have in our lodge but there is

always room for more! If you know a brother of our

lodge who hasn't been to a meeting in a while, make a

special effort to invite him down, maybe give him a ride

or assure him that we'd be excited to see him. It was

great seeing both sides fo the lodge filled when Plymouth

visited. I'd like to see that many people every month

with Brothers from Wayzata!

Contact Information Updates If you need your address, phone or email address up-

dates, let me know and I'll take care of it. you can con-

tact me by phone 612-801-7342 or email Secre-

tary@wayzata205.org

Fraternally,

Andrew R Brennan, Secretary 2012

The full calendar can be found at www.wayzata205.org

Due to the Lodge Dining Hall being closed, May Din-

ner will be at the Red Rooster Restaurant in Long

Lake. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm. 35 Cent

Wing Night will also be going on and available to any-

one who wants it.

Address for the Red Rooster is:

1832 W Wayzata Blvd

Long Lake, MN 55356

Several weeks ago a couple Brothers were having bever-

ages after a Scottish Rite meeting. Sergey said, "The

problem with Americans is that they don't know how to

drink." "Wow", I thought!

A Challenge? Surprisingly, Yes and No!

The answer to the challenge is NOT "Copiously"!

Instead, Sergey explained, "Russians drink Joyfully --

with lots of good food, and surrounded by good friends."

What: Training and practice (dinner and drinks), learn

how to Drink Like a Russian. Wives, dates, significant

others welcome. Non-masons, too, in the spirit of glas-

nost.

When: May 5 at 6:30pm

Where: Moscow on the Hill

Contact: Bro Serg Vaynshenk for more info or to re-

serve your spot.

We will each order from the menu and have separate

tabs, but to assure promised attendance, we request a

$20 check per person, Payable to Moscow on the Hill.

Your check will be returned to you upon arrival. If you

don't attend, your donation will be used to drink a toast

in your honor!

Attendance is limited to 20.

Stated Meeting May 2 6:30p

Drink Like A Russian May 5 6:30p

Lodge Breakfast May 11 7:30a

Wayzata Lodge Work Day May 26 9a

Metro West M & W May 30

Officer’s Meeting June 1 6:30a

Roadside Cleanup June 2 10a

Past Master’s Dinner June 4 6:30p

Stated Meeting June 6 6:30p