Scottish Rite Extending the Blue Lodge

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Scottish RiteExtending the Blue Lodge
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History and Structure
What is the Scottish Rite?
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Roots

• Rite is Scottish only in an historical sense
• Name may reflect Masonic exodus from Scotland in
  17th and 18th centuries
• Evolved as means of advancing Symbolic Lodge
  Freemasonry

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Albert Pike

• Served briefly in Confederate Army
• Devoted to expansion of the Scottish Rite
• Rewrote and organized ritual

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Scottish Rite Today

• House of the
• Temple
• Washington, DC
• Headquarters for
• Southern
• Jurisdiction

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Scottish Rite Journal

• Scottish Rite Journal
• monthly publication

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Orient of Georgia

• One of six Valleys within Georgia
• Over 8600 members in Georgia
• Over 4000 in Valley of Atlanta
• Qualifications
• Something for anyone wanting to do good work

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Activities within the Rite

• How can the Scottish Rite
• Work for You?

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Meetings

• Involves stage crew, sound, robing room
• Scottish Rite Guard assists with greeting, color
  guard, and odd jobs
• Associations have open meetings throughout north
  Georgia

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Reunion Activities

• 29 degrees conferred or communicated

• Candidates observe degrees as stage productions

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Reunion Activities

• Initiate new members and current members to get
  together again
• Actors (speaking and non-speaking)
• Stage Crew
• Sound Crew
• Robing Room
• Choir

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Special Meetings

• Programs included for ladies and families
• July 4th, Feast of the Tabernacle, and Ceremony
  of Remembrance and Renewal celebrations

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Scottish Rite Hospital
How can the Scottish Rite help your family?
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Scottish Rite Hospital
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Early Years
Scottish Rite furnished funds to expand the
Scottish Rite Convalescent Center in 1919
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Kids

• 360,000 visits last year
• No child turned away for lack of insurance
• 112 million last year
• Never owned by the Scottish Rite

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Now
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta can now provide
state-of-the-art health care for every aspect of
childrens medical care,
not just orthopedics or burns.
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Other Community Activities
How can the Scottish Rite help the Community?
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Scottish Rite Foundation

• Awards scholarships to Georgia students pursuing
  higher education
• Over 100 scholarships annually
• Imagine the future with well educated leaders

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Learning Disabilities

• National system of Scottish Rite Learning
  Disabilities Clinics
• Twelve in Georgia - expanding with another five
  centers
• Concentrate on visual, hearing, and learning
  problems that prevent reaching fullest potential
• Provided to hundreds of thousands of children in
  Georgia at lower cost

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Patriotism
How can the Scottish Rite help the Nation?
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Book Donation Program

• Educating children on American history and where
  our freedoms come from
• Over 5,000 books so far
• Program is accelerating

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Junior ROTC Medal Program

• Over 80 programs in Valley of Atlanta
• Opportunity to make public presentation
• Award consists of a medal, ribbon, and
  certificate
• Shows support of the ROTC programs

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Join with Scottish Rite

• Many charitable and educational programs focusing
  on helping children
• Enriches understanding of the first three
  degrees.
• Meant to assist the local lodges, not compete
  with them
• Takes Masonry to the public
• A study that will last a lifetime