May 2026 Stated Communication and Festive Board

Special Guests - Brothers Jason Richards & Jon Ruark, Hosts of the Masonic Roundtable Podcast (https://themasonicroundtable.com/) will be our Educational Speakers.  Please join us in welcoming them and listening to these engaging topics (below).  We will also be exemplifying Parts 2 & 3 of the Fellowcraft Lectures.

Due to the nature of this meeting, it will only be open to those of FC and above.

A Festive Board at the Maumee Bay Brewing Company will follow.  Seating for the Festive Board is capped at 40, and will close April 30. Please indicate your selection of meal option - if including guests, please indicate their selection as well.

While no block of rooms have been specifically reserved, options are available in the area, including Courtyard by Marriott Toledo West.

GUEST SPEAKER TOPICS

Fulfilling Life: Merging Science and Spirit (Bro. Jon Ruark):

Can genuine happiness be engineered? This presentation offers a practical approach to building a "well-spent life" by moving beyond the fleeting joy of happenstance to the deliberate, controllable power of synthetic happiness. We will explore the definitive findings of modern research for their effectiveness and feasibility in boosting long-term life satisfaction, and reveal how these highly-ranked, science-based "happiness hacks" align seamlessly with an ancient, time-tested framework for self-improvement. Discover how the core principles and virtues of Freemasonry provide a holistic, exemplary blueprint that enables you to consistently mold your actions and thoughts toward personal excellence and sustained joy, offering a repeatable system for purpose and fulfillment regardless of your external station in life.

Death: Your Final Initiation (Bro. Jason Richards):

Death: Your Final Initiation is an experiential contemplative session that explores the inevitability of our own mortality as illustrated by accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) from actual Masonic brethren and others. This session draws parallels between initiatory rites of passage, the initiatic experience of Freemasonry, and the initiatic experience of death with hopes of alleviating the fear of death and reinforcing that Freemasonry itself actively prepares its members for death’s initiation into the beyond.