Scottish Rite Tampa
Tampa Scottish Rite

Valley of Tampa, Orient of Florida, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction

Coming Events

Monday, June 11, 2012 - Flag Day Celebration -5:00 PM Flag Waiving, 5:30 PM FREE Barbecue Dinner, 7:00 PM - Patriotic Program 

 

Flag Day Celebration Information

Spring Reunion Information

A Special Message from the Sovereign Grand Commander

CELEBRATING THE CRAFT

May 19, 2012 at 6:00 pm -12:00 am, EDT

This celebration of the Scottish Rite will be similar to a telethon but broadcast over the internet on May 19th. Our Web Event will pay tribute to Freemasonry with entertainment, celebrities, humor, and educational programming. Our host will be Ill. Norm Crosby, 33°. It will be broadcast through the Scottish Rite web site at www.scottishrite.org. Donations can be made on-line, by calling our web event toll free number during the event at 1-855-289-4200 or a $10 donation can be made by texting HOT to 50555.

For donations made online or called in during the Web Event, 50% of the net proceeds will benefit the Rebuilding the Temple Campaign to restore the House of the Temple and 50% will benefit Orient and/or Valley 501(c)3 organizations.

  • Mark May 19th on your calendar.
  • Plan on watching with your Valley or at home.
  • Let all of your Masonic friends know about the Web Event and its importance.
  • Plan on making a gift to help us preserve and restore the House of the Temple and also benefit your Orient.
  • Donations can be made online, by text, by phone, and on Facebook. Throughout the broadcast we will give up to the minute updates. If every member made just a $5 contribution we would hit our goal of $1 million.

Remember, Each Valley will receive credit for the amount of funds collected in your Valley and 50 percent of the funds collected will go to the Scottish Rite Foundation of Florida.

Please watch this video from Sovereign Grand Commander Seale:

Sovereign Grand Commander Seale's Special Video Message, Click to Play

Visit our Facebook page!

The Valley of Tampa Scottish Rite is now on Facebook! Please visit our page at by clicking here (www.facebook.com/TampaAASR), or if you are a Facebook member, log on and type “Valley of Tampa Scottish Rite” in the Search box.

Check Out Our Activities Calendar

Click on the "Calendar" menu button on the top right (beneath the banner) to see our activities plan for 2012.

Photos from April Consistory Meeting

Millionaire Certificates
Presentations to the Scottish Rite Foundation of Florida, Inc. were made by Brothers Chris Schlenker, 32°, Ed James, 32°, on behalf of the Sun City Center Scottish Rite Club and Jerry Goacher, 32° KCCH.  Also pictured are Ken Warner, 32° KCCH, Master of Kadosh and Ill:. Louie King, 33°, Tampa’s Foundation Trustee.

Millionaire Certificates
Chris Schlenker, 32° receives his Foundation Billionaire Certificate and Ron Lupien, 32° KCCH receives his Millionaire Certificate representing their donations to the Scottish Rite Foundation of Florida, Inc.  Also pictured are Ken Warner, 32° KCCH, Master of Kadosh and Rusty Glendinning, 33°, Personal Representative.

Millionaire Certificates
Certificates of Appreciation were presented to Kenneth Balsley, 33° (and his wife Joyce), Jim Long, Sr., 33° (and his wife Dorothy), Herb Atwood, 32°, Joseph P. Wells, 32°, Don Hawley, 32° KCCH (and his wife Vickey), Andres Morin, 32° and Ron Lupien, 32° KCCH for their work on behalf of the Scottish Rite at the recently completed Tampa Horse Show.

Millionaire Certificates
Brother Casey Fletcher, 32°, presented a very informative Masonic Education program to those in attendance.


Scottish Rite Clubs

Are you one who finds it impossible to attend a Consistory meeting in Tampa due to work or family commitments?  If so, have you attended a meeting of the Scottish Rite Club in your area?  Scottish Rite Clubs are located in Seminole, Dunedin, Largo, Winter Haven, Sarasota and Sun City Center.  Details of each Club’s meeting dates, times and locations can be found by clicking here!


Scottish Rite Newsletter

Not getting the Tampa Scottish Rite Internet Newsletter? Sign up now by clicking here and receive monthly updates on our activities.

If you signed up previously, but are not receiving the Newsletter, you may have been removed by “bounce-back handling” if your mailbox rejected previous issues due to server problems or a full mailbox. Just sign up again by clicking here.


Think Green! Sign up for Electronic Delivery of the Tampa Scottish Rite Bulletin

We are initiating a pilot program to offer electronic delivery of the bi-monthly Tampa Scottish Rite Bulletin. Initially, those choosing to receive the bulletin via electronic delivery will continue to receive the mailed printed version; however, if the program proves to be popular we will remove those who choose to continue with electronic delivery from the mailing list, thus providing the Valley considerable cost reduction (as well as saving a few trees!).

If you would like to participate in this pilot program, you can sign up via our regular “Newsletter” signup page. Click on the Tampa eNews/eNews Signup link on the left side of this page and then click on the “Electronic Delivery of Bulletin” checkbox, and then the “Submit” button.

If you are already a newsletter subscriber, you can click on the "Change email address / Leave mailing list" link at the bottom of the next newsletter to reach the signup page.

If you are already a subscriber, and wish to use the Tampa eNews/eNews Signup link on the left side of this page, be sure to use the same email address to which you are presently receiving the newsletter, unless you want to receive the bulletin at a different email address.

When the next bulletin becomes available, you will receive an email with links to allow you to download the bulletin in PDF form, or to view it directly on our on-line bulletin archive site.


Online Services

You can now pay your dues or make contributions to the Roof Replacement Fund, Scottish Rite Foundation or Almoner’s Fund on-line. Click on “Payments and Contributions” on the left hand menu panel, or just click here!


Knights of St. Andrew

Interested in becoming a Knight of St. Andrew? You can download a petition by hovering over “Petitions” on the navigation bar on the left, and then clicking on “Knights of St. Andrew” - or just click here!

Dinner Reservations!

Make your reservations for our Regular Monthly Meeting Dinner online! Just click here!

Tampa Scottish Rite Masonic Center
5500 Memorial Drive, Tampa, FL 33634-7336
Telephone: (813)-886-0578
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