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1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, :00pm to 6:00pm 1:00pm to 4:00pm 5:30pm to 6:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 157 th Annual Communication Registration First Floor Registration Desk Senior and Junior Wardens Work Shop First Floor Salon D Secretaries Work Shop First Floor Salon F Treasurers Work Shop First Floor Salon G Vesper Service First Floor Salon E FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, :00am to 2:00pm 7:00am to 8:00am 8:00am 8:30am 10:00am No Host Reception Fourth Floor Summit Ballroom Grand Master s Banquet (By Invitation Only) Registration First Floor Registration Desk District Lecturers Breakfast (By Invitation Only) First Floor El Paso Musical Prelude Informal Public Session Presentation of Colors Flag Tributes (by DGM Phillip E. Moss) Pledge of Allegiance Star Spangled Banner O Canada Welcome by the Grand Master Introductions Scottish Rite York Rite Shrine Concordant and Appendant Bodies Intermission Opening a Lodge of Master Masons Page 1 of 6

2 157 th Annual Communication 11:00am 12:00pm 12:00pm 1:00pm 3:00pm by the Brethren of Tejon Lodge No. 104 Opening of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Colorado Roll Call of Grand Lodge Officers Preliminary Report of the Credentials Committee Appointment of Tellers (All Balloting) Introduction of Distinguished Guests Visiting Past Grand Masters Visiting Grand Lodge Officers Visiting Grand Masters (last person to speak) Visiting Representatives of Grand Masters Colorado Past Grand Masters Grand Master s Address Intermission Presentation of Lodge Banners Ballot Open for the Election of Officers Presentation of Proposed Amendments to the Book of Constitutions Ballot Closed for the Election of Officers LUNCH (Men) First Floor Salon D & E (Ladies) First Floor Salon F & G Results of Election and Acceptances Introduction of Worshipful Masters Report of the Grand Treasurer Report of the Grand Secretary Introduction of Lodge Secretaries Report of the Grand Lecturer Honor Lodge Awards Introduction of District Lecturers Introduction of Tilers Reports of Constitutional Corporations Colorado Masons Benevolent Fund Colorado Masonic Library & Museum Association Colorado Masonic High School Band Camp Colorado Masons Voluntary Perpetual Membership Fund Preservation and Assistance Fund Robert Russell OES/Masonic Center Colorado Masonic Properties Adjourn for the Day Page 2 of 6

3 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 157 th Annual Communication Open Installation 2018 Grand Lodge Officers No Host Social Hour Fourth Floor Summit Ballroom All Masonic Banquet Fourth Floor Summit Ballroom SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, :00am to 10:00am 8:20am 8:30am 9:00am 9:15am 10:00am Presentation of Award for: Secretary of the Year Worshipful Master of the Year District Lecturer of the Year Lodge of the Year Mason of the Year Registration First Floor Registration Desk Musical Prelude Introduction of Youth Groups Call to Order Grand Oration Richard G. Stewart Reports of Standing Committees Finance Charters and Dispensations Appeals and Grievances Fraternal Relations Memorial (Necrology) Masonic Education Armed Forces Welfare Masonic Service Association Custodians of the Work Scholarships Vocational Grants Special Committees History and Recognition Memorials, Markers and Monuments Lodge and Temple Association Ownership and Operations Gifts Legacies and Trusts Break George Washington National Memorial Page 3 of 6

4 157 th Annual Communication Youth Masonic Awareness Masonic New Member Development Public Schools Report of the Jurisprudence Committee on the Proposed Constitutional Amendments Presentation of Proposed Amendments (Discussion and Voting) Report of the Committee on the Grand Master s Address Report of Jurisprudence Committee on the actions of the 2017 Grand Master Final Report of the Credentials Committee Final Report of the Committee on Jurisprudence Presentation of the Traveling Gavel Good of the Order Proclamation Adjourn Page 4 of 6

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