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Longtime civil rights activist
3x Worshipful Master of Friendship Lodge #20
Founder of Sam McLurkin #75, Knights of Pythagoras Council
In 2015, founded the Newton County "National Action Network (NAN)" Chapter and served as chapter President for 10 years.
Founder of the watchdog group "Concerned Citizens"
Advocated with Newton County Commissioner J.C. Henderson to preserve African-American heritage history in Newton County and create a museum for African-American history. In 2019, he started a museum in the former T.K. Adams Community Band Room, 8150 Carlton Trail, Covington GA 30014.
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Welcome to Friendship Lodge #20
Welcome to Friendship Lodge #20
Covington, GA | Friendship Lodge 20 Day - June 25, 2025
Community
Community
Leadership
Leadership
Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Help us, help others. We need your support!
Help us, help others. We need your support!
We are brotherhood of professionals, activists and community focused individuals.
We are brotherhood of professionals, activists and community focused individuals.
Our Mission
Our Mission
To provide an environment that makes good men better for his family, community, faith, country and fraternity; through the practice of the most important tenants of freemasonry; Brotherly Love, Relief & Truth. To educate, promote and practice a way of life that binds like-minded men in a world where brotherhood overcomes all cultural, social and educational difference.
To provide an environment that makes good men better for his family, community, faith, country and fraternity; through the practice of the most important tenants of freemasonry; Brotherly Love, Relief & Truth. To educate, promote and practice a way of life that binds like-minded men in a world where brotherhood overcomes all cultural, social and educational difference.
What is Freemasonry?
What is Freemasonry?
Freemasonry is the world's largest fraternal organization, and its structure is the model of all fraternities today. It is a body of knowledge and a system of ethics based on the belief that each man has a responsibility to improve himself while being devoted to family, faith, country, and fraternity.
Freemasonry is the world's largest fraternal organization, and its structure is the model of all fraternities today. It is a body of knowledge and a system of ethics based on the belief that each man has a responsibility to improve himself while being devoted to family, faith, country, and fraternity.
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As Masons, we lead by example, give back to our communities, and support numerous Masonic philanthropies. We invest in children, our neighborhoods, and our future. The requirements to petition a lodge are:
As Masons, we lead by example, give back to our communities, and support numerous Masonic philanthropies. We invest in children, our neighborhoods, and our future. The requirements to petition a lodge are:
The lessons we impart are allegorical in nature and leave an indelible impression on the minds of the candidate.
The lessons we impart are allegorical in nature and leave an indelible impression on the minds of the candidate.
Our Values
Our Values
Our mission is guided by the enduring and relevant tenets of our fraternity- Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth. Our core values, which include:
Our mission is guided by the enduring and relevant tenets of our fraternity- Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth. Our core values, which include:
Ethics
Ethics
Our lives are based on honor and integrity, and we believe that honesty, compassion, trust and knowledge are important.
Our lives are based on honor and integrity, and we believe that honesty, compassion, trust and knowledge are important.
Tolerance
Tolerance
The fraternity values religious, ethnic, cultural, social, and educational differences. We respect the opinion of others and strive to improve and develop as human beings.
The fraternity values religious, ethnic, cultural, social, and educational differences. We respect the opinion of others and strive to improve and develop as human beings.
Personal Growth
Personal Growth
We make a difference in our communities through charitable giving, community service, and volunteering.
We make a difference in our communities through charitable giving, community service, and volunteering.
Philanthropy
Philanthropy
We strive to do our part to make life better for others. We feed those in need, organize drives to raise resources, and advocate to give a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves.
We strive to do our part to make life better for others. We feed those in need, organize drives to raise resources, and advocate to give a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves.
Family
Family
We strive to be better spouses, parents, and family members and committed to protecting the well-being of members and families, especially when they are in need.
We strive to be better spouses, parents, and family members and committed to protecting the well-being of members and families, especially when they are in need.
Freedom
Freedom
Masons value the liberties outlined in the U.S. Constitution and continually promote freedom of speech expression, freedom to worship a Supreme Being in an individual way, and other important liberties. We believe our duties to vote in public elections and to exercise all of our liberties within due and proper bounds.
Masons value the liberties outlined in the U.S. Constitution and continually promote freedom of speech expression, freedom to worship a Supreme Being in an individual way, and other important liberties. We believe our duties to vote in public elections and to exercise all of our liberties within due and proper bounds.
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