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Randy is a founding administrator for Refracted Light, full contributor to Midnight Freemasons, and an international presenter on esoteric topics. Louis, Clerk for the Academy of Reflection through the Valley of Guthrie, and a Facilitator for the Masonic Legacy Society. 493, Co-Librarian of the Scottish Rite Valley of St. His Masonic bio includes past Lodge Education Officer for two symbolic lodges, Founder of the Wentzville Lodge Book Club, member of the Grand Lodge of Missouri Education Committee, Sovereign Master of the E. Randy is a 32nd degree KCCH and Knight Templar. Randy served as a Logistics Section Chief on two different United States federal Disaster Medical Assistance Teams over a 12 year span.
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He has 30 plus years teaching Wing Chun Kung Fu, Chi Kung, and healing arts.
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He volunteers as a professional and personal mentor, NRA certified Chief Range Safety Officer and enjoys competitive tactical pistol, rifle, and shotgun. Randy earned a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry with an emphasis in Biochemistry, and he works in Telecom IT management. While the forms of charity may change over time, Freemasonry continues to meets our obligations by helping others. This program reaches far more members than running the nursing home facility did. This program provides assistance to Master Masons in a number of ways such as helping with home care, buying hearing aids or providing short term financial assistance. In Illinois after the sale of the Masonic nursing home, the Grand Lodge established the Illinois Masonic Outreach Services (IMOS ).
Burdensome government regulations, a litigious society and drastic changes in health care have all contributed to the changing models of charitable care. The answer to these questions can be complicated. So how in the 21st century can the masonic fraternity still support worthy distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans? How do we define charity in 2016? Do we still as a fraternity have an obligation to the distressed Masters Masons, their widows and orphans? Most of the institutions were started more than 100 years ago before the social safety net that exists as we know it today was created.
Masonic Children’s Homes, like Masonic Nursing Homes have largely closed across the country. On social media there were a number of brethren who both agreed with the decision and others who expressed concern over the closure. Citing liability concerns and significant increases in the cost of liability insurance, exposure to lawsuits, and the costs of spending $2.4 million per year on the 40 residents of the home, were given as primary reasons the decision had been made. In the email release sent to all 469 Illinois lodges, the Grand lodge indicated that the Board of Directors of the Illinois Masonic Children’s Home voted to close the homes and transition away from residential care.
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