As hard as it may seem, summer is over and your Commandery is ready to start another year.

The drill team has been practicing every Monday evening during the summer in preparation for the drill competition at Grand Commandery October 8th.  I’d Like to see a good turnout of Findlay Sir Knights at the Grand Session on October 7th.  If you cannot attend the Grand Session on Friday, please come up Saturday October 8th to support our drill team and have fun watching the competitions and visiting other Ohio Sir Knights!  Kalahari Resort and Convention Center 7000 Kalahari Drive, Sandusky, Ohio  44870.

Sir Knights, as I mentioned in the summer newsletter, your Commandery meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday, with a family potluck dinner before the 1st meeting starting at 6:30pm.  The meetings start at 7:30 pm.
All Sir Knights are encouraged to attend each and every meeting.  Only the officers are required to wear their uniforms at the 2nd monthly meeting.  Some dates to remember for October thru December:

Meeting Dates:  Oct 12th, Oct 26th, Nov 9th, Nov 23rd (also Thanksgiving Eve), Dec 14th, and Dec 28th.
Grand Commandery October 7th and 8th Kalahari
Oct. 29th, Reception for the Rt. Eminent Commander Dale Olsen - Radisson Dayton, 33 E. 5th St Dayton, Ohio 45402
Practice dates for the Inspection on February 11th 2023 will be announced later.
December 3rd Reception for MI Companion Michael Terry
Grand Council, NW Div. to post Colors Hilton Garden Inn in Findlay Ohio.

Sir Knights, the inspection for Findlay Commandery is Saturday, Feb. 11th 2023.  Please keep this date available and try to attend your inspection (with or without a uniform).  Our Inspection will be in the Full Form Order of the Temple.  We will be starting at 2pm with the Full Form opening, then move on to the Order of the Temple, which will be followed by the Banquet.  Our Inspecting Officer will be the Deputy Grand Commander for Ohio, Sir Knight Richard Gannon accompanied by His Lady Debbie.  I look forward to a good Commandery year.  We have a few new Knights in the officers line, but we are still looking for a sir knight to Volunteer for Senior Warden.  In the previous Newsletter I mentioned that I want you Sir Knights and Our Commandery to live out our Motto “feed the hungry, cloth the naked, inculcate the what duties of charity and Hospitality”.  What I would like are ideas on how we can do this; i.e. Soup kitchen, collect supplies for food pantry, donations... Please think and pray on this and bring your ideas to myself or one of the Commandery  officers.

IN HOC SIGNO VINCES; By this sign thou shalt  conquer.  By remembering this Motto we will conquer and have a great year.  Please support your Commandery. “WE NEED YOU”

‘Every Christian Mason should be a Knights Templar’
​
Your Sixth Time Eminent Commander,
Steve Roth

​Sir Knights, it is my pleasure to again serve as Eminent Commander of Findlay #49. 

I would like to thank the Officers who have agreed to serve for this year.  We do need someone to help as Senior Warden as that position is still open. 

Your Drill team is actively practicing each Monday night at 6:30pm in the parking lot behind the lodge. 

If  you would like to join and learn how to drill come out and fill a spot. 

Dates and activities to note: 
Drill practice 6:30pm Mondays thru September. 
July 23rd: CTA meeting 1pm Findlay Lodge (picnic lunch at 12 noon): All Sir Knights Welcome to attend.
September 14th: First meeting for the New Year dinner at 6:30pm ladies welcomed.  Meeting at 7pm. Green Coats. 
September 28th: Second meeting Practice Full Form Opening. (Class A Uniform). 
October 7th: Ohio Grand Commandery Session 8am at the Sandusky Ohio Kalahari resort. 
October 8th: Drill Competition Sandusky Ohio Kalahari resort. 

Sir Knights, please consider helping and attending your Commandery. 

This year I would like to challenge the knights of Findlay Commandery to practice what we profess.  Feed the Hungry, Cloth the Naked, bind up the wounds of the afflicted.  Inculcate the duties of charity and Hospitality. Thank You and have a safe Summer. 
 
Steve Roth 
Eminent Commander 

To join a ZOOM meeting on 5/25/22 for Findlay Commandery #49:

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​Greetings Sir Knights,

With our inspection completed, the pressure has been lifted. Thank you Sir Knights for all your hard work to make the inspection go well.  For the remainder of our Templar year, I would like to run through the full Red Cross and full Malta, just as practice and to get credit for our records.  Our April 13th meeting will be in conjunction with the Valley of Toledo’s Scottish Rite, for the annual Maundy service in Findlay.  Findlay 49 will still need to be there to maintain a quorum, though we will not have a regular meeting.  Our second meeting of May will be the election of officers.  The installation of new officers will be in June.

Timothy Roth
Eminent Commander

​Greetings Sir Knights,

The New Year has arrived and here is hoping it brings better times.  We will continue with Full Form Practice on the first meeting in January (12th).  If need be, we will practice the second meeting as well (26th).  There will be Order of the Temple January 9th and 23rd, as well as February 6th and 13th.  Our Annual Inspection is Sunday, February 19th, 2022.  We will have a carry-in lunch at noon prior to inspection.  The inspection will begin at 2:30pm starting with the Order of the Temple.  After which will be a Full Form Opening and then a Banquet to follow.  We will suspend the full uniform for both meetings in March.  March 23rd will be the Scottish Rite Maunday service in Findlay.  

Timothy Roth
Eminent Commander

​Greetings Sir Knights,

Now that Fall is here, we look forward to Grand Commandery.  Since COVID did not allow for any Grand Sessions last year, we are all looking forward to this year’s Grand Conclave.  Grand Commandery will be October 7,8,and 9.  Drill competition on Saturday the 9th.  wish our Drill Team good luck.  We will continue with full form practice on the first meeting in October and November. The second meeting being business with dinner before.  December’s first meeting will be our Christmas Observance.  Findlay 49’s inspection is in February, so all Knights please study your parts for Order of the temple.

Timothy Roth
Eminent Commander

​Greetings Sir Knights, 
 
I hope you all are doing well.  Now that the mask mandate has been lifted in Ohio and a large portion of the community has received the vaccine, Findlay Commandery No. 49 should be able to resume normal meetings for the 2021-2022 year.  With that I would like to remind all Sir Knights that Findlay Commandery does meet in the summer months, but will start back up in September (9-8-21).  Our first meeting will be in full uniform.  This year we have changed the schedule for our dinners and practices in full uniform.  The first meeting of the month will be for practice of full form opening (uniform), with only a short business meeting.  The second meeting will be a dinner before and business after (Green Coat).

The Findlay 49 Drill Team will meet this summer for practices.  We will meet every Monday @ 6:30 pm.  Any Sir Knights wishing to join the drill team, please come. Have a great summer Sir Knights and we will see you in September. 

Timothy Roth
Eminent Commander

Greetings Sir Knights,

It has been a long year dealing with the pandemic and all that has been canceled or rescheduled.  Some good news is that Commandries can now meet in person under certain guidelines.  In fact, our Commandery has met at regular meeting days in the month of March.  An email was sent to all email addresses that I have but, if anyone didn’t receive an email please get in touch with me to update your email address.

Some of the guidelines are wearing a mask, social distancing, signing in at the table at the dining room entrance, arrival no sooner that 10 minutes prior to meeting and leaving within 10 minutes after and no refreshments.  Meetings are in green jackets, conducted in short form.

Our inspection for this year was rescheduled several times.  A review of the records was all that was required this year.  No other ceremony was required because I’m a repeating Commander.

April 14th meeting will be the Easter observance conducted by our Excellent Prelate.  Meeting time is the same 7:30PM.

At this time, drill teams can meet but because of social distancing they cannot practice.  Hopefully it will be announced later that there will be drill competition at the State Conclave in October.  Drill competition has been cancelled for the Grand Encampment Triennial this August.

May is the month for election of officers.  Sir Knights, please consider serving as an officer in our Commandery.  We have several Knights that have served many years in the office line out of Honor and a sense of Duty.  I’m sure they would welcome any Knight that would like to join the officer line of this fine Commandery.

So looking forward to seeing everyone.  The more that participate the better the Commandery.

Sincerely,
Tom DeFrieze

​Blessings and Peace!

Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage UPDATE.
We are significantly encouraged by the availability of several vaccines for Covid-19 and the global distribution that is unfolding.  While the November 2020 Senior Pilgrimage and the 2021 February minister’s pilgrimages were necessarily cancelled, we are moving ahead with confident and complete plans for November 2021 and February 2022.

Please be encouraged to share the information with anyone you think might be interested.  As a former participant in this pilgrimage program, you know the value of this experience.  We are committed to continue to make these opportunities well into the future.

I have attached information on the November 2021 “In the Footsteps of Jesus Pilgrimage” and the 2022 Pilgrimages for Christian Ministers.

Yours in Christ’s service,

Duane A. Kemerley

Greetings Sir Knights,

Hopefully all had a Merry Christmas and are looking to a better year.

The Grand Encampment was shut down the last of October.  The State Conclave was due to open in December but was shut down until further notice because of COVID-19.

Our Commandery did conduct a virtual meeting to include our Christmas Observance on December 9th.  We will continue to conduct virtual meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month until we are allowed to meet in person.  I will email invitations the Monday prior.

All Full form Opening reviews have been canceled for this year.  There is an abbreviated Order of the Temple that was to be conducted but, all of January inspections has been cancelled awaiting notice when the inspection season will resume.

This virus has caused many disruptions in all our lives.  Hopefully we can resume to normalcy very soon.  Please stay in touch through social media outlets, emails, text messaging or calling by phone.  We can help each other get past this.

Sincerely,
Tom DeFrieze