As much as I love the charitable work we do, I love performing and one of my favorite passages during the ritual reads: “Our time upon the stage of action is but brief, yet in the drama each must play a part. The character is left for each to choose; a villain if we will, […]
Continue readingER Article – End of the Year Wrap-Up
As the 208-2019 lodge year comes to a close I look back and am amazed at how fast it has progressed! We have changed a few things up like the birthday steak dinner, while it’s only held quarterly, you can get your free dinner anytime during the year without worrying if you’re gone during your […]
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Mojaveelks.com Takes First Place
Our website, mojaveelks.com received a citation from California-Hawaii Elks Association (chea-elks.org) for having the best website out of all 168 CHEA lodges. Thanks to our members for providing timely and relevant information to the site.
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In Keeping With The Season
Great Ruler of the universe, all-seeing and benign, Look down upon and bless our work, and be all glory Thine; May Charity as taught us here be ever borne in mind, The Golden Rule our motto true, for days of Auld Lang Syne. BPOE opening ode sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne Whether it is a […]
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Mojave Elks #2059 Veterans
On November 11, 2018, Mojave Elks Lodge celebrated our Veteran’s with a BBQ / Potluck, which as attended by Veteran’s and our Mojave Queens. We take a moment to say Thank You to our members who have served our country. Below is a list of our current members who have served in the Armed Forces. Please […]
Continue readingThe Obligation, Our Faithful Guide and Constant Monitor
John F Kennedy, a notable member of our order, is often quoted as saying “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”. While we often use this quote when we’re trying to rally support for an event or a cause, however, Former President Kennedy finished his […]
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Why Elks?
In its entirety our mission statement reads: “To inculcate the principles of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity; to recognize a belief in God; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its Members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to […]
Continue readingVirtues and Blessings
The faults of our members we write upon the sand, their virtues upon the tablets of love and memory… Forgetting faults is not always an easy task and sometimes the sand tends to solidify for a time before it is blown away to become dust in the wind, but fortunately, I have seen the members […]
Continue readingTime Flies and Thanks Abound
Time waits for no one and it is flying by here at the lodge! It is so easy to find fault these days with what was done wrong, what wasn’t done, what should have be done differently… you get the idea. We all have our ideas of “how” something “should” be and too often, we […]
Continue readingMoving Forward and Ritual Contest Thank You
April saw the lodge off and running full steam with many new officers and committee chairs. Life is like that – we never know how things may change and the beauty of this group is that we adapt. You’ll notice we have a new Kitchen Manager and I’m SO excited that Sandra Baker has accepted […]
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