Tulsa Scottish Rite Building For Sale.....

[Conan71]

Hmm.  That might explain why my wife's company is moving their Xmas party next year to the Renaissance.  She's on their committees for their summer picnic and "winter ball."  She had just told me Monday they were moving it and thought it had something to do with how "bland" the place is.

They had it at the TSR the last couple of years because they have a large banquet room and I'm guessing the room rent was a bargain.

[Rowdy]

So is #34 Lucifer?

[Conan71]

Decline through attrition means there are fewer new recruits.  Why is that?  I know nothing about Freemasonry other than what is commonly published.  I've never been approached about it and to my knowledge no one in my circle of friends is a Freemason.

How do they go about attracting new memebers?  Do people show up on the doorstep and say they want to become one, or are they "sponsored" by an existing Freemason?

Just curious how it all works.

[sgrizzle]

Their main way of bringing people in is at a younger ago through demolay (boys) and rainbow (girls) which is still pretty popular.

It's also popular amongst people who make more than us. I was approached as a kid to come to a demolay meeting (first time I heard "Lords of Acid" and saw a pentagram) but never since then.

[RLitterell]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

Decline through attrition means there are fewer new recruits.  Why is that?  I know nothing about Freemasonry other than what is commonly published.  I've never been approached about it and to my knowledge no one in my circle of friends is a Freemason.

How do they go about attracting new memebers?  Do people show up on the doorstep and say they want to become one, or are they "sponsored" by an existing Freemason?

Just curious how it all works.

How it all works is this. No one will ever ask you to join the lodge, we do not recruit. If anyone is interested in joining and does not know a Mason then call a local lodge, they are listed in the phone book. Anyone there will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have. We are a fraternity. We are not satan worshipers or witches etc....
The only way to join is to ask. If you ask you will be given a petition for degrees and assisted through the process. We do a lot of charity work but that is not our mission. We are a brotherhood of men who desire to be better men through helping each other and to be better citizens. There is much more to it but to leangthy to go into here.
If you are interested PM me and I will be happy to put you in touch with a local lodge in Tulsa. I will also be happy to answer any questions you have via telephone.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Their main way of bringing people in is at a younger ago through demolay (boys) and rainbow (girls) which is still pretty popular.

It's also popular amongst people who make more than us. I was approached as a kid to come to a demolay meeting (first time I heard "Lords of Acid" and saw a pentagram) but never since then.

pancakes?

I'll stick to looking at "pornography" in the back of UT

[RLitterell]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Their main way of bringing people in is at a younger ago through demolay (boys) and rainbow (girls) which is still pretty popular.

It's also popular amongst people who make more than us. I was approached as a kid to come to a demolay meeting (first time I heard "Lords of Acid" and saw a pentagram) but never since then.

That is not a true statement. Both are appendent bodies of the lodge for children. Masonary is a fraternity for men so women, ie rainbow girls would not be allowed to join the Masonic lodge. Very few young men in Demolay go on to become Masons.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by RLitterell

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Their main way of bringing people in is at a younger ago through demolay (boys) and rainbow (girls) which is still pretty popular.

It's also popular amongst people who make more than us. I was approached as a kid to come to a demolay meeting (first time I heard "Lords of Acid" and saw a pentagram) but never since then.

That is not a true statement. Both are appendent bodies of the lodge for children. Masonary is a fraternity for men so women, ie rainbow girls would not be allowed to join the Masonic lodge. Very few young men in Demolay go on to become Masons.

Not every high school student goes to college, doesn't mean that isn't the point.

[RLitterell]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by RLitterell

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Their main way of bringing people in is at a younger ago through demolay (boys) and rainbow (girls) which is still pretty popular.

It's also popular amongst people who make more than us. I was approached as a kid to come to a demolay meeting (first time I heard "Lords of Acid" and saw a pentagram) but never since then.

That is not a true statement. Both are appendent bodies of the lodge for children. Masonary is a fraternity for men so women, ie rainbow girls would not be allowed to join the Masonic lodge. Very few young men in Demolay go on to become Masons.

Not every high school student goes to college, doesn't mean that isn't the point.

Maybe I mis-understood your point. You said "Their main way of bringing people in is at a younger ago through demolay (boys) and rainbow (girls)..." I said that wasn't a true statement and isn't. Rainbow is a girls program so Masonary doesn't draw from the Rainbows. I know it to be true that a very small percentage of Demolay boys go on to join the fraternity of Masonary. So it isn't true that bringing them in from those groups their main way of increasing membership. Also in a previous post I explained that Masonary does not recruit, you must ask a Mason in order to join so on that count your statement isn't correct as well. We do not recruit members.

[HazMatCFO]

I like Grand Poobah like Mr C. on Happy Days. The Fez hat is a lady killer.

[Wingnut]

I'd hate to see the building torn down and whatever go up there. I really like the parking lot as it has a great view in the evenings.

[Rico]

From today's "Tulsa Business Journal"


Masonic Landmark Purchased for $2.2 Million
Tulsa Business Staff
8/24/2007

Jameson Direct Inc. has purchased the Tulsa Scottish Rite property at 6355 East Skelly Dr. for $2.2 million. This Tulsa landmark was built in 1970 for the Tulsa Scottish Rite, with the auditorium added in 1972, and offers auditorium seating for over 600, a formal dining area with commercial kitchen, and has been the site of many Masonic events, weddings, and receptions over the past 37 years.

The building contains approximately 45,000 useable SF and rests on 7.784 acres of land. The Scottish Rite plans to relocate to another local facility.

Local businessman James R. Moore is principal in the buyer and has not announced final plans for the facility.

Tulsa broker Dave Hall with Imperial Properties handled the sale for the Scottish Rite and Kate Thorp with McGraw Realtors represented the buyer.

[Townsend]

http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=134616

Scottish Rite Auction
KOTV - 8/24/2007 4:22 PM - Updated 8/24/2007 4:22 PM
There's a rare chance to do some shopping at a Tulsa landmark. The Tulsa Scottish Rite building at 6355 East Skelly Drive has been sold, and the owners are cleaning house with an auction this weekend.

"We have cleaned the attic out, we have cleaned the basement out, we have found closets I didn't even know we had," said Keith Madden with the Tulsa Scottish Rite. "This is what you see behind us, those items that are not going to be practical for us to move to our new facility.

The Scottish Rite's new location will be near 51st & Mingo.

Furniture, desks, and cooking equipment are on the auction block. The sale starts at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 25th.

[Rico]

Some of you may already have knowledge of this.... I was surprised to find out just what   "group"
was setting up operations at the old Scottish Rite building...!
here are a few short quotes from the  website

"Building a TV Network is no small undertaking. But the potential impact made it an easy decision for one Tulsa-based team of media-savy Entrepreneurs."

"Faith Channel is the result of a long time vision coming to reality.  The founders of Faith Channel realize that millions of people will not attend a traditional church service or watch Christian Television today.  As a result, they have set out to build a network on strong biblical teaching that is delivered through unique and relevant methods.  A varied program schedule of emerging church teachers, talk shows, music videos, feature length films and reality / documentary programs is being built to carry out the vision of Faith Channel.  

Faith Channel has an aggressive expansion program to air programming around the globe in a short time frame.  Even though the method may be different, Faith Channel is committed to share the life-changing message of faith in Jesus Christ to all who will hear."
  From everything I have been told... The Scottish Rite building will be the "phone bank" portion of the project...

"To man the phone lines to handle the donations."

This is something I did not expect in that area...

I guess I am just naive about many things that go on in Tulsa...

"the group's' website

[sgrizzle]

So does that mean they are expanding into the U.S. because that channel was in Europe.