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Masonic Village News

News and updates from our five communities across the state.

  • Read article 'Dealing with the Hard Moments'

    May 3, 2015

    Life does terrible things to some people. As a matter of fact, life does harsh things to each and every one of us. Somewhere along the road we have to learn how to deal with the harsh facts.

  • Read article 'How to stay young forever!'

    April 26, 2015

    The human brain is not capable of grasping the idea of a spiritual realm or of eternity. These are truly beyond our understanding. All we can do is use a simile, an analogy, a metaphor.

  • Read article 'A Church of Seeds'

    April 19, 2015

    God creates us to be good, and if we live well, love God and help others, we can grow into a beautiful person. If we get lost or fail to follow God's teachings, we can be seeds that never grow.

  • Read article 'Unfinished Journeys'

    April 12, 2015

    The art of living is not so much our ability to pick one path and pursue it to the end. It has more to do with how well we can change paths and shift directions when the situation demands it.

  • Read article 'Tai Chi for Health'

    April 6, 2015

    Experience relaxation and enhanced Qi - life energy essential to good health and longevity - at Tai Chi for Arthritis®. The class is offered at the Masonic Village at Dallas in three-month sessions.

  • Read article 'Movement Through Music Therapy'

    April 6, 2015

    Music therapy is a growing health care profession in which credentialed professionals use music to improve an individual's physical, emotional and mental well-being.

  • Read article 'Is your heart at peace?'

    April 5, 2015

    Jesus said, "Peace be with you." But how and where do we find that peace? For many of us, peace will come only when we come to grips with our past.

  • Read article 'Conoy Creek Restoration Project'

    April 2, 2015

    In conjunction with several local organizations, in 2008, Masonic Village at Elizabethtown restored a portion of the Conoy Creek, which removed centuries of nutrient-laden sediments and restored 3,200 feet of the creek's floodplain.

  • Read article 'Farm Conservation in Central PA'

    April 2, 2015

    Dr. Larry Butler visited the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown Farm to highlight conservation practices, the past and future of the farm and what the land means to those who live and work at Masonic Village.

  • Read article 'Who understands love?'

    March 29, 2015

    "You know what I don't understand?" asked Lucy of Charlie Brown in my favorite comic strip -- "PEANUTS" by Charles Schultz. "I don't understand love!"

  • Read article 'Were you there?'

    March 22, 2015

    “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” is a question that has been asked through the ages. And every generation has provided its own answer. You and I must answer it as well.

  • Read article 'Food, Earthly Food'

    March 15, 2015

    In one way or another, many of us are obsessed with food, earthly food. Think what a difference it would make in our lives if we were equally obsessed with heavenly food, the food that Christ gives us.