St. John's Masonic Lodge #5 AF & AM

10/21/2026

Worshipful Master David Gonzalez and the officers and members of St. John’s Lodge No. 5 presented Drew and Becka Ryder of On the River Restaurant and Swamp Shack with the Community Builder Award this evening. It was a very nice presentation and the Ryders are very deserving members of our community.

09/29/2026

Can y’all smell the goodness!? 😋

Redfish Lafayette & Green Beans

Supporting our local businesses is the key to our town’s success!

Honore's Cajun Cafe - West Columbia we are so excited y’all are here! 🤗

09/02/2026

St. John’s Lodge No. 5 had the privilege of welcoming our District Deputy Grand Master, RW Wesley Burnett, for his Official Visit this evening. We appreciate his dedication to our district!

08/27/2026

Tickets are now available for the MWSA 31-C 1st Annual Festive Board, Honoring or DDGM, RW Wesley Burnett. Bro. Steve Baylor will be our Guest Speaker.

The Festive Board will be held Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 5. Doors open at 6pm, Call to Order at 7pm.

Tickets are $50 and include a steak and baked potato dinner with salad and dessert.

BYOB for toasts.

Only 40 tickets will be sold, so get your tickets quick!

Please contact Paul Knight, Tim Shotts, Kevin Barber, or Don Williams for tickets

08/26/2026

St. John’s Lodge No. 5 is conferring an EA Degree this evening, Wednesday, August 26th. Dinner is at 6:30pm with the degree to follow at 7pm.

06/27/2026

St. John’s Lodge No. 5 Installation of 2026-2027 Officers

06/17/2026

Great meeting this evening! WM Don Bogy has led his last Stated Meeting in the East and we elected our new officers for 2026-2027.

Thank you to WM Bogy for his leadership and hospitality this year.

Thank you to the brothers of Blessing Lodge No. 411 for visiting. WM-Elect Terry Ming of Blessing Lodge No. 411 presented Bro. Sandy Weems with an “Eagle” feather for his years of service of being an Eagle Scout.

05/22/2026

05/20/2026

St. John’s Lodge No. 5 and Frontier Lodge No. 28 joined together for their Scholarship & Awards Night. There was a great meal, fantastic fellowship, and a very nice awards ceremony led by WM Don Bogy of St. John’s Lodge No. 5 and WM James Harvey of Frontier Lodge No. 28.

St. John’s Lodge No. 5 presented awards which totaled $17,500. The recipients are:

Mirabeau B. Lamar Award of Excellence:
Kenley Kincannon
Ava Thayer

Scholarships:
Laken Roberson
Hannah Deen
Luis Garcia Arriaza
Luke Breazeale
Brody Sills
Francisco Guevara
Mamie Chambless
Jenna Ringgold
Cade Thoe
Bo Wright

Continuing Education:
Alena Thayer
Genesis Kay

Honesty & Integrity Award:
Faith Barnett
Easton Danford

Teacher Honorarium Award:
Cyndi Barnett
Lauren Jones

Frontier Lodge No. 28 presented Mirabeau B. Lamar Award of Excellence scholarships totaling $1,500 to:
Brette Hyatt
Brody Sills
Luke Breazeale

05/06/2026

On behalf of St. John’s Lodge No. 5, WM Don Bogy presented the Community Builder Award to Mr. Quentin Fojtik this evening.