Knoxville Scottish Rite

Today is Election Day. Knoxville Valley encourages everyone to take the time to make their voice heard and exercise their right to vote.

Regardless of which candidates you support, participating in our elections is an important civic responsibility and one of the freedoms we are fortunate to share.

Get out and vote today!

Join us this evening at the Knoxville Scottish Rite Temple for our stated meeting.

Meal begins at 5:00 PM
Consistorians at 6:30 PM
KSA at 7:00 PM
Stated Meeting at 7:30 PM

Dress is casual business attire. Please bring any petitions that need to be voted on.

Don’t forget, our Reunion will be held Saturday, August 1 and Saturday, August 8.

See you at the Temple!

The Knoxville Valley Scottish Rite Summer Reunion is coming up on August 1 and August 8, 2026!

This is a great opportunity to reconnect with Brothers from across the Valley, continue your journey through the degrees, and strengthen the bonds of friendship, service, and fraternity.

Petitions are available now. For more information, contact the Knoxville Scottish Rite Office at (865) 524-3459.

Make plans to join us for two meaningful weekends of Brotherhood, Tradition, and Service.

We hope to see you there!

As we celebrate America's 250th Birthday, we want to wish everyone a safe and happy Independence Day!

Please note our upcoming office schedule:

📅 Office Closed: July 2–3

📅 Office Hours: July 6–9
🕘 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

If you call the office and we're unable to answer, please leave a voicemail and we'll return your call as soon as possible.

Also, Tracy will be on vacation from July 2 through July 10, so we appreciate your patience during this time.

From all of us at Knoxville Scottish Rite, we wish you and your family a wonderful Fourth of July as we celebrate 250 years of America! 🇺🇸🎆

🏌️‍♂️ Join Us for the 16th Annual Knoxville Scottish Rite Foundation Golf Classic! 🏌️‍♀️

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 27, 2026, and spend a day on the course while helping support two incredible programs: the Mercy Fund and the Speech & Hearing Program.

We're looking for:
⛳ Golf Teams
🤝 Sponsors
🎁 Door Prize Donations
🛍️ Silent Auction Items
🍿 Snack & Goodie Bag Donations

Whether you're a golfer, business owner, or community supporter, there are plenty of ways to get involved and make a difference.

📍 Three Ridges Golf Course – Knoxville, TN
📞 For team registration, sponsorship opportunities, or additional information, call (865) 524-3459.

Celebrate 225 Years of Scottish Rite!

On Sunday May 31st, 2026 The Mother Council of the World returns to the place it all began: Charleston, South Carolina.

This historic live stream event will be broadcast on the House of the Temple's YouTube channel beginning at 1pm Eastern with greetings from across the Southern Jurisdiction and at 2pm the Supreme Council will open a special 225th Anniversary session LIVE from the Valley of Charleston.

To make sure you don't miss a minute of this once-in-a-lifetime event, click the link to subscribe to the channel and don't forget to click the bell icon to turn on notifications for the latest updates!

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Join us tonight for our Stated Meeting at 7:30 PM.

We look forward to welcoming our members for an evening of fellowship, business, and continuing the traditions that have made Knoxville Valley so special through the years.

See you tonight!

Dear Brethren, Friends, and Readers of the Scottish Rite Journal,

May is upon us, and with spring comes a new issue of the Scottish Rite Journal. The spirit of travel is in the air, as we venture to “Fabulous Las Vegas,” the setting for our visit to Leadership Conferences as well as the latest destination of the Masonic Traveler. Here we read there is much more to Las Vegas than entertainment shows and casinos as we experience stunning Italianate architecture, a new Masonic library, and a dramatic “Rite on the Road” Scottish Rite Fourth Degree that can be set up anywhere, in this case, in a Vegas hotel!

Travel, perhaps in anticipation of the trips many of us take in summer, is also the theme of the second installment of a look at the Masonic degrees in Guthrie, Oklahoma, as writer James Wade D’Acosta, 32º, traverses the Northern and Southern Masonic Jurisdictions. Richard A. Kratochvil, 32º, then explains how the Scottish Rite degrees and philosophy enable us to travel out of our comfort zones in order to see the world through multiple cultural lenses.

We then wend our way to the California Scottish Rite to learn about its public service award, followed by the anticipation of our late-May “Return Home to Charleston,” birthplace of our Southern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite. For those who dream of a European excursion, the Masonic Puzzle features Westminster Abbey, Salisbury Cathedral, and other “Cathedrals and Churches.”

In the From the Pages of Amicus Illuminismi series, we travel vicariously “to make friends with people of a distant past,” that is, the authors of classic books. More literary travels and adventures await as we explore the four Cardinal Virtues in Rudyard Kipling and the sublime notion of awen, or breath, in medieval Welsh literature and culture. With so much talk of books, including two book reviews, it comes as little surprise when Ill. James D. Cole, 33º, devotes his Grand Commander’s Message to “A Bookmark,” a “useful device to mark a special place in a book,” and by extension, our current “location on life’s journey.”

As testimony to the variety of topics found in each Scottish Rite Journal, Chips from the Quarry features “Pioneers in Technology”—Freemasons who “turned the theoretical ideas of others into revolutionary technological developments that have shaped our modern world.”

As readers make their own summer travel plans, perhaps they will be inspired to travel to new places and explore new vistas after reading the current Scottish Rite Journal!

Sincerely and fraternally,

Dr. Mark Dreisonstok, 33°
Managing Editor
The Scottish Rite Journal

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At our April stated meeting, several brothers were proudly presented with their Scottish Rite Patents.

Bro. Billy Miller presented patents to Bros. Michael Massengale and Thomas Byrd.

Bro. Sam Powers presented the patent to Bro. Devin Cowell.

Congratulations to these brothers on this important milestone in their Masonic journey. We appreciate your dedication to the Craft and look forward to your continued fellowship and service.

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