SECOND DAY - SECOND SESSION
Friday, December 4, 2009

 9:00 a.m.  Opening of the One Hundred Seventy-Fourth Grand Annual Communication
of The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas, by M:.W:. David Counts, Grand Master.

Report of Committee on Credentials by Brother Clay Smith, Chairman.

Resolution seating all Master Masons by R:.W:. Vernon Burke, Jr., Past
Grand Master.

Resolution fixing day and time for election of Officers of the M: W: Grand Lodge of Texas for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 5, 2009 by R\W\ Graham Childress, Past Grand Master.                                

Resolution fixing day and time for Installation of Officers of the M: W: Grand Lodge of Texas for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 5, 2009 by R:.W:. Fred Allen, Past Grand Master.

Report of Grand Master by M:.W:. David Counts, Grand Master. 

Report of Grand Treasurer by R:.W:. Archie Scott, Grand Treasurer.

Report of Grand Secretary by R:.W:. Tommy Guest, Grand Secretary.
 
Report of the Grand Lodge Trustees by R:.W:. Tommy Guest, Grand Secretary. 

Report of the Masonic Grand Lodge Library and Museum of Texas by R:.W:. Tommy Guest, Grand Librarian.

Report of the Texas Masonic Charities Foundation by R:.W:. Tommy Griffin, President.

Report of the Square and Compasses Holding Inc. by Brother  James Nyfeler, Sr., President.

Committee Reports:
Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence on Resolutions, Recommendations and Procedures by Brother Russell Brown, Chairman.
Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence on Assigned Resolutions by Brother Russell Brown, Chairman.
[Order and Committee Reports to be determined from Resolutions]
Committee on Purposes and Policies by R:.W:. Leonard Harvey, Past Grand Master, Chairman.
Committee on Work by R\W\ T. K. Anthony, Chairman.
Committee on Civil Law by Brother Robert Glasgow, Chairman.
Committee on Finance by R:.W:. David Dibrell, Past Grand Master, Chairman.
Committee on By-Laws by Brother Duane Anthony, Chairman.
Committee on Fraternal Relations by R:.W:. Reese Harrison, Past Grand Master, Chairman.
Committee on Membership by Brother Raymond Wiggins, Chairman.

9:00 a.m. Coffee honoring Mary Counts and the ladies of the 2009 Grand Lodge Officers, Lower Floor, Grand Lodge Building.  All Ladies Invited.
10:00 a.m. Ladies tour to Salado for shopping and lunch at the Stagecoach Inn.  Depart from lower level 7th Street entrance of the Grand Lodge. (Deadline for tickets, November 16).  Two other Waco tours (Homes or Museums) are planned for the same time.  All Ladies invited.

12:00 Noon (approximately) Grand Lodge Called From Labor.
                  
    Prayer by R:.W:. Steven Pepper, Grand Chaplain.

SECOND DAY - THIRD SESSION
Friday, December 5, 2008

1:15 p.m. Prelude of Piano Music by W:. Michie Brous, Grand Organist.

1:30 p.m. Recognition of Masons who have served in the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate (Past & Present) and such Brothers that helped in the passage of the Grand Lodge legislation to eliminate the ad valorem taxes for Lodges.

Grand Oration by R:.W:. Jerry Martin, Grand Orator. 

Grand Lodge Called to Labor

    Invocation by R:.W:.Steven Pepper, Grand Chaplain.

Committee Reports (Continued):
Committee on Communication by Brother Stan Madden, Chairman.
Committee on Grievances and Appeals by Brother Wendell Miller, Chairman.
Committee on Internet by Brother Don Comedy, Chairman.
Committee on Investments by Brother Bob Hurt, Chairman.
Committee on Masonic Education and Service by Brother Robert Northcutt, Chairman.
Committee on Masonic Graduates Advisory by Brother Richard Baker, Chairman.
Committee on Mediation No. 1 (West Zone) by Brother Gary Farley, Chairman.
Committee on Mediation No. 2 (East Zone) by Brother Kenneth Dollinger, Chairman.
Committee on Public Education by Brother Jerry Kirby, Chairman.
Committee on Youth Activities by Brother Buster Williams, Chairman.
Committee on Audit by Brother Fred Smith, Chairman.
Committee on Gift of Life by Brother Jackie Patterson, Chairman.
Committee on Governmental Affairs by Brother Robert Glasgow, Chairman.
Committee on Insurance Advisory by Brother Jack Harper, Chairman.
Committee on Lodge Assistance Mentor Program by Brother Gary Alexander, Member.
Committee on Memorials by Brother Larry Blanchard, Chairman.
Committee on Petitions and Returns of Lodges Under Dispensation by Brother John Wilkerson, Chairman.
Committee on Photography by Brother Don Comedy, Chairman.
Committee on Special Assignments by R\ W\ Jerry Martin, Chairman.
Committee on Take Time to Read by Brother Robert Foreman, Chairman.
Final Report of Committee on Credentials by Brother Clay Smith, Chairman.
Committee on Texas History by Brother Dick Brown, Chairman.
5:15 p.m. (approximately) Grand Lodge Called from Labor.

    Prayer by R:.W:. Steven Pepper, Grand Chaplain.