Chapters of Instruction
The Ellington Chapter of Improvement meets throughout the summer months at Cookham Dean Village Hall, Church Road, Cookham Dean, Berkshire, starting mid-May until the end of August. Meetings are held on Tuesday evenings, starting at 8.00pm. Fees are £5 per year plus £1 per meeting to help defray the cost of hiring the Hall. Any profit is donated to Provincial Charities. All Companions are welcome, but priority is given to the Warwickshire Ritual.
For more information and directions to Cookham Dean Village Hall, contact:
Roger Dugan – 01494 713288 or rogerdugan@hotmail.com or
Roger Towers – 01628 634806 or towers877@btinternet.com
The Reading United Chapter of Instruction (RUCI), begun in 1938, has been in existence for nearly seventy years and over these years has enjoyed the membership, support and company of many famous and esteemed Companions.
The RUCI meets at Sindlesham on the first and third and Fridays of each month from September through to May, with the evenings work beginning at 7.45pm. The main objective of the instruction classes is to provide a means of opportunity for Principals and Companions of all Chapters to practice and improve their Ritual together with the often over looked aspect of carrying out the procedure of a Convocation.
In receiving instruction in Domatic, Aldersgate and other Rituals, Companions are not led away from the unique and traditional workings that exist in their own Chapters and it is further hoped to enhance and compliment those efforts made by the individual Chapter Preceptors and Directors of Ceremonies.
It is hoped that by joining the RUCI about the time of taking office as Sojourners in their Chapters, the instruction received will prepare and guide them through the various offices to the First Principal’s Chair. There can be little doubt that in the instruction’s relaxed and happy atmosphere those essential elements of Freemasonry, confidence and enjoyment will be achieved by a regular attendance.
For further information please contact the Scribe E, E Comp Victor (Vic) G Bickers
376 Finchampstead Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 3LA.
Tel: 01189 732872.
Or email: bicvic@tiscali.co.uk
