Our Christmas party was so much fun .Some of the little kids got to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what they wanted. The Rainbow girls handed out music sheets and all different kinds of Christmas hats. We sang many Christmas songs. We even read “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” There were snacks later when a gingerbread man showed up. The gingerbread man took pictures with everyone. I can not wait until next year. Next years Christmas party will be even better.

Rainbow Love,

Sydney (Charity)

Dear Virginia Rainbow,

We have had a wonderful 2012!  Our membership has soared, thanks to your hard work and enthusiasm. Think about what we have accomplished in the past few months.  We had a successful Scholarship Golf Tournament, had fun with miniature golf, danced at the MCHQWA Ball, marched in the Masonic Family Day Parade, participated in a Jurisdictional School of Instruction, attended Richmond and Fairfax Assemblies for their Grand Visitations, had the fabulous annual Adult Leadership Weekend, had a Grand Representative/ Grand Officer outing, laid wreathes at Arlington Cemetery, and now are gearing up for Installation Season.

Dad J and I had a great time on the trip-of-a -lifetime to the Mediterranean in October.  We visited Barcelona, Toulon, Florence, Rome, Naples, Mykonos,  Istanbul, Athens, and Venice.  That is a total of 5 countries.  The first girl to send me the names of the countries will receive a prize.

Some really good news:  Ashburn Assembly is reorganizing to reopen very soon!  They have several girls committed to the Assembly and more to come.  I’ll keep you informed as the process progresses.

Happy New Year to all,

Mom J

You are cordially invited to the Fredericksburg Rainbow Assembly #12

Installation of Officers

and Advisory Board on

January 5^th 2013 at 2pm

at

Fredericksburg Lodge #4

803 Princess Anne Street,
Fredericksburg VA 22401

Dear Rainbow Family,

This fall has been very busy for me.  In October I spent over a week at the Supreme Temple in McAlester OK.  The first two days were meetings of the Supreme Executive Board.  The rest of the time was spent cleaning out the basement – old forms, old bank statements, old Supreme programs and then rearranging files of open and closed assemblies and entering assembly Grand Cross of Color information into a database.  I worked very hard along with our Supreme Worthy Advisor.  Many people don’t realize what it takes to run a business like Supreme Assembly and keep things current.  I love my time spent at the Temple and I encourage you to visit.  While I was there, I met the Grand Representative to Oklahoma to Virginia who came with her mother and sister to tour the Temple.  She has corresponded with Hanna Zafar and was so excited to meet someone from Virginia.  She was thrilled that I knew Hanna and we had a nice visit.  I’ve sent Hanna a picture. 

Snow, snow, snow.  That is what Dad Rennagel and I saw a lot of on our recent trip to Germany.  Every day it snowed except for one beautiful sunny day in Heidleburg.  We were on a Main River cruise through 34 locks from Nuremberg to Frankfurt and we had a great time.  We met many new friends and visited many Christmas markets.  

One night on board the ship there was a lecture about Christmas customs in Germany.  Many years ago, the German children didn’t have the popular advent calendars we have today.  Every day the children in the family would put a twig in the manger they had in or near their homes and when the manger was full it would be Christmas. 

On December 5 we put our shoes outside our cabin door and St. Nicholas put candy in them while we slept.  What a fun tradition. 

I wish you a very special holiday with your family and friends and I wish the best for our Virginia Rainbow in 2013. 

In Rainbow Love and Service,

 Mom Rennagel

Supreme Charity