Montana
2007 - 2008
 
Gayle Holland, Worthy Grand Matron   Maurice "Mo" Veerkamp, Worthy Grand Patron
Gayle Holland (27/124)
Worthy Grand Matron
  "Mo" Veerkamp (19)
Worthy Grand Patron
   
Number of Active Chapters - 56
   
Grand Officers
Vickie Rauser (3), Assoc. Gr. Matron Maripat Hagen (44/32), Grand Organist
Boyd Mason (8), Assoc. Gr. Patron Patti Winn (44), Grand Adah
Marlene Pfaff (50), Grand Secretary Cathy Hoyem (63), Grand Ruth
L. Kaye Stam (53), Grand Treasurer Betty Boxmeyer (4), Grand Esther
Billeta Swallow (11/83), Grand Conductress Donna Rae Stollfuss (42), Grand Martha
Margo Hellickson (5/62), Assoc. Gr. Cond. Harriet Trowbridge (31), Grand Electa
Fern Thompson (1/50), Grand Chaplain Linda Sexton (126), Grand Warder
Elaine Robinson (87/132), Grand Marshal Carol Ankney (27), Grand Sentinel
   
General Grand Chapter Committee Members
Jeff Bolstad, PGP (89/18) Director, Visionquest
Kathy Miller, PGM (1/19) Public Relations
Norma Berry, PGM (32) Cancer Committee
Donna Ransdell, PGM (32/71) Visioneer for Montana
Polly Hanson, PGM (11) Credentials
Barbara Anderson (30) Friend of a Feather
   
Session:
"Reflections of God's Love"

Theme:
Enjoy the wonder and handiwork of the changing seasons in God's magnificent creation.

Aim:
Each day, look for the beauty that surrounds us - in nature, our family, friends and beautiful Order and give thinks to God.

Motto:
"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."  Psalms 118:24

WGM's Scriptures:
"There is a time for every thing, and a season for every activity under heaven."
Ecclesiastes 3:1

"I will lift up my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from?  My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth."
Psalms 121:1-2

WGP's Scripture:
"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall run and not be weary; and the shall walk, and not faint."
Isaiah 40:31

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Emblems:
Pastel Rainbow, Dove, Snowflakes, Snow Angels.

Flowers:
Wildflowers

WGM's Honor Station:
 Worthy Patron - in honor of my husband Don.

WGP's Honor Station:
 Chaplain

WGM's Fun Symbols:
Snowflakes, Snowmen and Snow Angels - Anything associated with the changing seasons.

WGP's Fun Symbols:
Golden Retrievers, Golfing, Hunting, Fishing, Horse Packing.

Colors:
Periwinkle blue, Sapphire blue, Mauve pink and Burgundy with accents of Silver and Gold.  All colors of the changing seasons.

Watchwords:
Peace, Love, Joy and Faith

WGM's Hymns:
How Great Thou Art, For The Beauty Of The Earth, Hymn Of Promise, On Eagles' Wings, Fill My Cup Lord, His Eye Is On The Sparrow, This Is My Father's World

WGM's Songs:
Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Somewhere My Love, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, Dream The Impossible Dream, I Believe, What A Wonderful World, Climb Every Mountain, Sunshine On My Shoulders, Let There Be Peace On Earth, It's Such A Pretty World Today, The Place Where I Worship, In This Very Room, St. Francis of Assisi

WGP's Hymns:
In The Garden, He Lives, The Place Where I Worship, Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, The Old Rugged Cross

WGP's Songs:
All Old Time Country/Western, John Denver's Annie's song, Sunshine On My shoulders, Lady

Memorial Flower:
The Peace Rose - In memory of PGM Dorothy R. Tadsen
 
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