Rainbow Spirit

In this issue, there are a lot of "Sunday Comics"! And recaps on the Constitution and First Official Visit. Check out who our out-of-state visitors were and count how many girls were added to our family this month! Don't forget to show your support by clicking on the heart icon and liking us.

Tentative Jurisdictional Calendar with Deadlines

Nov 10 – Deadline for Ham and Turkey Scholarship Fund-raiser

Nov 15 – Grand Cross of Color (local observance)

Dec 9 – Charity District Rainbow Road (Goose Creek/Summerville)

Dec 15 – Annual Reports Open

Dec 16 – Dining in the Dark Scholarship Dinner (Harmony in Mauldin)

Dec 30 – Jurisdictional Fun Event (Newport near Rock Hill)

Jan 6 – Mother Advisor/Adult Worker Seminar (location to be announced)

Jan 15 – Annual Reports Due

Feb 10 or 17 – Sock Hop (location to be announced)

Feb or Mar – Faith and Hope District Rainbow Road Trip (Columbia)

Mar 15 – Grand Assembly Session Registration sent to Assemblies

Mar 23 or Apr 6 – Subordinate Assembly Installation of Officers

Apr 15 – Ad Sales Deadline

Apr 20 – Charity District Official Visit (location to be announced)

May 1 – Grand Appointments Recommendations Deadline

May 4 – Color Run (location to be announced)

May 15 – Grand Representatives’ Reports Deadline

May 15 – Grand Assembly Session Registration Deadline

May 18 – Scholarship Tea (Laurens)

Jun 1 – Additional Forms Deadline

Jun (26) 27-30 – Grand Assembly Session (Columbia)

Jul 8 – Founder's Day (local observance)

Jul 21-24 – Supreme Assembly Session (Hampton VA)

TBA (Spring) – Grand Officers’ Rehearsal/Grand Representatives’ Meeting

October reminders for your Rainbow Assembly:

• Submit meeting reports to the Supreme Inspector using the Google Form at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSet-kQpdfAUpxFC9gttWjMA3a6fGBtoun2I2ndNk8FjFnqz8w/viewform?usp=sharing
• Turn in Service Hours for Supreme Worthy Advisor Membership and Service Incentive Program. Log your hours at https://forms.gle/LSQRpXwFNRBvrVSV9

• Plan Grand Cross of Color Observance for November 15.
• By November 5, submit a list of names for the 2024 Advisory Board to the Supreme Inspector.
• Plan a fall prospect event.
  
• Participate in Grand Worthy Advisors' fundraisers
• Participate in Grand Worthy Associate Advisors' fundraisers
• Clean out the Assembly's storage at the Masonic Lodge and complete an inventory.

November Emphasis: Veteran’s Day; Thanksgiving; *Lessons of Chaplain and Charity

November 15 –Grand Cross of Color (local observance)

Reminders: Instructions for the 2024 Annual Reports arrive from the Supreme Inspector at the end of the month.

November reminders for your Rainbow Assembly:

• Christmas Greenery Fundraiser begins November 1.
• Deadline for Ham and Turkey Sales fundraiser for our scholarship fund is November 10.
• Plan to attend the Charity District Rainbow Road Trip on December 9.
  
• Plan to attend the Dining in the Dark Scholarship Dinner on December 16. Deadline for ordering tickets is December 9.
• Plan to attend the Jurisdictional Fun Event on December 30. More information will be sent on December 1.

Hi Everyone! Atlas here!

It was wonderful getting to see all of you at the Official Visit on Saturday, especially Hope Shines which has now been officially constituted as an assembly! I am so proud of all the girls who said their parts and participated in the official visit, and I am especially excited to welcome six whole new members into Rainbow! Along with the two girls from Summerville, and one from West Columbia- we have initiated nine girls this month! I am happy that Rainbow has a real place in our lives, and hope to see it grow and flourish even more in the months ahead.

Do you know where Waldo is? Keep a look out for where he’s headed next! Don’t forget to be on the lookout for our polos, term pins, chocolate sales, and our upcoming Christmastime sales!! Please let Ashley know how many cases of chocolate your assembly is willing to sell.

Speaking of chocolate, have a Spookley Halloween!

And speaking of Spookley, the courtesy at the official visit was an excellent anti-bullying message and encapsulates our motto and watchword of kindness.

Kindness is something incredibly important to our year, and to us as members of Rainbow. The smallest act of kindness can change someone’s life, even if at the moment they seem so trivial. Every time you choose kindness bears incredible significance.

Remember, you are God's masterpiece!

~Atlas & Ashley <3

Hello South Carolina Rainbow Family!

Our Grand Year is well underway. While we have enjoyed some exciting events, there are many more to come. Ashley has some wonderful plans and I hope that you will be a part of them!

Ashley’s plans include her challenging Ritualistic Program. Our Rainbow Girls are encouraged to proficiently present any two Bow Stations for the Novice Level, an additional two Bow Stations for the Intermediate Level, and the other three Bow Stations for the Advance Level (aka Super Seven). I do hope that all Rainbow Girls will participate—not just to get prizes from the prize box (and there are some great prizes in that box), but for another very important reason.

Part of our mission as a youth organization is to prepare girls for “responsible and purposeful adulthood through character and leadership development.” The lessons of our Bow, while over 100 years old, are still relevant for today. They teach seven ideals that are profoundly important to character development for “purposeful adulthood.” But the only way that these lessons can have a life-changing effect on our Rainbow Girls is for them to learn them; not only to memorize them, but to understand what they mean. It may be productive to schedule time with your Assembly to have some discussion about the meaning of just one Bow lecture and how it applies to our everyday lives. That would provide seven very important discussions that may benefit everyone who participates.

Each of us begins our lives as a blank canvas and our experiences throughout life provide brushstrokes on that canvas. Rainbow can provide the positive experiences to create the most colorful of paintings. Our work as a Rainbow Family is to “create a masterpiece” of each girl and adult associated with South Carolina Rainbow. One way we can do so is by giving careful attention to the meaning of each of our beautiful colors.

With Ritual in hand to learn more about our Bow,

Mrs. Dedra

I am so enjoying my travels!

Thank you for taking me to OES meetings, Pledge meetings, Rainbow meetings, the Constitution, the first OV of our year, and serving for the OES! I do enjoy my time with you!

This month my adventures took me from Greenwood to the Constitution of Hope Shines, from North Augusta, I went to Harmony Assembly and attended a meeting and they took me with them to Newport for the Official Visit of Faith & Hope District. India rescued me after the Official Visit and I traveled to Hartsville Masonic Lodge and then over to Sumter to Iris OES for a Dinner where the Rainbow Girls were serving, now I am waiting to see where Dentsville takes me next!

I've traveled 372 miles this month! A total of 866 miles! I hope the rest of the herd is traveling too! My adventures have been lots of fun so far and I can't wait to visit all of the Assemblies. Make sure to take lots of photos with me when I do visit so that we can share our adventures!

<3 Waldo

The Supreme Worthy Advisor Service and Membership Program started on August 1, 2022, and runs until July 2024.

Service Hours can be turned in using the Get Pumped QR code above or this link: https://forms.gle/LSQRpXwFNRBvrVSV9

Red Charm – first-line signer on ONE application or second-line signer on TWO applications

All other charms – Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet are awarded for every 20 hours of community service.

Adults you can participate too! Adults it's $9.50 for you to be able to receive the charm bracelet.

Did you know if you start saving now you could have enough money saved to attend Supreme Assembly in July!

If you start in October bringing $50 to each meeting through May and depositing it into your Assembly account, you would have $800 saved for the trip. Or if you start now and bring $40 and save through the first meeting in July you will also have $800 towards going to Supreme Assembly. Of course, you could also have multi-family yard sales or car washes to help raise the money too.

We would love as many as possible to go to Supreme and we would love to have a Ritual Team to participate! So start saving money and working on your memory work!

We are looking forward to the Rainbow Road Trip on December 9th!

What a great October! Sophia was installed as Worthy Advisor, we had a wonderful Pledge meeting, and we initiated 2 girls during our 61st Birthday Celebration! Welcome Ryce and Elizabella!

The Greenwood Sunshine Drop Pledge girls hosted Waldo after Grand Family and they are currently working on their Rainbow Bingo Board. At the Official Visit, Lillie G. and Star H. were initiated into Rainbow and we already have more applications!

We had a great time visiting West Columbia's Halloween Party!

It has been a fast and busy month. Alyssa A. and Madyson A. had the honor of serving as officers for the Constitution of Hope Shines Assembly on September 30th. This was a wonderful day full of laughter, tears, and shines. Hope Shines Assembly has worked a long time to become #58. We hope to be traveling back to the assembly to help them initiate some new members.

We had the opportunity to prepare and serve a meal for Cayce Masonic Lodge on Monday, October 2. Addie H, Peyton S., Alyssa A., Madyson A., and Kara W. enjoyed looking at the pictures in the dining room before the meal. We also delivered some treats to the Cayce Fire Department that evening.

West Columbia has a new member. Sophia C. joined our assembly at our first meeting in October. We enjoyed having her parents and grandmothers attend the meeting. A special thanks to members of Dentsville and Newport Assemblies, and Kara W. for coming to help with the initiation. You are amazing. We can't forget to thank Mrs. Heather and Mrs. Michelle for bringing the girls to help us.

We are looking forward to the Faith and Hope District Official Visit and our Halloween party at our next regular meeting.

Rainbow Love to all of our sisters, adult workers, and friends.

News from the Creek

Our Installation was October 17th and we have a Fall Festival coming up at 1:00 pm on November 4th at Goose Creek Masonic Lodge, 145 St. James Ave, Goose Creek, SC 29445. Bring donations for the Animal Society to support our Worthy Advisor's project. RSVP to Ms. Michele at micheleeshirey@gmail.com

Dentsville had its Installation of Officers on October 7th and Kirsten was installed as Worthy Advisor. We participated in the Faith and Hope Official Visit, served dinner at Iris OES Chapter, and are hosting Waldo. We are having a Trunk or Treat on October 31st!

Newport had a fantastic time at our Alice in Wonderland Mystery Faith's Tea and we enjoyed Hamilton for our Installation of Officers and are looking forward to Faith's term as Worthy Advisor.

We enjoyed hosting the Faith & Hope District Official Visit and had so much fun decorating for "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".

We have really enjoyed traveling this month and visiting with other Assemblies!

November 11th at 12:30 we will have a potluck for our Grand Cross of Color Observance.

So much love to all of our Rainbow Sisters,

<3 Newport

This month Harmony #57 had a very eventful month. Waldo joined us for our ritual meeting where we also practiced for our upcoming Official Visit. Harmony Assembly was represented at the Palmetto Lodge #19 rededication for their 175th anniversary. The Rainbow Girls and pledges answered questions, collected some donations, and sold some pins for the scholarship fund. The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ancient Freemasons of South Carolina and the Grand Line were in attendance for the momentous occasion. We were able to stay and witness the rededication ceremony. On Saturday, Oct 14, the Rainbow Girls and pledges served at the Empire Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Official visit. The girls helped serve breakfast and drinks, chatted with the members in attendance about Rainbow, and cleaned up afterward. Worthy Grand Matron and Worthy Grand Patron were also in attendance. All the ladies and girls had a good time. Last but not least, we hosted a Halloween get-together for Rainbow Girls, pledges, and hopefully soon-to-be Rainbow Girls. Our Worthy Advisor Jasmine L. made three different Halloween stations. She had a cookie decorating station where you decorated Halloween cookies. There was a comic strip station where the girls created their own comic strips. The last station was a Halloween game station. Waldo got to dress up in costume and join in the Halloween fun. Everyone had a blast!

Hope Shines Assembly and Advisory Board would like to say thank you to everyone who helped make our Constitution such a special day for us. We have worked hard and will continue to do so to grow.

Alyssa was also Installed as Worthy Associate Advisor that day and will be working on planning her term as Worthy Advisor.

Our current Charity project is blessing boxes around our neighborhoods. There are many in our area and we are each working on helping out where we can.

Alyssa has been volunteering at the North Augusta Community Ministry in the food bank. She helps stock the shelves when donations come in and prepares bags according to a list for those people in need of emergency food.

Trunk or Treat! Hartsville Masonic Lodge October 31st, 6:00 - 8:00

Goose Creek Assembly No. 39 Fall Festival at 1:00 p.m. on November 4th at Goose Creek Masonic Lodge, 145 St. James Ave, Goose Creek, SC 29445. Bring donations for the Animal Society to support our Worthy Advisor's project. RSVP to Ms. Michele at micheleeshirey@gmail.com.

Newport Potluck Grand Cross Observance November 11th at 12:30 - bring something to share!

SCAMM is in the beginning stages of a project to assist with funds for scholarships. SCAMM is asking for donations of men’s button-down shirts that can be turned into aprons to keep food off of the young ladies' beautiful gowns. If you have a shirt from someone special, just let us know when the shirt is turned in so we can get that specific apron back to them. We will be gladly accepting men’s button-down shirts at the next few jurisdictional get-togethers like the school of instruction. The aprons will go on sale as soon as the finished products have been created. Please feel free to reach out to Lynn Carter or Heather Kamphaus for any questions or concerns.

Our SCAMM Fall Retreat has been cancelled and other plans are being made for the Spring! Please be on the lookout for dates and information!

It was a beautiful day to Constitute Hope Shines Assembly # 58 on September 30th! We were greeted at the door by red spider lilies, one of our flowers this year, it excited Ashley to see these on the way into the Lodge. The Grand Officers and protems did a beautiful job with their work, and the Constitution Team was awesome! The food was delicious and the fellowship was wonderful. Lots of tears were shed on this joyous occasion. We wish for Hope Shines to continue to shine!

We searched for the Great Pumpkin as everyone was welcomed to our pumpkin patch at Newport Assembly #52 for the Faith and Hope District Official Visit!

The food was yummy, the decorations delightful, the courtesy on bullying was Spookley, and the girls did a fantastic job as we welcomed 6 new members into SCIORG! Welcome, welcome, welcome, Scarlett G. Tatianna J., Teagan Z., Savannah Z., Lillie G., and Star H., we are so glad that you are now a part of our family! Our first Official Visit for the year was amazing. We even had a few who bobbed for apples and had apple cider and dessert after the OV. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the girls. We were very excited that Dad Joe and Mom Kelly came from Virginia to visit us too! We hope to see everyone at our next event.

Link to order Polos - https://forms.gle/s8ULVzLJodYtgkH99

Small - XL $25, XXL $27, XXXL $28

Editor and Publisher Protem: Michelle Lusk

sciorgmmpr@gmail.com

Supreme Charity and Supreme Inspector: Dedra Hart

PGHope79@aol.com

This publication acknowledges allegiance to the Supreme Assembly, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, whose seat of authority is in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA; of which the late Reverend W. Mark Sexson was the founder; of which Mrs. Kay Letterman is the Supreme Worthy Advisor; and to the Grand Jurisdiction of South Carolina of which Ashley Lusk is Grand Worthy Advisor and Mrs. Dedra A. Hart is Supreme Inspector