Cinema Grotto

My Fellow Prophets!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

I hope everybody had a great Christmas / Holiday season and is looking forward to a great 2017!

Our first meeting of the New Year is at 7:30 pm on January 20, 2017, at Old West Lodge in Newhall. I would like to thank Past Monarch Levi Quintana for leading us through another successful year, steadily growing in numbers and of course our internationally known fellowship at Chi Chi’s where Prophet Tim Lahr recruits Farmer’s Only Members and we have a steady stream of onions from Prophet Ralph Morton! Always a great time with you all there! I encourage everyone to bring families as well if possible!

We shall be graced by our amazing Past Monarch, Joey Lamberti as Supreme Council District Deputy in his official visit and PM Dan Hood, NEW President of the Western Grotto Association! I smell a bourbon/grape juice tasting coming very soon at his lovely home! (With or without his permission! )

The Grotto has always been great, really it is such a great Grotto, ask anybody that knows about it and they’ll tell you how great it really is but I’m going to make the Grotto Great-er again! New Prophets already in line to join, a steady stream of events lined up, our BBQ’s, charity dental events, family events, a fund raiser and hopefully a trip out of state!! I would also like to resume going to Blue Lodges again to raise awareness about our organization and increase in numbers!

This shouldn’t be a shock but I am requiring ALL members to come in their Fez and Grotto shirt (Thank you to brother Gonzaga for assisting with the orders!) for every single meeting and event or prepare to receive a $5 penalty each time, no exceptions. In the month of November, I will be utilizing the total penalties accumulated and put towards a surprise Grotto shirt/red-tie event!

I hope to see everyone at our first meeting of the year prepared for a great time and year ahead! As a reminder, please pay your hefty Grotto dues to remain in good standing and get On the Line (online) to CinemaGrotto.com for regular updates!

Yours in Fellowship,
Armen Adzhemyan
Monarch of Cinema Grotto

My Fellow Prophets,

Winter is coming…

… and by the time it has arrived, we will have a new Monarch!

Yes, the time has come for me to step down as the head of Cinema Grotto and allow a new sucker… I mean Brother… to take the helms and lead us onward. As cliché as it may sound, looking back, this year has gone by so fast. I am damn sure I will never forget it.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween and even though Christmas decorations are going up everywhere, let us not forget that that one little known holiday Thanksgiving falls somewhere in between those two.

At our next meeting on Friday, we will have Joey’s official visit to the Grotto as our Inspector, so everyone be on your best behavior. Let’s try to get as many of us to attend to see to that.

And next month, I will look forward to sitting in the audience with all of you.

As always: Stay safe and I’ll see you all at the Lodge.

Yours in fellowship,

Monarch (for the last time!) Levi Quintana

My Fellow Prophets,

Summer has passed, Fall is upon us and this Friday, so is our October meeting!

With our meeting this month, we will be finalizing the UCP Christmas Parties as well as the date for incoming Monarch Armen’s installation. On that note, I now segue into the other big event of the night – we will be voting on the new Officers for 2017! Please, we would like as many Prophets as possible to attend to cast your votes.

Lastly, as with all of the October meetings, it will be interesting to see some of our Prophets in costume. Just remember: Pants are not optional and there is no shame in waxing.

As always Prophets, stay safe and I’ll see you all at the Lodge.

Yours in fellowship,

Monarch Levi Quintana

My fellow Prophets,

Summer is almost over, the third Friday of the month is almost upon us, and that means our monthly meeting!

Though I wasn’t able to make the BBQ this past weekend, I would like to thank the Prophets that were able to attend. I am sure that the residents were stoked to have us there. At our next meeting, I’d like to discuss the Christmas events for the UCP homes that should be coming up in a few months.

One other thing I would like to cover at our next meeting is the Magic Castle trip and it’s status. There seems to be differing information about the dates as well as how many Prophets will actually be attending the event. I’m hoping we can sort this out at the meeting. So, please, let’s try to get as many Prophets as possible to attend the meeting.

I’ll see you all at the Lodge.

Yours in fellowship,

Monarch Levi Quintana

UCP BBQ – September 10, 2016

Prophets Campbell, Hood, Schneider, Jarnagin, Lahr, Taylor & AJ

(From left to right)

My fellow Prophets,

The third Friday of the month is almost upon us, and of course that means so is our monthly meeting!

Let me first start off this month’s message by saying we are happy to hear that Past Monarch Chad Goertz and his family are safe did not lose their home in the devastating fire that swept across the Santa Clarita area at the end of last month. While there was some damage sustained, thankfully, it wasn’t total.

Last month we had a discussion and a vote and it was agreed upon that the date for our Magic Castle trip this year would be set for September 23^rd (the week after our monthly meeting). At this month’s meeting, I would like as many Prophets to attend so we can finish discussing the possibility of reserving the Séance room for any Prophets that might be interested. I spoke to Prophet Michael Schneider earlier this month and he has all the details concerning the room. I hope to have all of the details for this year’s trip hashed out by the end of the night.

Lastly, as you may know, the UCP BBQ for this month was changed to next month for Saturday, September 10, 2016 at the Dronfield location. Same time, 11 AM – 2 PM. It’s our last BBQ of the Summer, so let’s try to get a big attendance once again!

As always, with our meetings being on Fridays, please drive safely as you navigate through that chaotic California traffic on your way up to Newhall.

I’ll see you at the Lodge.

Yours in fellowship,

Monarch Levi Quintana

My fellow Prophets,

Only a couple days until our monthly meeting!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Fourth of July (and out of a gut feeling of patriotism gave England the tender finger.)

First off, I would like to thank our Chief Justice Armen Adzhemyan for organizing an excellent and very well attended BBQ for the UCP Homes!  These events we organize for the residents are truly a wonderful thing. It gives us the opportunity to extend the same spirit of fellowship we feel to the residents of the homes. It’s always a highlight of our year. Remember, our next scheduled BBQ is in August. One down, one more to go!

Our meeting last month was our first meeting held on the new day, and it had a great turnout. Let’s keep up the momentum!

At this month’s meeting, I would like to begin planning another Grotto Magic Castle trip to hopefully take place in September. Please be in attendance so we can settle on a date that can accommodate most of the Prophets.

Lastly, for the Prophets making the trek up to Newhall: Remember, our meeting is on a Friday and traffic is more chaotic than usual – Please drive safe.

I’ll see you at the Lodge.

Yours in fellowship,

Monarch Levi Quintana