{"id":538,"date":"2025-06-24T06:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/?p=538"},"modified":"2025-06-24T09:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:49:59","slug":"june-2025-stated-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"June 2025 Stated Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4685-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4685-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4685-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4685-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4685-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4685-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4675-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4675-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4675-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4675-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4675-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4675-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4679-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4679-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4679-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4679-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4679-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/masonsinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4679-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 23rd, 2025, we had a wonderful potluck dinner, program and June stated communication. 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