A lodge must receive permission from the Grand Master to move the lodge's charter to the dining room for this event. Open lodge on Master Mason Degree. Call from labor to refreshment. Junior Warden directs Stewards to serve meal. At appropriate time lodge is called from refreshment to labor.
Brothers gather around the altar at appropriate time during closing.
The Master may permit those brothers giving the toast to embellish as they see fit or he may provide a toast for them. The Deacons and Stewards should have their staffs next to their places. The Wardens should have their columns at their stations. If the Junior Warden employs the Stewards to serve the meal then it is not necessary that they carry their staffs at refreshment. It is desirable to serve the meal on china, but not mandatory.