There are various versions of the story of how the Junior Chamber Lodge No 8902 came to be formed but it is generally accepted that a group of Junior Chamber members attending the 1978 JCI World Congress in Manila were sitting by a pool, after a more than adequate lunch, discussing how they might best maintain the wonderful bonds of Junior Chamber fellowship when their days in Junior Chamber came to an end on attaining the age of 41.
- They soon discovered that several of them were also Freemasons, and the two organisations having so much in common, the idea a Junior Chamber Lodge was born. Over the next few months several meetings were held at the offices of the Junior Chamber organisation which were then in Rugby, Warwickshire. On hearing of the new venture a number of Junior Chamber members who were also Freemasons came forward to offer their support and the project rapidly gained momentum.-Junior Chamber Lodge was duly warranted by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and consecrated on 15th September 1979 in a Grand ceremony held in the main temple of the Edgbaston Assembly Rooms and presided over by the then Deputy Provincial Grand Master the late Right Worshipful Brother Thomas Arthur Wood, who became the Provincial Master following the death of his predecessor Sir Stanley Harley in October 1979. Twenty-nine of the Thirty-Four Founding Members were in attendance, along with well over one hundred visitors. Immediately after Consecration, W.Br Rudkin was installed as the first Worshipful Master of the Junior Chamber Lodge.
The first regular meeting of the Lodge was held in November 1979 at the Masonic Hall in Rugby, which became our first home. However four years later we moved to the Edgbaston Assembly Rooms which was our home for the next ten years. In 1993 the Lodge moved again, this time to the Knowle Masonic Centre where we still meet today.
-The Lodge has been very successful with members and visitors travelling the length and breadth of the country to attend our meetings. Over the first ten years of its life 20 new members were initiated. Some ten years later, in 1989, a second Junior Chamber based Lodge was established in the Province of Yorkshire, Iuventutis Lodge No. 9338 was founded by past and current members of both Junior Chamber Lodge and the wider the Junior Chamber organisation today known as JCI UK.
-Junior Chamber Lodge No. 8902 is a Freemasons Lodge that meets at Knowle Masonic Temple, in the Masonic Province of Warwickshire, with our daytime meetings being held on the third Saturday of the month in February, May, June, September, and November.
-While our founding members were all past members of Junior Chamber this is not a requirement for membership and we welcome members from all walks of life.-Visitors from other Lodges in the Province, or beyond always find a warm welcome when attending our meetings.