Ed Nelson
Registered User
Tuesday night, I met with my local lodge and performed my FellowCraft proficiency.
It went well, with only 2 small stumbles in the memorization. Not as clean as my EA proficiency (which I nailed), but everyone was pleased, so I can't beat myself up too bad
I was told that my 3rd degree should be in a few weeks...can't wait!!
I did make a sad observation on my lodge, though...while I was waiting with the Tyler, I was told the lodge was having Officer elections that night, and that they had a "pretty good turn out" for the elections. There were only nine (9) of the 90+ members present. I found that pretty disappointing. I knew the lodge I was joining was small (we are a rural, agricultural town with a population of 7000), but it seems sad that they can get excited to see 9 out of 90 for elections (and a new member's proficiency).
I'm very much looking forward to attending the meetings as a Master Mason. To date, I have only been in the lodge 4 times (EA degree, EA proficiency, FC degree, FC proficiency), and am especially looking forward to attending the degrees of other Masons (which is very rare, so I will have to travel to another lodge to see them).
It went well, with only 2 small stumbles in the memorization. Not as clean as my EA proficiency (which I nailed), but everyone was pleased, so I can't beat myself up too bad
I was told that my 3rd degree should be in a few weeks...can't wait!!
I did make a sad observation on my lodge, though...while I was waiting with the Tyler, I was told the lodge was having Officer elections that night, and that they had a "pretty good turn out" for the elections. There were only nine (9) of the 90+ members present. I found that pretty disappointing. I knew the lodge I was joining was small (we are a rural, agricultural town with a population of 7000), but it seems sad that they can get excited to see 9 out of 90 for elections (and a new member's proficiency).
I'm very much looking forward to attending the meetings as a Master Mason. To date, I have only been in the lodge 4 times (EA degree, EA proficiency, FC degree, FC proficiency), and am especially looking forward to attending the degrees of other Masons (which is very rare, so I will have to travel to another lodge to see them).