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Bro. Blake, You must, by GLoT law, implement the ALL and LIFE programs.
Start teaching them yourself. Go to other lodges and learn, or get the DI to come once a month and teach the ones that show up. I am going though the same thing with my lodge and if we have two people show up we teach...
There is no law requiring a brother to be buried with his apron or jewelry. In fact, we now encourage a brother to make his wishes known prior to someone else having to make that decision for him after he is gone. This way he can make sure that his apron and jewelry are passed on if that is...
One lodge that I belonged to used candles, but they were the butane type and were really nice. Because they were separate they could be placed in the proper positions at the alter.
Montgomery uses bulbs and they are nice but I don't feel they give quite the same feeling when being "brought...
If it hasn't been said yet, as suggestion to those who keep their aprons in tubes.
Take it out and lay it flat. I have been to many (unfortunately) funerals where the brothers apron has been stored for years in a tube and will not lie flat on the casket. Kind of looks funny if you know...
Yes. Actually, I wore my step-father's (who had passed before this date) when I raised my son in 2003 so there were three generations represented and he wore mine when I was installed by the M:. W:. David Counts as master of Montgomery #25.
For those who have visited the website and...
It seems to be working for my lodge. We were one of the first to open a stated on an EA, only because we meet two days after GL passed this. I was concerned that we would lose the FC and MM work due to not opening on those degrees but that has not been the case. Oh, we don't whiz through it...
Well put. And this is a brother who wants everything nailed shut, by him.
He has not shown up in lodge since I became Master. And neither has 98% of the contention we had in the lodge. Could there be a correlation between the two?:D
Your last line says it all... EAs and FCs should not just be scullery help. They should also have an idea of how the lodge is run. I can understand that they don't have the right to vote on issues. I'm ok with that. But why exclude them from lodge life?
That was the special open meeting. However, we had one old timer run around screaming that GL would come down and pull our charter. He is part of what we call the "4 and 40" crowd. He only wants 4 members in lodge and 40 dollars in the bank.
Thank you. As one of my officers told me recently, "It is fun coming back to lodge again."
I know that not all of our efforts will be appreciated, especially by some of the old 'moss backs' but it is still the ultimate responsibility of the Master to preside over and control the meeting...
What MM business?? Anything that pertains to only MMs is conducted in a MM lodge to begin with. As we ask our EA/FC to help with the work and contribute their time and money to a lodge I feel that not only are they members but have a vested right in helping to decide what is going on.
I...
It wasn't a closed meeting. And that was the whole point. We opened a MM lodge and called it to refreshment. Included and presented at the same time was a Golden Trowel award and two scholarships. Except for the Golden Trowel all the others were to non-masons.
We filled the lodge room...
I agree. In fact, until we started reading the law during the meetings we had a few brothers who would force their viewpoint during a discussion as "being the law" and (this one I LOVE) "Grand Lodge will come down and pull our charter if we do that". A brother was actually called on that one...
Good point. Considering that the great buildings that are always mentioned are the cathedrals and they took the better part of 100 years each to build I don't see a great deal of moving from town to town by a stonemason. More likely are the reasons put forth in Robinson's "Born In Blood" in...
Brother,
Would you please pm me? I would like to speak to you about this. I am trying to revamp how my lodge gives out scholarships and this sounds like the direction I would like to move towards.
Thank you,