Thomas Stright
Premium Member
On 6/26 I had the honor of being installed as Junior Warden at Sam B. Crawford #1418 in New Caney Texas.
The last few years have been an interesting trip.
The last few years have been an interesting trip.
Congrats! I was lucky enough to fill the JW seat for a bit and loved it.
That is interesting. How did that come to pass?
My first chair after being raised was Junior Deacon and I was filling that at the time that our JW had to step down for some personal reasons. At the time, I was studying for the GLofKY Ritualist device (a contest of memorization of various parts of ritual that was just established) - I ended up not completing the study (I was a bit overwhelmed with college courses) but another Brother who was on the study committee really liked me. He suggested to the WM, who subsequently asked informally around the Lodge, if I could take the vacant seat. Everyone was supportive.
It was "jumping the line" but all the Brothers were very supportive and wanted to give me the experience. I was very excited to sit in the South each communication and tried my best to live up to their expectations.
Very interesting. I am always curious about the differences between the way things work in various jurisdictions. Here in PA if you were not signed off as proficient in the Business of the Lodge and EA Degree you could not take the JW Station for a Stated Meeting. You COULD for an extra meeting as a learning experience. So we would typically have to have a Past Master fill in the JW station until someone else was signed off at School of Instruction.
I hope you enjoy your time in the South!