Bloke
Premium Member
Answer: All yet none.
For me, its about creating a sustainable environment and culture where men want to come and the warrant can be passed onto the next generation.
I just read this on reddit
"Honestly, I'm tired of trying to be a caterer to brothers. It's their lodge too, they should be helping make it interesting and keeping it "entertaining" I'm not a clown, I'm not a theater major. It's everyone's lodge... men join for a reason... not to look for a reason. If they still don't know why they are there.. then we didn't do our job of filtering that."
https://www.reddit.com/r/freemasonry/comments/42xyx8/the_worst_words_you_want_to_hear_from_a_newly/
So many guys seem to turn up and just passively grumble that their lodge is not as they wish, but whose responsibility is it to make it so ? The Master ? The Secretary ? Perhaps is it yours ?
As a Past Master, I see my sole job is offering support, by performing ritual but also encouraging guys to realise they need to take ownership of the lodge and support the current and future Master by making the lodge an enjoyable place to be and a group of brothers who offer fellowship, support and growth.
Who owns your lodge ?
Do certain people resist experimentation and exploring new ways to have fun and grow the group and grow the man ?
Does your lodge have a progressive and optimistic culture?
If not, how can you change it ?
If so, how do you preserve it ?
For me, its about creating a sustainable environment and culture where men want to come and the warrant can be passed onto the next generation.
I just read this on reddit
"Honestly, I'm tired of trying to be a caterer to brothers. It's their lodge too, they should be helping make it interesting and keeping it "entertaining" I'm not a clown, I'm not a theater major. It's everyone's lodge... men join for a reason... not to look for a reason. If they still don't know why they are there.. then we didn't do our job of filtering that."
https://www.reddit.com/r/freemasonry/comments/42xyx8/the_worst_words_you_want_to_hear_from_a_newly/
So many guys seem to turn up and just passively grumble that their lodge is not as they wish, but whose responsibility is it to make it so ? The Master ? The Secretary ? Perhaps is it yours ?
As a Past Master, I see my sole job is offering support, by performing ritual but also encouraging guys to realise they need to take ownership of the lodge and support the current and future Master by making the lodge an enjoyable place to be and a group of brothers who offer fellowship, support and growth.
Who owns your lodge ?
Do certain people resist experimentation and exploring new ways to have fun and grow the group and grow the man ?
Does your lodge have a progressive and optimistic culture?
If not, how can you change it ?
If so, how do you preserve it ?