There could be any number of reasons. More focus on other bodies (York Rite, Scottish Rite, Shrine), personal issues, work issues, family issues. Would recommend contacting the brother and just asking him. From there, you could find out what the reason is, and see what, if anything, can be done to welcome him back to the Lodge.
Does your lodge have a good education portion? Such as a powerpoint on some esoteric topic. Something along those line. Many brothers need a better reason to show up for lodge than just to vote on paying the bills or not.Greetings Brethren,
This question has probably been addressed before, but I'll still ask it.
What could be possibly be a reason why brothers don't attend lodge and how would you go about getting them back?
Does your lodge have a good education portion? Such as a powerpoint on some esoteric topic. Something along those line. Many brothers need a better reason to show up for lodge than just to vote on paying the bills or not.
Thats good, maybe some new members will continue to come but alot of the older members may not care about that sort of thing.We do have some educational and esoteric discussion. I find some of the topics very interesting being that I'm a newly raised MM but some brothers don't seem that enthused about it.
Thats good, maybe some new members will continue to come but alot of the older members may not care about that sort of thing.
I know of a few instances where a Brother no longer attends his Mother Lodge due to a clash of personalities with Lodge Officers, but they regularly attend other affiliated lodges, these can be the hardest ones to solve as neither party wants to be seen to back down, but I have seen both time and content of what the Lodge has on at meetings help break that barrier.
I think we are lucky in Scotland in that most Lodges will rarely have a business only meeting, there is always a Degree or a presentation on a Masonic subject at every meeting, so it keeps our own Lodge Brethren interested and attracts visitors, especially as every Lodge has their own version of the Degree work, and these can vary
One business meeting a month sounds like a good idea. There's no need to go over the same issues or paying of bills twice a month. I would rather do floor school and learn more about lodge etiquette. Practice, practice and more practice
According to my observation and limited experiments, the brethren have to work much harder now to draw the amount of Light that used to flow with little effort.
This may indicate that the GAOTU is looking for more efficient social forms through which to cultivate humanity. If so, I have yet to see them. So I stay with Freemasonry but reduce my commitments there.
The other day at the local library I met a brother from another lodge that I had not seen around for a couple of years. He said that he had stopped going to lodge. I said that I had surveyed quite a lot of elderly brethren about the ritual experience and they all said that the ritual is less intense than when they first joined. This brother said that that was why he had stopped attending.
It seems to me that the Light does not flow into lodges nearly as intensely as when I joined 35 years ago. This diminishment does not seem be the fault of the brethren. They seem to be of a similar quality as when I joined.
According to my observation and limited experiments, the brethren have to work much harder now to draw the amount of Light that used to flow with little effort.
This may indicate that the GAOTU is looking for more efficient social forms through which to cultivate humanity. If so, I have yet to see them. So I stay with Freemasonry but reduce my commitments there.
I doubt the GAOTU is tinkering with anything. I have no doubt the current state of the Craft is completely our own making.
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How can we make things better my brother?
I will take a look at this. Thank you.The roadmap to make the Lodge experience better is actually pretty easy and has been mapped out by many Brothers and groups. have you looked at programming like the Masonic Restoration Foundation offers?
https://www.masonicrestorationfoundation.org/
One reason I hear regularly is lodge politics, especially in larger lodges.