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Masonic Education Frequency

How often do you have lodge Masonic Education?

  • More than once a month.

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • Monthly.

    Votes: 9 37.5%
  • Once every few months.

    Votes: 2 8.3%
  • A couple times a year.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Maybe once a year.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • We're lucky if we talk about more than minutes and bills!

    Votes: 8 33.3%

  • Total voters
    24

crono782

Premium Member
Anything that could deepen your Masonic knowledge. Poems, music, history, esoterica, etc but really a emphasis on papers and/or talks. Any sort of presentation, not counting non-Masonic related ones.
 

devlin

Registered User
Our new GM said he will not consider a lodge having held a stated meeting unless there is at minimum 15 minutes dedicated to Masonic talk or other masonic presentation.


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Brother JC

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
I voted "every month," though it only counts for one of my home lodges. The other one thinks having a raffle discussion is an educational moment. *rolleyes*
 

JJones

Moderator
Monthly unless something else is planned. I generally keep it short and sweet so I don't dread it like the minutes and communications.

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dfreybur

Premium Member
Our new GM said he will not consider a lodge having held a stated meeting unless there is at minimum 15 minutes dedicated to Masonic talk or other masonic presentation.

In Illinois the GM who insisted on that is close to finishing his 2 year term. I don't know if the next GM in line will insist as well. I expect that he will.

My talks tend to run under 5 minutes. Figure out what you're going to say. Organize the thoughts on the topic. Say it. Thank the brothers for the attention. Sit down. I figure if I take 15 minutes I haven't organized my thoughts on the topic enough to be ready to present on it.

Bro Blake wrote - Never, unless I'm there.

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Brother JC

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Could Not Vote, as "NEVER" was Not a Choice.
Actually, it's last on the list, just worded differently.

Brother Doug has a point, though there are many subjects you can barely graze in five minutes. Fifteen isn't long, allows for images, and is within most men's attention span.

The Lodge I'm considering Petitioning here has a separate meeting specifically for educational discussion.
 

devlin

Registered User
I like the mandate we dedicate at least 15 mins to it because if it was only the bills being read and the minutes of last months bills being read I would not have gotten in line or cared to continue up.
I wish I was able to organize my thoughts well enough to write a cohearent talk so I could contribute in the mini-lectures, but I can't even get across my ideas on getting masonic decorations for our lodge..... :SNC:
 

dfreybur

Premium Member
Brother Doug has a point, though there are many subjects you can barely graze in five minutes. Fifteen isn't long, allows for images, and is within most men's attention span.

In another thread I did mention I have the symptoms of ADHD with hyperfocus. For me fifteen minutes can pass in a flash or it can seem like it took forever. I need to be able to fit a topic in 5 minutes or I might not be able to handle it. It's also my fussing about organizing my thoughts. I'm not well organized so for me if that's not done I know for sure I'll end up rambling. My bias and my reasons for it.
 

dfreybur

Premium Member
We have practice twice a week which is good for me.

The way the term "Masonic education" is normally used, ritual practice does not count. Education includes what ritual means plus many other topics. Instruction is on the content of the ritual. Memorizing the proficiencies isn't it. Explaining what the words of the proficiency mean is.
 

crono782

Premium Member
The way the term "Masonic education" is normally used, ritual practice does not count. Education includes what ritual means plus many other topics. Instruction is on the content of the ritual. Memorizing the proficiencies isn't it. Explaining what the words of the proficiency mean is.

Spot on. Many lodges would do well to remember/learn that. :D
 
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