cemab4y
Premium Member
If your mother lodge is 500 miles away why do you maintain the affiliation? What value do you get fro that?
I choose to keep membership in the lodge I was raised in. (I have held memberships in other lodges, over the past 35 years). I participate as a visitor in many other lodges, depending on my situation. ( I am a telecom engineer, and my career has taken me from Maine to California, and over 18 years in foreign lands). My mother lodge is hurting, we had over 600 members, when I was raised in 1982, now we have less than 200. My mother lodge will probably have to close soon, and I want to contribute while they are still open. Also, if I am a member for 50 years, I will get free dues, there after.
The wages of a Master Mason, are symbolic, and are received, whether the brother lives across the street, or in Afghanistan or Mozambique.
I receive an excellent value from my lodge membership. After all, I joined the craft to "travel in foreign lands".