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Warrior1256

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One leads to the other. The countless hours of study to memorize the ritual so that the words may be recalled as a second nature are the foundation. Even if a Brother doesn't have the full understanding of them, the words must be there for him to recall. As he grows in experience, inside and out of the Lodge in his personal life, the words that are indelibly inscribed in his memory may gain more meaning for him as he learns. And that meaning may change over time as he grows as a person and as a Freemason. But that all starts with the memorization of the words so that they are there for him.
VERY well said Brother!
 

David612

Registered User
This feels very Groundhog Day.
The constant obsession with trends and statistics are a pretty good example of our desire to analyse things on grand scale when they require action on a small scale-
Work on your lodge and don’t worry about grand trends, call the brother that hasn’t been in for a while, write something to present in lodge and learn your work well.
If it all falls in a heap at least you did your part.
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David612

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Handsome Africans that are good on bed aside, this week has been a bit sad here- we have had two brothers pass one who was 107 and another who tragically took his own life- guys, this man was an active mason and lodge was not more than 10-15 minutes from my house and I didn’t know this Brother.
There aren’t that many of us around and to be in such close proximity but to have never crossed paths seems really strange to me-
 

JohnXRV

Registered User
Well I am just about to clock up 2 years in masonry. 1 year from initiation to FC then eight months to MM done in June

After my initiation we have had 4 others and we have our fifth next month. One did his FC this month when we returned after summer recess.

Things are healthily the same for the other 3 lodges that share our masonic hall as every month I get emails checking prospective candidates out.

I have no idea what American freemasonry is like. Here in the UK I get a printed magazine from UGLE and one from my province so I feel very connected to freemasonry nationally and in my region
 

Warrior1256

Site Benefactor
we have had two brothers pass one who was 107 and another who tragically took his own life- guys, this man was an active mason and lodge was not more than 10-15 minutes from my house and I didn’t know this Brother.
There aren’t that many of us around and to be in such close proximity but to have never crossed paths seems really strange to me-
Sad.
Well I am just about to clock up 2 years in masonry. 1 year from initiation to FC then eight months to MM done in June
Congratulations Brother!
 

Bloke

Premium Member
This feels very Groundhog Day.
The constant obsession with trends and statistics are a pretty good example of our desire to analyse things on grand scale when they require action on a small scale...View attachment 6358
Agreed. I know my name is in the list of authors to threads, but I am in a unique position to influence membership in my Const. In that capacity, I am looking for a single example of a Const of over 5K membership which is growing in a sustained fashion - I cannot find one in the English Speaking world.. I did recently hear GL India was going some good work with "Lewis Lodges" but have not yet researched what they are. As I said, I agree, I am having the problem 'leadership" wants to drill down into the weeds on membership rather than looking at the bigger picture - I think because of the (small) size of the professional organisations they have been in and because they have an operational rather than strategic approach. Ironically its me trying to be strategic where my function is operational (one month this year I dealt with 61 petitions) and people are obsessed by counting the numbers on the stationary bus rather than moving it to bus stops to pick up passengers, and while counting and keeping the bus stationary, ignore the bus is smelly and rusty but the best way to change it is by reinvigorating the vehicle but increasing passengers and creating optimism through successful recruitment is a good way to go .... and the bigger picture that the bus is only a tool to travel (learn in the masonic sense). Defining a problem is always important, but it has been defined for 20 or more years, but it is much easier to head count and track trends than actually do something to change it, statistics are only a tool to measure efforts - but they are often only used to track and "manage our decline". Drives me nuts; especially when we have something so important and worthwhile to share.... and the clock is ticking; the generation who says "I am joining because my grandfather was a member" is getting older and the next generation that social capital will not be what it is today.. Our "doing" should not be counting - but figuring out how to attract good men who will enjoy Freemasonry and being flexible so if they want to change aspects of lodges to make it more attractive, they should be empowered to do so. That means getting new blood, empowering them and as I said in another thread, making lodges men want to be and bring their friends to.
 

David612

Registered User
Yesterday I took part in the new mentoring program put out by the GL of NSW and ACT-
I really appreciate them putting all this effort into it and while I think they have identified an issue and are working at it as best they can, however it did come across as though there is still a large gap between their desire to attract millennials and their understanding of millennials.

The impression I got was that they genuinely want to attract millennials but didn’t consider changing to be more attractive to millennials.
 
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