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I joined the line as an EA, as Senior Steward, just a couple of months after being made a Mason. Was installed and all, and then one of our senior members pointed out that as I was an EA, I was technically not yet a member of the lodge and so my installation was invalid. So rather than cause a...
Well I must say, that my first year in Masonry was pretty tough. Our lodge had a...difference of opinion between Brothers, which escalated. I'll try to leave it at that, but suffice to say that I felt a strong urge to walk away - and so did all of us who tried very hard to hold the ship...
Cooked for a year, teaching candidates, strategery, starting to plan speakers, etc. I imagine I'll be in the thick of the quarry at my lodge as long as life grants me, I dig it a lot. Lots to do and learn.
Yes.
However, an EA is not supposed to represent themselves as a Mason. No rings, no car decals, and no lapel pins.
Nor are FCs and MMs under much obligation to lend them aid or help them.
And since an EA who doesn't get their work turned in and doesn't get an extension won't have a...