What issues are negatively impacting your Lodge?
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This makes the assumption that there IS something wrong with FREEMASONRY in Texas...
We need to find a way to keep our new and future Masons interested.
The best way to learn is to ask questions. The old brothers have some great insight and many just are waiting to be asked. Like old PMs that havent been in lodge. We recently called and asked one to come help with a degree and he was extactic to be asked. Get involved. Over half of our 14 current EAs are participating in degrees and lodge functions already.
Of the options listed I'd have to say that these are what is troubling most lodges:
Lack of social events for Lodge members and their families.]
Most lodges don't really get involved in the community, I feel that if the lodge was more active in the community we would get more Men wanting to join. Actions speak louder than words.
We need to find a way to keep our new and future Masons interested.
It does not need to be any harder. It already is difficult. We just need to return our focus to actually learning the lessons and putting them into practice.My opinion is, if we make masonry harder, take it more serious, protect the secrecy of our lodges, the interest will be there. With herder, I don't mean necessarily the ritual text. It don't need to be harder to learn, but to give lectures about symbology and mythical aspects, about philosophical aspects and history of the craft, that really brings the brothers to think, maybe even start studying it themselves, that will bring and keep the interest.
It does not need to be any harder. It already is difficult. We just need to return our focus to actually learning the lessons and putting them into practice.