Comments on: The age of Masonry III – What do we do when we are not doing Masonry? http://www.freemasoninformation.com/2009/06/the-age-of-masonry-iii-what-do-we-do-when-we-are-not-doing-masonry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-age-of-masonry-iii-what-do-we-do-when-we-are-not-doing-masonry A Masonic Web Magazine about the Fraternity of Freemasonry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard V. Coscia http://www.freemasoninformation.com/2009/06/the-age-of-masonry-iii-what-do-we-do-when-we-are-not-doing-masonry/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Richard V. Coscia Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:05:52 +0000 http://www.freemasoninformation.com/?p=3079#comment-891 Would like to become a Freemason Would like to become a Freemason

]]> By: A.C. http://www.freemasoninformation.com/2009/06/the-age-of-masonry-iii-what-do-we-do-when-we-are-not-doing-masonry/comment-page-1/#comment-890 A.C. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:30:25 +0000 http://www.freemasoninformation.com/?p=3079#comment-890 I have been hearing the "meetings are boring and everyone hates them if there's no degree work" complaint from other active officers in my region. My own lodge's problem this year has been that we've been doing so *much* degree work that by the time we have a night without, there's so much other business to catch up on that it turns into a very long evening of minutes, balloting, bills, lodge announcements and event planning. I'm starting to gently push for more Masonic education at my lodge, and I'm quickly realizing that, like many other things, it's probably just a matter of someone stepping up and asking the Master if they can give a talk during a meeting. I think that's definitely the way to sneak education back into meetings, because if you ask a lodge room full of Brothers "Hey, do you want to listen to a 15 minute talk about Freemasonry?" chances are you'd get a lot of grumbles and complaints. But if someone gets up and starts talking about a generally interesting topic (Freemasonry and the American revolution or American civil war), I think a lot of Brothers would be surprised to find themselves engaged. I have been hearing the “meetings are boring and everyone hates them if there’s no degree work” complaint from other active officers in my region. My own lodge’s problem this year has been that we’ve been doing so *much* degree work that by the time we have a night without, there’s so much other business to catch up on that it turns into a very long evening of minutes, balloting, bills, lodge announcements and event planning.

I’m starting to gently push for more Masonic education at my lodge, and I’m quickly realizing that, like many other things, it’s probably just a matter of someone stepping up and asking the Master if they can give a talk during a meeting. I think that’s definitely the way to sneak education back into meetings, because if you ask a lodge room full of Brothers “Hey, do you want to listen to a 15 minute talk about Freemasonry?” chances are you’d get a lot of grumbles and complaints. But if someone gets up and starts talking about a generally interesting topic (Freemasonry and the American revolution or American civil war), I think a lot of Brothers would be surprised to find themselves engaged.

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