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Thank you for pushing my bed time back an hour. /yaawwwwn

Practice upstairs with your coach when you can to have visual queues. It will help with recall. Come up with a signal so that your coach will know when you need a word without standing there in an awkward silence. Every Brother you sit in Lodge with did exactly what you are doing. Had the...

My office at home has a masonic clock in it. I have my editions of NJ Freemason magazines piled somewhere. Other than that, I keep my membership low key so I usually put it away when I have a larger gathering. silly, right?

We pretty much have the same thing. I want to put a brass plate on it though like yours has. We have this on ours. ...

We spent 15k more or less repairing the lodge room last year. Paint, Carpet, Fire Rated Doors, Electrical, etc. Our building is old and needs even more work. I would almost consider it to be better to have sold and moved to a better building than repair the one we're in now. The only upside to...

I'm not trying to steer the topic as I see fit, but our lodge was in disrepair so anything and everything we did was for our building. I think we had some left over money for some scholarships and the like but everything has been going towards our building fund. such a pita when our dues are...

...see the light by which masons work... Some make the jump to the symbols we wear in the form of pins etc represents to be that light. I personally do not make that reference to the symbols on my ring. I refer to them for what they are.

The petition issue is not a problem for us per say and I realize any comparison against the grain is anecdotal. Our lodge in New Jersey has about 20 men that are spread between balloting, initiation, passing and raising. We are lucky in that regard. Don't get me wrong. Hanging out with other...

Disclaimer: Our dues are structured in such a manner that the dues alone keeps the lights turned on. Anything above and beyond that number has to be generated. We have 200 +/- members to float the cost of the building and that is it. We have a core group of Brothers who always participate in...

I am really low key. A comfort ring and the working tools are barely visible. I have a S & C key chain that sometimes hangs out in the open. I don't mind hamming it up at masonic functions where a dress code is not a factor however I wouldn't get all 'lit' up to go pick up some milk on a Saturday.

I bought a police badge off the internet. I'm going to be patrolling tonight. See you in ten to twenty! heh Sorry, had to.

This issue with confronting ODCers is that they are by all intents and purposes, a Master Mason on the level. You have no high ground to belittle them. the issue with ODC masons is that they struggle with ritual work. The work that we all go through to memorize between each degree. You hear it...

Pretty much the same minus Marshal being in the line. WM, SW, JW, Sec, Treasurer, Trustee and Proxy to Grand Lodge are all elected. We usually nominate the SD to be proxy since whomever is sitting in that chair is committed to going east and the fact that you cannot be elected to two positions...

Is marshal in the line in your jurisdiction? In NJ it is not. I sat as Marshal this year and will be going to SS since this year's Jr dropped out early. We also have Jr and Sr Masters of Ceremonies. Our lodge is lucky in the fact that we have to turn people away every year when it comes to...

heh...excepted should have read as accepted. :( wow.

I am the Marshal of my lodge. I get to escort the candidate while the SD leads the column. I have yet to hold a 'speaking' part asides working tools as I'm young into the craft. Hopefully time will allow me to advance to a chair or learn a lecture so I can fill in if need be.

We had an EA who gave a decent exam in front of his mentor and two witnesses before he tested out in open lodge. He froze in open lodge and had to be prompted several times. If I had not seen him do it downstairs before the meeting, I would have been embarrassed. It was explained that he was...

A Mason represents the Craft when he publicly displays the emblem of a Master Mason. It is almost like accepting the job of being one of the many the voices of the Fraternity when out in the public's eye as an individual. You are going to be approached and asked questions by non masons. You...

you build temples!

We must memorize and return the work in open lodge before being passed or raised. We also have to turn in our MM work in open lodge to get our dues cards. A Master Mason risks being dropped from the roles if he does not return the work within 6 months of being raised. It could be a year now...