Bloke
Premium Member
Bro Glen posted a news story on Freemasons helping feed people during COVID-19.
It is here https://www.myfreemasonry.com/threads/st-columba-lodge-inverness.31039/
It has got me thinking about what we've been up to..... Some of my members have been helping on feeding the needy in the wider community and the lodge has come to their aid with some funds.. but they did not wait for a lodge motion to get passed or a committee to analyze and plan, they just reacted to an obvious need.
COVID-19 is not a time for lodges to go into hibernation, it's a time for them to get moving. And this does not have to be done as a lodge, it can just be done as one, two or three brothers, and the two who did this at our lodge have suddenly found all behind them.
Has anyone actually been doing tasks in this space, beyond keeping social connections in their lodges alive ?
I always say Freemasonry is not a service organization and its not a charity, but benevolence and charity are core values in Freemasonry, has anyone been putting those values to work ?
It is here https://www.myfreemasonry.com/threads/st-columba-lodge-inverness.31039/
It has got me thinking about what we've been up to..... Some of my members have been helping on feeding the needy in the wider community and the lodge has come to their aid with some funds.. but they did not wait for a lodge motion to get passed or a committee to analyze and plan, they just reacted to an obvious need.
COVID-19 is not a time for lodges to go into hibernation, it's a time for them to get moving. And this does not have to be done as a lodge, it can just be done as one, two or three brothers, and the two who did this at our lodge have suddenly found all behind them.
Has anyone actually been doing tasks in this space, beyond keeping social connections in their lodges alive ?
I always say Freemasonry is not a service organization and its not a charity, but benevolence and charity are core values in Freemasonry, has anyone been putting those values to work ?