From the Worshipful Master

Masonic advice to myself.

Masonic advice to myself, would to be more attentive to my surroundings.

See what others are going through and work together to help take care of what needs done.
To be more patient with others. To be less critical of myself for things that are not tended to and not to stress over them.

To make more time for family for they come first and foremost in my life, for I have sacrificed many things when not needed to do so.

For all things take time, you can’t force them to happen, they will come when the time is right. This is some of the things that I would tell myself as a mason.

In service to the craft
Ken Olsen
Worshipful Master

From the Senior Warden

Masonic Advice to Yourself

I would give mu past self the same advice I would give to all new Masons. Jump in! You’ll get out of it so much more than you put in. Meet more members of your new family. You’ll find when visiting other lodges that you have many more family members then you’d ever dreamed of!

I would also tell myself to do what you can for your own lodge. That may mean being a line officer, or it may mean simply showing up and supporting events. Whatever you can give, do it. It’ll come back in spades, with the new friendships you’ll gain and simply by knowing your work is helping other people in some way. Bring people to events like Education Nights. Let other people know who we are, it’s more fun when there’s more people joining you.

Say yes when you can, if you’re asked to do something for the lodge, but also don’t be afraid to say no. You simply can’t be on every committee, your cable tow can only stretch so far, without affecting other things in your life. Your brothers will understand if you can’t do it, and will respect you more for being honest and saying it up front.

But most of all, I would tell myself that even though it may seem difficult at times, and at times it may seem that it’s pointless, be active. The livelihood of the lodge truly does depend on each and every one of us giving what we can to help it, whether that be helping plan a fundraiser, helping out on a workday, or even just showing up. The Lodge and Masonry will outlive each of us, so while we are taking care of it, it’s important we do our best to make it better for the next group of Masons to come in.

Stephen Liguori
Senior Warden