MikeWebbInNebra

Excellent point! However, my task as the Education "guy" is to sufficiently enlighten the brethren that they are made aware that this is just the beginning, and that their self-study and introspection can no begin. It's a blazing flash of the obvious for many of us, but a majority of the new brothers (and even a few of the seasoned ones) have no clear idea of what the starting point really is and where they should go from it. In other words, they've told me they don't know what they don't know.
On a personal note, I was in the same boat a few years ago. Our lodge had no education program, and I'd gotten tired of the business meetings and badly-done degree work. I decided to see what else might be out there. I contacted our G.L. Education Committee to see if there was a lesson plan for Mason's to follow. There was none (disappointing to me as I thrive on order - being retired military), but they took me under their wing and explained what they knew of Freemasonry, the need to look into it myself and ponder what I'd learned, and to take part in discussions to exchange ideas and learn more things. From that, I found that I had to make my own path, but I still mentally arranged it in a sort of order - from EA to MM and historically from the Reformation (which I find very interesting) to the present.
Rather than expect each brother to figure this out on his own, I feel an obligation to share something of what I've learned so they are informed enough to begin their own journey.

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Mike Webb
PM Rob Morris Lodge #46, A.F. & A.M.
Kearney, NE