Lodge Meeting in EA not MM - Page 2

sprince32 · 01-23-2008, 07:45 AM

As long as each lodge is following the Constitution set by the Grand lodge and that Grand lodge has the charter empowering it work and set the subordinates lodges their standards to do their work, then is definitely fine.

PM Shaw
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MikeS. · 01-24-2008, 11:53 PM

Here in WVa all business is done in the 3rd* except for degree work. Tonight I attended my 1st Lodge meeting since being initiated 12/22/07. A Lodge in the next town over was having an initiation. I got to go watch what I went through last month.

It would be nice if I could go to my own Lodge but if I do I'd have to sit outside and bug the the Tyler.

grandsecretary · 01-25-2008, 03:13 AM

sprince32

Do the Grand Lodges in the U.S. bother themselves with such matters? I can't see why they should. If they do, do you have any idea what their reasoning is?

jrpeterman · 01-25-2008, 06:48 AM

There are 2 lodges at the temple in town. One opens in the MM degree and the other in the EA degree. My lodge opens all business meetings in the EA degree. It has worked for us. I think the biggest benefit is that it encourages newly innitiated brothers to become more active members.

parthianwarrior · 01-28-2008, 09:39 PM

All blue lodges in the province of Quebec open in 1st degree. My mother lodge in montreal always opens in 1st degree and except for very few times we never get to do any 3rd degree work. There are pros and cons on this. I feel that by opening in 3rd it brings in more mystic in the whole process and encourages the younger brethren in acceleratiing their masonic career. It also would help performing a near perfect work so we don't get embarrased in front of visitors from other provinces or states (sometimes oversees).
Openning in first degree is also very fun and gets everyone involved but unfortunately, most young brethren stop showing up as soon as they get raised to 3rd

warm regards

Kansas Mason · 02-25-2008, 03:02 PM

We open on whatever degree the "newest" mason in attendance holds. If we have a young guy who's just been made an EA, and he feels strongly enough about masonry to attend lodge regularly, by golly we aren't going to tell him to leave.

Unfortunately, this hasn't really been a problem for us. We might raise a couple of masons a year.

Looking for more Light · 02-26-2008, 11:37 AM

Kansas in the past has held one day classes.
You walk in nothing and if you pay enough you walk out a Shriner.
They plan on doing away with these when GL meets in March.
The lodges that used the classes didn't have to worry about what degree to open on. I think that getting rid of the classes is a good thing. I also think that opening on the degree of the newest man is the only way to go.

Kansas Mason · 02-27-2008, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Looking for more Light

Kansas in the past has held one day classes.
You walk in nothing and if you pay enough you walk out a Shriner.
They plan on doing away with these when GL meets in March.
The lodges that used the classes didn't have to worry about what degree to open on. I think that getting rid of the classes is a good thing. I also think that opening on the degree of the newest man is the only way to go.

I had heard that getting rid of the one day classes was going to be a Grand Master's Edict, meaning that it would only be in effect for a year.

Anyway, I'll believe it when I see it. I think learning the degrees is the only way to become a Mason, but the money is probably what's going to rule.