Wow! I’m exhausted! That last school night just took everything out of me! What a great night we had. We had a record-setting total of nine Brothers in attendance (and no, I didn’t leave the word “teen” off after the word “nine”). Yep, of those nine, two of them were there to strictly work on their audit, and there was one EA who received some
expert education. So when you look at it, those who were there for some aspect of ritual school amounted to six instructors and one learner – a total of seven. A great night!
Some might accuse me of being just a tad sarcastic in the above paragraph.
Who, me? Well, it’s either that or a serious tongue-lashing. I am sure that all those individuals who are learning their ritual work were home with their ritual book dutifully
studying for their upcoming certification, or learning the guide work, or the scheduled 2nd Degree for that night. (Oops! A little more sarcasm just snuck out – sorry.) I’ll
leave my further thoughts on that for now, and move on to other stuff.
This coming school night, April 25th, we will be concentrating on the 2nd Degree for Springfield-Hanby and Penn Lodges. Worshipful Masters, please contact all of your officers and have them attend this night. It only takes a phone call to each one. See if you can beat last week’s attendance. (Last bit of sarcasm – I promise…)
On a less sarcastic note, I’ll focus on things that are looming in the future.
I’ve been apprised by our Regional Instructor that next year we will once again be forming a ritual team to exemplify at the Regional School in Philadelphia. So, I’m looking for a few good men who are interested in being on the 2020 degree team. A few have already expressed interest, but there is room for lots more. I haven’t been told what we will be exemplifying yet, but traditionally it’s been either the “Business of the Lodge” or one of the Degrees. When I’m told, I’ll let you know.
Also, in the future please remember that in June and September we will be holding school at the same time as always, but at Springfield-Hanby Lodge. These are
warm months and Springfield has AC, so we will be meeting there.
So, I’ll see you this Thursday at Prospect Lodge at 7:30. Come early to assure that you will get a good seat. We will have extra chairs if needed. (Oh, come on…)
S&F,
Dave Lewis
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