Our Year, Our Lodge, Our Fraternity...

April 2, 2008
This has been a busy quarter, with many degrees and the Grand Masters visit, some of the business and Masonic training was put on the back burner. But really, the practices for the degrees and Grand Masters visit are in fact Masonic training.

I look forward to our members that have been tied up with other activities beginning to return to our meetings. Remember, we serve dinner on the first communication, second Tuesday of the month.

The Grand Master has charged me with contacting every member of JBG this year, so expect a call.

We all need to be thinking about where we want to be five years or so from now and what our lodge should look like at that time. We need to develop strong strategic plans that our lodge officers can use as a guide to management as they progress through the elected line. More than ever, we have to lose the “my year” syndrome. It is our year, it is our lodge, it is our fraternity, and we all have to work harder to serve it. We must remember, “We Are Family.”

WM James R. Haven, James B. Green #735 A.F. & A.M.