The Craft Driven Lodge
The purpose of this volume is to set forth fundamental principles that are essential to the long-term health and well-being of Masonic lodges. It presents a review of the process followed by this group of brothers that eventually resulted in the formation of Arts & Sciences Lodge No. 792 under the Grand Lodge of Ohio.
The general concepts that drove this process, the actions taken by numerous members of this group, the decisions that were made, and the challenges of implementation will be presented to the reader.
It presents 4 key principles that are the foundation of the operation of a Lodge driven by the will of the craft.
They are as follows:
- Everyone has a voice.
- Everyone sees the vision.
- Everyone has a job.
- The leaders let the workers work.
These principles are explained in detail and provide you with material for discussions regarding how your Lodge can and should make use of them to the benefit of the Lodge. It also provides examples of how the brothers of arts and sciences Lodge may use these principles to create their initial structure which is described in the book.
It is also important to recognize that these principles guide the ongoing operation of the Lodge since these principles need to be constantly reviewed to avoid stagnation which breeds apathy within the membership.
Every year it can be said that the Lodge re-creates itself by holding a discussion about the goals and desires for the upcoming year, confirming that the plans are consistent with the vision, identifying leaders and workers for numerous tasks, and providing the master and officers with expectations regarding the events and activities the brethren of the Lodge look forward to during the upcoming year.
It is hoped that you will understand the process and see the application of these principles to your own situation be it an individual who is interested in bringing a different quality to the experience in his Lodge, a group of officers wishing to help their Lodge move in a different, more energizing and relevant direction, or for a group of brothers interested in starting with a clean slate and forming a new Lodge. In all cases, the fundamental principles of the Craft Driven Lodge concepts are equally applicable.
The most attractive qualities of the Craft Driven Lodge approach is that it allows brothers to identify their particular interests, their particular resources, and empowers them to create a Lodge experience that is to their liking without being tied to any particular set of actions, ceremonies, or even fundamental beliefs beyond those universal to Speculative Freemasonry across the globe.
Brothers following this process are free to choose from the numerous practices that have been developed as part of Speculative Freemasonry across the ages and choose those elements that are most consistent with their vision of what a Lodge experience should be.
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ISBN# 978-0-88053-108-5
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