On Saturday, April 1st, 17 brothers from the Cumberland District heeded the call of their DDGM to attend the District Workshop at the lodge hall in River Philip. Our guest speaker was VW Bro. John Cameron whose topic was Long Range Strategic Planning.
The meeting was called for 10:00am with a Pizza lunch at 11:30am. It was a beautiful morning so it was great to see these brothers turn out for the meeting instead of enjoying their beautiful Saturday morning in other pursuits. Laurie Lodge was the host for the meeting (as it is their brother who is our present DDGM) and six of their members came along. Wallace Lodge was very well represented by five of its brothers. There were two each from Wimburn and Alexandra lodges and one each from Acacia and King Edward.
VW Bro. Cameron gave a very interesting and thought provoking talk involving the attendee’s participation. It revolved around the basic need we have as Masons to know our core purpose and then knowing this, what we need to do to make our lodges, our whole masonic organization, more meaningful for us and the communities where we live.
He will be adding the ideas and thoughts from this meeting to those he has collected from the other meetings he has had around the province. These will be presented to the BOGP and Grand Lodge in general, so that some constructive plans may be made and programs implemented to help us come to grips with what our “core purpose” is and how we may move forward and grow in the days ahead.
After his presentation the brothers enjoyed the lunch and masonic fellowship before heading homeward.
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