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Masonic Leadership Training

Enhance your lodge leadership skills with this comprehensive training program. Learn how to run meetings, appoint committees, and optimize your team for success. Utilize resources like manuals and handbooks to set officers on the right path. Develop a clear Trestle Board for effective communication.

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Masonic Leadership Training

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  1. Masonic Leadership Training Running Your Lodge

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Committees • Putting your Team Together • Setting Officers to Work with Proper Instruction • TrestleBoard

  3. Introductions • Your Masonic Leadership Training Team • Honored Guests • Attendees • Name • Lodge & Location • Title and Position, if any

  4. General Info • Restrooms • Cell phones/PDA’s • Sign-In Sheets

  5. Resources • Florida Digest of Masonic Law • Lodge Officers Handbook • Masonic Leadership Training Manual • Lodge Secretary Administrative Guide (GL215) • Worshipful Master’s Program Notebook (GL218)

  6. Putting Your Team Together • Share your vision for the ensuing year • Ask for assistance • Be excited • Positive Mental Attitude • State expectations • Support/Stand by your officers

  7. Committees • Each Lodge may have specific needs • Billboard/Sign Committee • Seven are required by the Digest (Chapter 24.05, Section 10.01) • Finance, Vigilance, Petitions, Masonic Education, Board of Relief, Charity and Lodge Property

  8. Setting the Officers to Work with Proper Instruction • Prompting During a Degree • Sitting Master should choose at beginning of degree • District Instructor, if present should be asked • Master’s Duties during a degree • The Officer sitting in the East is in charge during the Degree • If possible, pre-fill stations to give Brethren time to review their parts • If a visiting Brother is to have a part in the Degree, ensure he is proficient for that part

  9. Setting the Officers to Work with Proper Instruction 2 • Advancement Night • Your Officers should be trained for the next seat well ahead of installation night • Every Brother eligible to vote can hold an office • A normal line of progression ensures the Brothers have the maximum experience needed to fulfill the duties of Worshipful Master • Every Officer has the potential of serving his Lodge as Worshipful Master.

  10. Trestle Board • Communications are vital to a successful Lodge. It may be the only contact Brothers have with the Lodges • The trestle board projects the Lodge’s image to its members and non-members alike • It’s now your Trestle Board for the year • Does it look and say what you want it to • Is it readable and well laid out (pictures, articles, etc.)

  11. Trestle Board, cont • Plan and time your articles early • Historical events (National & Masonic) • Allied & Appendant Bodies (Spring & Fall festivals, etc.) • Masonic Education & Youth Organizations • Local news and Grand Lodge library articles (request permission to reprint or quote) • Can start collecting ideas early while in appointed seats

  12. Trestle Board, cont • Worshipful Master must write his own words • Ideas • Annual Plan for first article • Future important events, so the Brethren can plan • Recognition of Masons and Masonic Youth • Masonic Education • Time based events (Independence Day, voting day, etc.)

  13. Trestle Board, cont • Additional Articles • Wardens • Committees of Interest • There are many ways to get the word out to the Brethren, use what works best for your Lodge (Evaluate annually) • Web Page • Blog • Facebook • Twitter

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