FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Fall Leadership Conference T
he officers of our Masonic lodges, along with their counterparts in the Grand Lodge, convened the 20th Fall Leadership Conference at the 4-H Conference Center in Front Royal, Virginia, on September 15-16. There, some 120 brethren, in a comprehensive program monitored by the Masonic Education and Service Committee, worked diligently to improve themselves in Masonry. This year the conference focused on ideas designed to build effective lodges. To that objective, invited speakers addressed a number of subjects, including goal setting, planning, and the proper prioritization of lodge duties. Line officers of the constituent lodges had interesting sessions with RWB Mickey Ander and WB Roger Branch, as did the lodge secretaries with WB Dean Clatterbuck and WB Todd Duehring, members of the Grand Secretary’s staff.
A highlight of the conference was the presentation on Saturday morning of a talk by WB S. Brent Morris, editor of the Scottish Rite Journal and the author of a
• Distinguished Guest Speaker. The conference welcomed the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Freemasonry,” WB S. Brent Morris.
Edward A. Berry,
Past Master
new book entitled “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Freemasonry.” Following his formal presentation Brother Morris autographed copies of his book and entertained a number of questions about about Freemasonry’s current issues. In conformity to practices established over the years, the Grand Lodge officers present were all afforded opportunities to share their concerns and to strengthen their ties to leaders in the constituent lodges. Also in keeping with tra-
• Taking a break between sessions. The Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master relax.
dition, the Deputy Grand Master detailed his plans and his hopes for the Craft in 2007, and his remarks appear elsewhere in this issue of The Voice of Freemasonry... The 2006 Conference ended on a positive note. It was a conference in which there was an abundance of shared experiences, good fellowship, and positive resolves, all of the ingredients which are prerequisites for fraternal prosperity. ■
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