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Before these decisions are made, however, everyone must be registered with DeMolay International as an advisor. That process is being done individually and is ongoing.

It is also important after so long without active DeMolay in our city that we work to educate the jurisdiction relative to what DeMolay is and what it offers to those who join. Sojourner Kilwinning Lodge No. 1798 has stepped up to the plate to host a group of young men to exemplify a portion of one of the two degrees of DeMolay. If more lodges are willing to invite active DeMolay to their meetings, in essence holding a “youth night,” then we can continue to increase that awareness. The children and grandchildren of our Grand Jurisdiction may join and they in turn may ask their friends to join. In this manner a Chapter grows.

For many years, DeMolay has been a source of new membership for our Masonic Lodges. Right Worshipful Brother Dean Clatterbuck was a member of Robert le Bruce Chapter and has served our Grand Lodge with honor and distinction. Most Worshipful Brother Robert Dreschler was a member of Anacostia Chapter and has also served our Grand Lodge with honor and distinction. (In fact, he holds the highest honor in DeMolay—the Legion of Honor!) Many Masons over the past century became Masons as a result of their participation in DeMolay. In more recent years, the fathers of DeMolays who were not members of the Craft have petitioned and joined. Promoting DeMolay is in essence promoting Masonry.

I have a poster hanging in my office. It reads as follows:

One hundred years from now it will not matter What kind of car I drove, What kind of house I lived in, How much money I had in the bank nor What my clothes looked like. But the world may be a better place Because I was important in the life of a child.

Brethren, just as Frank S. Land, one hundred years ago, was important to a group of young men in Kansas City, it is up to you… to us… to be important in the life of a child. Become an advisor to Robert le Bruce Chapter, Order of DeMolay. Email me for more information at agordon@dcgrandlodge.org. 