Printed Every Month 131st Anniversary
October 2021
Where is Gila Valley going? This question is for all of you as we get closer to 2022. Our Community is growing faster than 99% of the County and our Lodge is losing members. What makes you come to Lodge, or what makes you not come to Lodge? Why are we not seeing more people coming to our West Gate? The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania shared this story…. There was a small store called Davis Variety Store in the center of a moderate sized Pennsylvania town. It had all kinds of goods for sale and during the 50’s it was good come into the store and find that we’re out of touch. We business for grandfather Davis and his family. couldn’t keep them as customers for a second.” Finally He had every intention of handing it over to his grandhe said, “IF you want to make a go of this store, we’re son when he retired. But while the young man was in going to have to fix it up and bring it into the 21st centucollege the grandfather died By the time the young man ry. There’s tough competition out there and we aren’t was in college, the grandfather died. By the time the ready compete.” young man had graduated and returned home, he discovered that the store was in great need of repair. Inside Are we trying to attract members to an “old Lodge”? the store, the camera department, together with the tool We can equate to a store’s different departments, to asand notions departments were a mess. Traffic into the pects of a Lodge. Ritual, Education, Fellowship, Charistore had all but ceased and there was little interest ty, Involvement in the Community all should be adamong the help in growing the business. The family dressed when determining whether a Lodge is ready to wanted to advertise, but the grandson was dubious. attract members. All of these ‘departments’ work to “Advertise what?” he asked. “Do we want people to benefit members and give value to attending Lodge.
(Contact the Lodge Secretary at WM3, GV9, or A69 for more information)