Exalted Ruler's Message

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April 2025

As I start my tenure as your new Exalted Ruler, I would like to take this me to welcome you all.

After our initiation of six new members the other night, I was talking with another officer, and she made a great point. We seem to be focusing on the needs of the Lodge.  Yes, we need volunteers.  Yes, we need to raise funds.  Yes, we have to control our spending.  Yes, we have to follow new guidelines.  Yes, we need to make changes, etc., etc., which we certainly need to do.  But we are forgetting the most important thing of all.  WE MUST HAVE FUN.  Share a laugh or two.  The Lodge is a place to gather and see our friends and maybe make some new ones.  We have been doing new fun events which I encourage you to come and enjoy.  When you volunteer, make it fun.  When you attend a meeting, make it enjoyable.  Be considerate to all that you come in contact with.  “Be just to your fellow man”, “Ever practice Brotherly love”, “Be charitable to all mankind”. 

Fraternally yours,

ER Philip K Nuffer

P.S. A quote I heard from the singer Jelly Roll, “The windshield is bigger than the rear-view mirror for a reason, because what is in front of you is much more important than what is behind you”.