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May 2025
- With iMember Accounting, a One-Stop Shop for Lodge Finances
- Message from the Grand Chaplain: Creating The Mystic Tie
- For your Trestleboard, May Officers' Checklist, Question of the Month
Past Issues
Events
September 2020: Masonic Lecture Series
- Want to Keep Your Lodge Engaged? How About a Talk?
- Tips for Hosting Your Own Lecture Series
- Your September Checklist
- For Your Trestleboard
- Question of the Month
Lodge Administration
August 2020: iMember 2.0
- iMember 2.0 Is Here. Get Started Today!
- Your August Checklist
- For Your Trestleboard
- Question of the Month
Lodge Administration
July 2020: Looking for Something?
- Looking for something? Here’s where to find it…
- Your July checklist
- For Your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question fo the month
Technology
June 2020: Videoconference Gatherings for Lodges
- iChats in the Virtual Parking Lot: Videoconference Gatherings for Lodges
- The Good, Bad, and the Ugly: Tips for Keeping Your Gatherings Secure
- Your June checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Culture
April 2020: Uncertain Times Strengthen Our Obligation
- Uncertain Times Strengthen Our Obligation
- Tips for Hosting a Virtual Meetup for Lodges
- Meeting on the Level, Virtually
- Your April checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Events
March 2020: Public Schools Month
- This Public Schools Month, No Effort Is Too Small
- Get Schooled: Public Schools Month Fundraising 101
- Your March checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Culture
February 2020: Youth Orders
- The Secret Ingredient to an Active Lodge? Youth Orders.
- Tips for Working with Youth Orders
- Your February checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Finances
January 2020: Getting Ahead of Hall Taxes
- New Officers, Same Problem: Getting Ahead of Hall Taxes
- Lodge Financial Health Check-up
- Your January checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Finances
December 2019: Managing Your Hall Association
- Death and Taxes: A Primer on Managing Your Hall Association
- Tips for Maintaining the Hall’s Financial Health
- Your December checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Administration
November 2019: Expecting to Be Master
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Be Master
- Putting It Into Practice
- Your November checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Culture
October 2019: Annual Communication
- AnnComm For Dummies: A Primer on the Biggest Masonic Weekend of the Year
- The Super-Simple AnnComm FAQ
- Your October checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Best
Practices
- Using On The Level to Attract potential new members
- Using technology to keep members connected
- Supporting our youth
- Performing outstanding ritual
- Supporting public education
- Serving out communities
- Remembering our sweethearts
- Focusing on fellowship
- Masonic education
- The masonic center as a community resource
