Sep 14, 2023 | Dedicated Members for Change, Odd Fellows
Brother Peter Sellars, a Past Grand Master of California and one of the two Grand Representatives from the Jurisdiction of California, recently returned from Sovereign Grand Lodge Sessions, and has attached a print-out of the Proceedings of the important Day Four at...
Jun 1, 2023 | Dedicated Members for Change, Odd Fellows
[Last year, I was appointed Chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee for the Grand Lodge of California. In June of 2022, my committee issued its report, identifying 12 recommendations for growth of our Order. The recommendations were submitted to the Grand Master...
Apr 24, 2023 | Dedicated Members for Change, Odd Fellows
The human lifespan is limited to about 100 years, more or less. But the fraternal lifespan can last for centuries. The fraternal order we call “the Independent Order of Odd Fellows” began in England in the 1700’s and traveled the ocean to the United States in the...
Jan 13, 2023 | Dedicated Members for Change, Odd Fellows
The vast majority of Odd Fellows Lodges are (and have been) declining in membership. My own Lodge – Davis #169 – for the past two decades has increased its membership every single year. Since I joined in 2004, the Davis Lodge has grown from less than 30 members to 350...
Jan 6, 2023 | Dedicated Members for Change, Odd Fellows
About twenty-five years ago, I wrote an article which offered a method to attract new members. It was a method which worked for the Odd Fellows lodge I belonged to at the time – proven method. At that time it seemed most lodges had resigned themselves to simply...
Jan 5, 2023 | Dedicated Members for Change, Odd Fellows
Dear Dedicated Members for Change, Every Odd Fellows Lodge in every jurisdiction of our Order has the right to send representatives to Grand Lodge Sessions, which are typically held once each year. In point of fact, however, a majority of Odd Fellow Lodges don’t...
