Senior Deacon

Last meeting we discussed who would fill what chair next year. Our Junior Deacon does not want to move up; his job is very demanding right now, and he has two small children. So I'll enter the officer chain as Senior Deacon. As a side note, we have a West who hasn't been in the officer chain in a few years, and our South will be moving to the sidelines, so next year looks to be a different make-up.

The Senior Deacon is the NCO of the lodge. All the other officers do a lot of talking, but when something needs to get done, guess who wades through the metaphoric mud? He sets the social tone for the lodge, and he also does a lot of kneeling, which at the moment is worrying me (I had my knee scoped last week).

Opening and closing the lodge is a piece of cake -- the floor work is familiar and unless we open in the EA degree, there isn't much to say.

The real work is during the degrees. He's got his own lecture; no one is closer or more important to a candidate during rituals. During my degree work, I was astounded at the level of effort put forth by our current SD.

I have to work on my memorization, but I keep forgetting.