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Noble Robert E. Boice Noble Robert L. Marloff, Sr.
Noble John R. Duskey Noble Jack L. Mc Intyre
Noble John H. Fey Noble Guy A. Mc Wreath, Jr.
Noble William F. Fried, Jr. Noble Robert I. Olsen
Noble Robert Gregory, Sr. Noble G. Weber Smith
Noble Paul J. Ickert Noble Gordon Stephens
Noble Edward L. Kemp, Jr. Noble Richard N. “Dickie” Thomas
Noble John M. Thompson
MEMBERSHIP MESSAGE
Brethren,
We are once again, coming up on our An excellent tool to help with your points from their Mentoring/Recruitment/
fall ceremonial which will be on October recruitment is to utilizing our new Fraternal Retention segment:
27, 2018. It's time for you to reach out to Website. If you haven't seen it in a while, you • Never let a Noble stand-alone.
those brothers who have not yet joined are in for a pleasant surprise. Noble Jim • Always engage the Noble in
our ranks and offer to share with them the Elmer and his team have created a vast conversation and listen. We want every
fellowship that we enjoy at our Shrine. collection of information to help display Noble to be heard
It's not necessary to give a 'hard sell', just our efforts. I recommend that each potential • Encourage Nobles to be in a Unit/
a friendly notice. Something like 'by the Noble be encouraged to look over the site. Club and participate
way, Shriners have their ceremonial They will see videos on our mission, what it • Encourage former members to
coming up on October 27. If they show is like to be a Shriner, our history, our Units, restore their membership.
an interest, then carry on the conversation Clubs, and Caravans, and how to become a There are a lot more good points at
and help guide them toward becoming a Shriner. The site even has a link on the first their site. Look them over because they are
Noble. If they turn you down, at least you page to the https://www.beashrinernow.com true for all Shrine Temples. Thank you to
have planted the seed of thought which site to help them become a Shriner. Also, our Kena Brothers.
hopefully will grow into action in the they can download a petition for membership Keep these points in mind for our next
following years. from the site. ceremonial and I hope to see you there
When speaking to our Nobles, I often Returning to our Ceremonial on October along with a new Noble that you are
hear the statement that “I haven’t been 27, I can’t stress enough how important first sponsoring.
able to do much at the Shrine lately or impressions are to our new members. We all
I wish that I had the time to help.’ I feel know that these new members come to us Jim Cornwell
that these Nobles don’t realize how easy with a strong desire to help in our missions Membership
it is to help just by promoting our kids, and to enjoy our fellowship. It’s our job to
our hospitals and our membership. Our provide the guidance so that they can find
mission is to make the public aware of their comfort zone within our ranks.
our philanthropy and gain their support. I’m going to close by taking the liberty of
You can do this by relating the story of borrowing some information from our
our organization to the public, and by Brothers at Kena Shrine in Virginia. They
helping to increase our ranks by created a list of ‘101 Ways to get Involved at
recruiting more Nobles. Kena’ which I want to share some bullet
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