Tonight was our stated meeting at Antioch. Rather than just a normal meeting business meeting, tonight it started off with a family from the Cincinnati Hospital coming to tell their story about how the Hospitals helped them out when their son had some critical birth defects. When was the last time we brought someone in at a stated meeting (or special event of the Chapter) who could give a personal example of how the charities we support helped them. This was really a powerful message and I know it made everyone in the room proud to think this is what they are helping to happen. They also had a ladies program while the men were in their meeting called paint by the glass where a lady came in and showed how to paint and then each of the ladies got to paint a couple glasses or a canvass. My wife is not a painter but she told me she had a great time and would love to do it again. (Maybe another lesson for us in Chapter ... a fun filled program for the ladies during one of our events in which they actually get to participate might make them more willing for us to participate.) The bottom line ... while we have great ritual work ... maybe we need to give the members a little more to keep them coming back .... and for those who have been around a long while they would know this is something we used to do in Chapter.
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