Today I met with REC Greg Clatterbuck to give him some paperwork to officially mark the merger of Rabboni Chapter into Xenia Chapter. While you always hate to see a Chapter close, this is one time where it might turn out for the better. Xenia has all the York Rite bodies with Fairborn only having Chapter. While I think Rabboni originally came out of Xenia Chapter for several years they kind of seemed to each be doing their own thing and working together was not one of those things. Over the past few years that situation has changed and both are working together to do all degree work and hold stated meetings. Rabboni has also had many of their long time supporters pass on over the passed few years and it has become more and more difficult for them with several High Priests having to serve multiple times. With the two Chapters being just a few miles apart, the timing being right and both voting in the affirmative to make it happen, it is now done.
On the flip side Unity Chapter held their first official daytime meeting (instead of closing they decided to try something different) and while they were lucky to have 6 present at their night meetings, today we had 15-16 in attendance with a lunch being held right before where 2-3 more were able to attend. I'm excited for what the future may hold for this Chapter. We did think of a few issues with going to 4 daytime meetings a year today but we are working through the issues to make this a success. We also took a picture to mark this historic event.
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