LMCP_Member_Experience

Every candidate should feel that his degrees are meaningful, memorable, and transformative. A best practice is to help prepare the candidate before the degree. Help orient him, understand if he has an alternative holy writing he would prefer to have on the altar, and know that his candidate’s coach is prepared to connect with him following the degree. Many lodges celebrate following the degree with a memento or token of the degree, a special meal, and/or a thoughtful presentation to help mark this as a moment of celebration in his life. In scheduling the degrees, set dates for all three degrees and proficiencies as a part of the lodge’s activity calendar. Allow for flexibility if a candidate needs more time. Consider the availability of officers and sideliners, and how many degrees you can meaningfully host in an average year, and perhaps aligning special degrees with a tradition like the Feasts of the Sts. John.

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