september - Grand Encampment, Knights Templar
september - Grand Encampment, Knights Templar september - Grand Encampment, Knights Templar
A Chat With The Managing Editor Well, we are beginning a new triennium in the history of the Grand Encampment. The Grand Encampment has been in existence now for one hundred ninety-six years. That is seven years longer than the ancient Templars existed. Do you think that seven hundred years from now we will be as famous and as remembered as the ancient Templars? Only time will tell. New beginnings are always exciting for me. They give me an opportunity to decide what to change and what to keep the same. Changes are always necessary because of our changing environment. We just have to be careful about what we change. The single most damaging change any organization can make is to change its purpose and its core values. I look for some change during the next three years but perhaps not as much as some might expect. I have had the unique opportunity to watch the Grand Encampment leadership team work together for the last four years, and it seems to me that they do so very effectively. They have developed some long-term objectives and are making significant progress toward accomplishing them. I expect that they will stay the course with most of these. I know that there will be some changes, too. I am most interested to see what they are and what I can do to help. You might consider asking yourself that same question as you hear about where we are headed for the next three years. On another subject, I just returned from attending the annual conclave of our state DeMolays. I must say that these young men continue to impress me. My impression is that they are far more mature, articulate, confident, and polite than the average teenager. Also, this gave me a chance to hear again the teachings portrayed in their various ceremonies. It wouldn’t hurt us all to attend one of them and pay close attention! Visiting with them this weekend brought back memories of experiences that had been forgotten nearly fifty years ago; memories worth remembering. Please do what you can to support these young men. What could be more appropriate than a chapter of DeMolay sponsored by a Commandery of Knights Templar? John L. Palmer Managing Editor 8 september 2012
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- Page 1 and 2: VOLUME LVIII SEPTEMBER 2012 NUMBER
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- Page 5 and 6: The Knights of St. John built their
- Page 7: We publish letters and articles fro
- Page 11 and 12: meet until his return at the end of
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- Page 15 and 16: Active Members Active Per Total as
- Page 17 and 18: Sir Knight Palmer: Letters to the E
- Page 19 and 20: Sculpture in Rome, Italy. Photo by
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- Page 27 and 28: Templar Masons in Jerusalem By Sir
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A Chat With The Managing Editor<br />
Well, we are beginning a new triennium in the history of the <strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Encampment</strong>.<br />
The <strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Encampment</strong> has been in existence now for one<br />
hundred ninety-six years. That is seven years longer than the ancient<br />
<strong>Templar</strong>s existed. Do you think that seven hundred years from now we will be as<br />
famous and as remembered as the ancient <strong>Templar</strong>s? Only time will tell.<br />
New beginnings are always exciting for me. They give me an opportunity to decide<br />
what to change and what to keep the same. Changes are always necessary<br />
because of our changing environment. We just have to be careful about what we<br />
change. The single most damaging change any organization can make is to change<br />
its purpose and its core values.<br />
I look for some change during the next three years but perhaps not as much as<br />
some might expect. I have had the unique opportunity to watch the <strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Encampment</strong><br />
leadership team work together for the last four years, and it seems to me that<br />
they do so very effectively. They have developed some long-term objectives and are<br />
making significant progress toward accomplishing them. I expect that they will stay<br />
the course with most of these. I know that there will be some changes, too. I am<br />
most interested to see what they are and what I can do to help. You might consider<br />
asking yourself that same question as you hear about where we are headed for the<br />
next three years.<br />
On another subject, I just returned from attending the annual conclave of our<br />
state DeMolays. I must say that these young men continue to impress me. My impression<br />
is that they are far more mature, articulate, confident, and polite than the<br />
average teenager. Also, this gave me a chance to hear again the teachings portrayed<br />
in their various ceremonies. It wouldn’t hurt us all to attend one of them and pay<br />
close attention!<br />
Visiting with them this weekend brought back memories of experiences that had<br />
been forgotten nearly fifty years ago; memories worth remembering. Please do<br />
what you can to support these young men. What could be more appropriate than a<br />
chapter of DeMolay sponsored by a Commandery of <strong>Knights</strong> <strong>Templar</strong>?<br />
John L. Palmer<br />
Managing Editor<br />
8 <strong>september</strong> 2012
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