Strength of Purpose Achieves the Impossible. - Araba Shrine Temple

Membership – The Future of Araba
It is my pleasure and honor to accept the appointment as Membership Chairman of Araba Shriners
for the year 2012 by Potentate Daniel Holland. We have all witnessed the ever increasing
decline of members in our fraternity, more especially in Araba Shriners. Our future is vitally dependent
on the development, retention and recruitment of membership. Our goal is to promote
and educate prospective candidates about the benefits of our beloved fraternity.
We will be seeking assistance from Nobles of Araba Shriners in our Mentor Program. As a Virtual
Mentor you will be paired with a Candidate with similar interests in your area. Communicating
by phone or in person, you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and enthusiasm
about Masonry and about becoming a Shriner. You will answer questions or concerns and
help an interested candidate with his journey in Freemasonry. More especially, you will have the
opportunity to make a new friend.
We are asking the Nobles of Araba Shriners to step forward and assist in this vital and important
undertaking. Our future depends on a team effort by the entire Nobility. I am sure that we
still have the same love and devotion for the cause that we all shared the day we became a Noble
of the Shrine. Araba and our hospitals are dependent on our continued interest, integrity and
enthusiasm.
Please contact me at 239-997-0138 if you are willing to assist in this very important undertaking.
OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOU!
Fraternally,
Ted G. Adams
Past Potentate
Become Part of the Shriners Village Community
Shriners Village is the Web-based community
created exclusively for the Shriners family.
Fraternity members and their ladies can visit
www.shrinersvillage.com to find information
about Shriners Hospitals for Children ® ,
fraternal programs, membership, temples,
Shrine-related events and breaking news.
The website contains useful fraternity documents
for nobles to download, such as the Fez Owners
Manual, Membership Toolkit, Shriner Primer,
Shrine Protocol and a pamphlet about the history of
Shriners International. In its short existence, Shriners
Village has become the communication engine for
Shriners International.
“Given that there are 325,000 nobles all over the
world, Shriners Village is a fantastic outlet for the
fraternity to relay information to its nobility,” said
Jack Jones, executive vice president of Shriners
International. “It is also a great way for Shriners
to learn from one another so they can help their
temples succeed.”
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Shriners Village also has an Events section with
information about temple fundraisers and other
activities. Any registered user has permission to
post an event on the events calendar by clicking
on the “Events” tab and then fi nding the “Events
Calendar” on the left column of the page. To add an
event, use the “Add Event” tab and then click the
“Submit Event” button after the form has been
fi lled out.
The Shriners Village development team will
be adding new features to the website on a
regular basis. One of the features will be member
profi les, where nobles can upload photos and their
information similar to Facebook. This new addition
will make it possible for Shriners to fi nd and contact
other members. Also in the works is a new forum
feature which will allow nobles to share ideas and
thoughts in a private discussion area.
Visit www.shrinersvillage.com and register so
you can be a part of Shriners’ virtual community.
www.shrinersinternational.org
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