by Ed Luttrell
National Grange Director of Leadership and Membership
If you want new members in your Grange, maybe
it’s time to tell your fellow members how you feel. Specifically
share your faith about the future of your Grange. At your next
meeting stand up and tell the members that you believe that your
Grange is going to be here in a hundred years. You can say you have
no idea how it’s going to happen, just that you believe it will
survive and prosper.
Before you do this, you may have to take time to really examine your
own faith in our organization. Look at the principles and values of
the Grange and their importance to you. Look at what benefits the
Grange could or should be providing to members and nonmembers. If
necessary, contact your State Grange leadership or even someone from
National to get some encouragement and reasons to be optimistic.
When you stand up in your Grange be ready to surprise your fellow
members. They may be silent or they may express their belief. You
may be pleasantly surprised to find that they agree with you.
Afterward you and your members will have a reason to talk to
nonmembers about what happened in your Grange that meeting. It will
be easier to talk to potential members after you have verbalized
your faith that the Grange will be here a hundred years from now.
Share your faith in the future of your Grange and watch the
incredible happen!
