The Masonic Training/Education Committee has moved into 2000 in high gear arranging workshops for lodge officers, updating communications about available speakers, and incorporating new materials for candidates packets.

Robert L. Dluge, Jr., R.W. Grand Master, reinstated the Senior and Junior Warden Workshops under the new title of "Lodge Officers Training Workshops" with two sessions scheduled to be held this year. The first workshop was held March 11 at the Masonic Homes Campus in Elizabethtown. The second will be on Oct. 14 at the same location.

In April, the Committee began to upgrade and enlarge the Speakers Book. Speakers listed in the existing booklet will be polled to determine their continuing interest. The contents will be expanded to include representative speakers whose topics address the new programs in safety and personal protection initiated by Grand Master Dluge.

New materials, as well as significant Masonic materials from the past will be introduced into "The Candidates Packets" that are given to new members. Each Mason should have a variety of materials that will help him to understand the Masonic Fraternity better. The new packets are to be available from the Masonic Education Office beginning in May.