Nine Odd Fellow Scholarships and Loans for Education

Below are 9 ways Odd Fellows can help you go to school to better yourself. Check these out! THE LOAN PROGRAM: Who Is Eligible to Receive a Loan? It is required that applicants must be, or have a relative who is an active member of an Odd Fellow or Rebekah Lodge. A student desiring a […]

Odd Fellowship, Religion, and Compromise

The issue of religion in Odd Fellowship pops up often these days. And for those who aren’t Odd Fellows, nearly all members understand The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is NOT a church. In fact we have less religion in our Order than many other fraternal orders. It’s just that many U.S. Odd Fellows want […]

5 less than 12 Minute TED Talks for Odd Fellows

This TED Talk reflects upon ideas of the Initiatory Degree: Here’s a TEDx Talk from Australia and ties to the Degree of Friendship. This kid has a great idea, and one that a lodge somewhere might be able to work on…in fact why not get your Grand Lodge to move this forward? Every lodge […]

Time To Laugh A Little: 3 Odd Fellow Jokes

Odd Fellows Fight A Fire In a blink of an eye the Acme Chicken Grease Company exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around. When the fire fighters appeared on the scene, the chicken grease company president rushed to the fireman in charge and said, “All our […]

Advice For Initiates

A Mystic Master once said, “To visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead, and educate the orphan is the command of our laws, and a duty which we require.“ There’s not a better statement than the one above for a new Odd Fellow to hear. The statement is both a warning and an […]

SIX SUPER AWESOME THINGS THAT WILL AFFECT THE ORDER!

It’s an exciting time to be an Odd Fellow! One more time for the people sitting way down by the VICE GRAND: “ITS A SUPER AWESOME AMAZING EXCITING TIME TO BE AN ODD FELLOW!” As it is now, we have SIX AWESOME THINGS coming together at nearly the same time that I think can really help boost […]

Odd Fellowship, Humanitarianism, PREACH IT!!

Can you do without human sympathy? Humanitarianism is the view that all human beings deserve respect and dignity. Humanitarians work towards advancing the well-being of humanity as a whole. It is the antithesis of the “us vs. them” mentality that characterizes tribalism. Humanitarianism drives people to save lives, alleviate suffering, and promote human dignity. Humanitarianism […]