Lions Club Invocation And Loyal Toast May 2026

A Story for Lions Part One: The Invocation – Lighting the Lantern (The speaker steps to the podium. The room settles. A single candle or club banner is illuminated.)

And tomorrow, let us go out and be Lions. Lions Club Invocation And Loyal Toast

Part Three: The Closing – Why Both Matter (The speaker lowers their glass, smiles, and addresses the room warmly.) A Story for Lions Part One: The Invocation

So now… let us eat. Let us laugh. Let us plan. Part Three: The Closing – Why Both Matter

Fellow Lions, there is a second object on that imaginary table with Melvin Jones’s lantern. Not a lantern—a cup. A simple, unadorned cup.

You may wonder: why an invocation and a toast? A prayer and a pledge?

Because one is the lantern—the inward light of purpose, humility, and grace. The other is the cup—the outward reach of loyalty, unity, and action.