Excellent Grand Orator
WB Darin A. Lahners is Co-Managing Editor of and Regular Contributor to the Midnight Freemasons blog. He is a host and producer of the “Meet, Act and Part” podcast. He is currently serving the Grand Lodge of Illinois Ancient Free and Accepted Masons as the Area Education Officer for the Eastern Masonic Area. He is serving as the Grand Orator for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois. He is a Past Master of St. Joseph Lodge No.970 in St. Joseph. He is also a plural member of Homer Lodge No. 199 (IL), where he is also a Past Master. He’s also a member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Danville. He is a charter member of Illinois Royal Arch Chapter, Admiration Chapter No. 282 and is serving as Excellent High Priest this capitular year. He is a member of the Salt Fork Shrine Club under the Ansar Shrine. He is a grade one (Zelator) in the S.C.R.I.F. Prairieland College in Illinois. He is also a Fellow of the Illinois Lodge of Research. He was presented with the Torok Award from the Illinois Lodge of Research in 2021.