LOGO Christmas is forever, not for just one day, For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away Like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself. Peace on Earth, good will to men, Kind thoughts and words of cheer, Are things we should use often And not just once a year. So keep the Christmas spirit, share it with others far and near, From week to week and month to month, throughout the entire year! Wishing All A Wonderful Holiday And Happy New Year! The Brethren Of Lodge N 0 72
, Brethren, as this is my last Trestleboard submission as Senior Warden and my first communication as the Worshipful Master. I want to say thank you to Worshipful Master, Charles Hardy, all the officers and members of this Lodge who I had the pleasure to work and serve with. I received valuable help, support and guidance from all, and for this, I am humbled and very grateful. Thank you. I also want to say thank you to all the Brothers for electing me as your Worshipful Master for the upcoming year, your continued support and confidence continues to inspire me to do everything that I can to help this Lodge. I take great pride in being a part of this fraternity, a member of this Lodge, and an officer representing the brethren of Sun City Lodge. Sun City Lodge and its members are very much respected in Arizona masonry. The harmony, vibrancy, and the level of activity of its members are the keys to this lodge s accomplishments. I will do all that I can to assist in the continuation of this lodge s success. I recently ran across a prayer by Azriela Jaffe, it s called An Answered Prayer. I found it to be appropriate at this point in my life. I asked for strength, and God gave me difficulties to make me strong; I ask for wisdom, and God gave me problems to learn to solve; I asked for prosperity, and God gave me a brain and brawn to work; I ask for courage, and God gave me dangers to overcome; I asked for love, and God gave me people to help; I ask for favors, and God gave me opportunities; I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed. My prayers have been answered. I hope your prayers will be answered this year, as well, as we continue the work as all those who have gone this way before. Thank you again, Brethren, I will work hard for you. Final thought: The first step of any journey into the unknown is the biggest.
Brethren, Thank you for electing me to the station of Senior Warden. I look forward to next year helping Brother Steve Wieters, Worshipful Master-Elect open and close his Lodge and working with him in accomplishing the goals he has set for this great Lodge. I hope all the Brethren will join with me in supporting him in his endeavors. I would like to take a moment here and congratulate our Worshipful Master for the job he has done this year. Worshipful Master is not an easy Office to attain and an even harder one to perform. I hope that when I earn that high honor I can do the job with the same even demeanor and calmness that our Worshipful has displayed this year. I appreciate all the constructive criticism I received this year regarding the meals. It helped me put together a menu that seemed to be to the liking of the majority of the diners. I hope you give Brother Bob Cole, Junior Warden-Elect the same kindness and consideration you showed me while he takes care of the food and refreshments this next year. Believe me, suggestions are always welcome when you try to come up with something different every meal. This article is a little short this month, but I have a lecture to learn. I hope to see all of you at our Installation on December 5 at 4 PM. SUN CITY LODGE SHIRTS Sun City Lodge N 0 72 is coordinating an order for short sleeve collared polo shirts embossed with the Square and Compasses. The shirts have the following features: + Port Authority is the shirt manufacturer; + Shirt is short sleeve with a collar; + Left breast pocket with Name above the pocket; + Square and Compasses with SUN CITY LODGE N 0 72 on the Right breast; and + Shirts are in Light Blue or White. Price is $25.00 per shirt with payment made to SUN CITY LODGE N 0 72. If you are interested in ordering a shirt, please when ordering, include: + your shirt size; + the shirt color; and + Name you want place above the shirt pocket. CONTACT: Dave Miller at 623.875.2149 or gdmillerak@msn.com Scouting makes a direct and positive impact on our communities by teaching positive values and leadership skills to youth. The mission of the Boy Scouts of America Is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The Vision of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law. Sun City Lodge N 0 72 is proud to support Boy Scout troop 938.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the members of Sun City Lodge who supported my election as incoming junior warden for the upcoming year of 2016. I look forward to working closely with the other officers and my fellow lodge brothers to continue to maintain and foster the highest of our Masonic traditions. As our highly acclaimed, most worshipful brother Benjamin Franklin once said Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin Masonic tradition calls on us to render aid to our sick and needy brothers. While we are getting better at doing that, we have been neglecting our ladies and their needs. If any of you know of a sick or distressed brother or a Masonic widow, please call the lodge office at 623.972.2217 and leave a message on the recorder or in person tell the Secretary or Building Manager. Sun City Lodge N 0 72 would like to preserve our heritage and Lodge by building upon the Irrevocable Trust Fund. To do this, the Brothers of Sun City Lodge N 0 72 can consider Including in their will a Gift to the Irrevocable Trust Fund of Sun City Lodge N 0 72, Peoria, Arizona. This absolutely will preserve our heritage that the Brothers above have established. The funds will be used to maintain the building and for possible renovations in the near future. The Lodge is in need of replenishing this fund. The Brothers may contribute to this fund at any time.
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Brethren and Ladies: The next meeting of the WVSRC will be Monday November 23 at the Golden Corral at Grand and Litchfield in Surprise. The meeting will start at 8:30 with prayer, pledge of allegiance and then all you can eat. Nomination for officers will follow the breakfast. All Masons and guest are welcome to attend. The order of business will be the nomination of officers for the coming year. There are six positions open, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and two board members. If these positions are not totally filled this will be the final meeting of the WVSRC. Under this circumstances the current Board will meet on December 2 at 9:30 AM to conduct the necessary business to close out all club activities. At this time there is no meeting scheduled for December. If there is a full slate of officers then the December meeting will be held on Dec 14. LUNCHEON 12:00 PM MEETING and INSTALLION OF 2015 OFFICERS 1:30 PM These tiles are 8 inches by 8 inches with your name or other name of choice and desired Masonic Emblem. The tiles will be placed on the patio on the south entrance to the lodge. Several brothers have purchased them so far. They will be installed in groups of 6 to 10 tiles. Pricing is $100.00 each. See our Secretary Dick Flinton for information. 623.972.2217
All the past Masters of Sun City Lodge N 0 72 wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Kwanza and Happy New Year We look forward to helping our new Worshipful Master and all the elected and appointed officers. Information you might want to know! At the conclusion (not in this jurisdiction) of his limited term of office, a Worshipful Master is termed a Past Master. The duties and privileges of Past Masters vary from lodge to lodge and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For example, in some jurisdictions Past Masters become life members of the Grand Lodge, while in others they are not. In most jurisdictions, a Past Master retains the honorific "Worshipful" (as in "Worshipful Brother Jones"), however there are a few where this honorific is used exclusively for sitting Masters. The corresponding grand rank is Grand Master. The Grand Master may preside over his Grand Lodge, and also has many powers and rights in every lodge under his jurisdiction. Grand Masters are usually addressed as "Most Worshipful", or as in Pennsylvania, "Right Worshipful". Contact: Pat Hayes at 623.815.7063, pmhayes1@cox.net. Issues of the Trestleboard are available to individual e-mail accounts electronically. The advantage of the electronic release is that the recipient will be receiving the Trestleboard at the time it is sent to the printer, which is a week or more before the end of the calendar month. To receive the Trestleboard electronically released in pdf format, please send your request and e-mail address to www.suncitylodgeno72@gmail.com 623.815.6893 Brethren, at this time we have 219 members. We have one affiliate waiting for a demit: David Leiva. We have three waiting for the EA degree (Royce Kidd, Brian Arrowood and William Sturdevant) and two who have received the EA Marcus Beckles and Edward Tanheimer. At the November meeting, we suspended 15 for non-payment of dues. They are accounted for in the total. I think we are doing very well. Our average age is 70.5. Do good unto all.
. This is a change from previous months and is being made for more rapid processing and release of information for the upcoming month. skw@ep2p.com Remember him before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. ~ Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 I would like to contribute to The Sun City Trestleboard for the 2014 year at the following level: Enclosed is my donation in the amount of $ Make checks payable to and mail to: Donation is IN MEMORY OFHONOR OF: (circle one Attention: Sun City Lodge #72 Secretary: Please n *St. Andrew s Comm. *Amaranth Oasis Chapter R.A.M. Gary Bain *James Becker *Steward Council C.M. Arthur Hart *Pioneer Lodge *John Stoefer *David Miller *James D. Spooler *Ardarth Wilber *West Valley Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge N 0 72 needs current telephone numbers, current addresses and email addresses from all brothers and Trestleboard subscribers. You will be receiving the Electronic Trestleboard if we have your email address unless your preference is a mailing edition. Please notify W.M. Steve Wieters or 623.297.6900
The Chairman for our second annual Pancake Breakfast, Bob Carhart, reports that the planning is done and he is ready for some action on the part of the volunteers who will head up the various categories assigned to perform at the breakfast. It is never too soon to make your plans so you will be available to help with this fun/fund raiser. Perhaps the most important activity that we can all do is sell tickets so we can have more attendees than we did at our first Pancake Breakfast. It is going to be up to each of us members and you do not have to be a sound physical specimen to do this important work. Like in some of the other chores our ladies can assist as well in making this event very successful. They attend many meetings and other activities where the men do not so they have an excellent place to sell individual as well as groups of tickets. THANKS LADIES! We hope to see everyone, who reads this epistle, at the breakfast with your friends and neighbors. All Master Masons are invited and encouraged to attend any of our regular meetings on the second Fridays of the months of October through May as well as our social events where the ladies and guests are always welcome and encouraged to attend. Santa Claus sometimes has sent an elf by with a treat for each of us at the festive Christmas/Holiday Luncheon and he may do it again on December 7, 2015. Do you suppose he will? December 7, 2015 11:30 AM Christmas/Holiday Luncheon. Do not miss this festive evening event. It has always been very popular. Will this be the very best? December 11, 2015 8:00 AM Election of officers and Directors. Interesting speaker. January 8, 2016 8:00 AM Installation of 2016 Officers. State President Dave Miller and his team will preside. Arizona Wolcott Deputy Trustee, Harry Brown, will bring us up to date on Wolcott in Arizona. Remember, you can participate with your donations to the Wolcott Foundation any day of the year and join our Brothers attending the Sun City Lodge or any Lodge. As you know, any of the local Lodges that you may visit can be a great location to find a new High Twelvian for our Club. It is up to each of us to sign up a new High Twelvian to keep our roster on the plus side and, hopefully, to increase our membership so that our friends can enjoy our Food, Fun and Fellowship. Worshipful Master Message: Brethren, Due to the increases in the cost of food we are being forced to increase the cost of our meals. They will Increased to $8.00. We are sorry for this but the circumstances are beyond our control. We will be serving meals at all stated meeting and third degrees. The meals will be prepared and served by the members of the Amaranth and Eastern Star. The meal for the December Stated meeting will be, Ham, mashed potatoes & gravy, salad, dinner rolls, and green beans. Desert will be birthday cake, to celebrate the December birthdays. If your birthday is in the month of December, you are invited to enjoy dinner for free. Brethren for the next upcoming Masonic year we are going to be celebrating the brother s actual birthdays, as well as their Masonic birthdays as we have been previously. When the trestle board comes out at the first of every month there will be a list of the brother s birthdays for that month, just their names and the month. These brothers will receive an invitation to come to the stated meeting and enjoy dinner on us; there will also be a nice birthday cake for all of us to share.
Honored Ladies and Sir Knights: The November 9, 2015 meeting had a great attendance to welcome our Grand Lecturer, Hon. Lady Faye Spencer. We had elections for two officers, Hon. Lady Pat Zimmerman was elected Secretary, Sir Knight John Munster was elected Treasurer, both were Installed into office, over all we had a great meeting with good fellowship. Our next meeting is December 14, 2015, this meeting will be our friendship meeting which is always a fun packed meeting, greeting old and new members. Can you believe how fast this month has gone, we wish all a great Thanks Giving Day. See all of you on December 14, 2015. Happy Holidays to all! The Stars are shining brightly and are twinkling with delight at the generous donations of our chapter this year. The Food Bank is supported by our PM s and PP s. Dollars are given to calling cards for our troops to phone home at Christmas, and volunteer hours at the hospitals all add up to a joyful noise! Our Friendship Night on December 1 st. was a lot of fun as we celebrated John Munster s WP, Birthday. There were lots of friends and gift giving galore. Our breakfast at the Royal Café, the second Tuesday of the month, is very well attended. This is where a lot of fellowship happens. We are looking forward to our Christmas Pot Luck on December 15 th, with Ham as our main entrée. We always have a Special Visitor at the Christmas meeting and we Jingle all the way. The WM and WP wish you all a Blessed Holiday Season. Respectfully submitted Sandy Munster PM Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. ~ C. H. Claude MM Masonry aims at the promotion of morality and higher living by the cultivation of the social side of man, the rousing in him of the instincts of charity and love of his kind. It rests surely on the foundation of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. ~ William Howard Taft MM "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President and Freemason It has not been my fortune to know very much of Freemasonry, but I have had the great fortune to know many Freemasons and have been able in that way to judge the tree by its fruit. I know of your high ideals. I have seen that you hold your meetings in the presence of the open Bible, and I know that men who observe that formality have high sentiments of citizenship, of worth, and character. That is the strength of our Commonwealth and nation." -Calvin Coolidge "I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there is upon him a peculiar obligation to show himself in every respect a good citizen; for after all, the way he can best do his duty by the ancient order to which he belongs is by reflecting credit upon that order by way in which he performs his duty as a citizen of the United States." -Theodore Roosevelt Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all the others. -Winston Churchill
SUN CITY N 0 72 LODGE OFFICERS 2016 Worshipful Master Steven Wieters 623.297.6900 skw@ep2p.com Senior Warden Craig Montgomery 623.521.5580 cmonty51@cox.net Junior Warden Bob Cole Secretary Richard Flinton Treasurer Michael Kennedy Chaplain PM. Jack Daniel Senior Deacon Mark Nelson Junior Deacon Frankie Felix Senior Steward Matthew A. Link Junior Steward Kevin Baver Alternate Stewards Andy Pratt Marshal Nico Felix Tyler Jim Leber Organist / Pianist Sidney Engel 602.978.6640 13013cole@cox.net 623.972.2217 rflinton@comcast.net 623.972.2217 mkennedysolutions@gmail.com Building Lodge Trustees Chairman Errol Hakwsley, Members George Coxey, David Miller, Al Cohen, Emeritus Earl Trundy Lodge Building Manager Jack Daniel 623.972.2217 jackdnl@cox.net Audit Committee Jim Rolle, Dan Robison Banquet / Event Committee Chairman Frank Visceglie, Member Steve Wieters Stewart Bikes For Books Bob Cole, Steve Wieters, Charles Hardy Candidate Mentoring Errol Hawksley, Michael Kennedy, Andy Pratt Irrevocable Trust Fund Trustees Chairman Hal Knowlton, Members Bill Clark, John Geyer, Doug Robertson, Bryan Cooper-Keeble Lodge Ritual Director Pat Hayes Lodge Website Committee David Miller, Craig Montgomery Masonic Education Errol Hawksley, Michael Kennedy, Andy Pratt Masonic Funeral Coordination David Miller 623.875.2149 gdmillerak@msn.com Masonic Jewelry Frank Visceglie 623.533.6697 Membership Contact Retention Michael Kennedy, Pat Hayes Sickness and Distress Larry Gorelick 623.561.2330, George Coxey 602.339.0997 Publisher / Editor Christian Logothetis
DECEMBER 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday FOR CALENDAR ENTRIES CONTACT JACK DANIEL AT 623.293.2250 1 EASTERN STAR 7:30 PM 2 3 SCOTTISH RITE LODGE OF PERFECTION LUNCHEON 12 PM MEETING 1:30 PM 4 5 6 HANUKKAH 7 BUILDING TRUST 10 AM NILE CLUB 10: 30 AM OFFICERS MEETING 7 PM PIONEER LODGE 8 PAST MASTERS 8:30 AM DAR 1 PM 7 PM 13 14 15 IRREVOCABLE TRUST 4PM AMARANTH 6 PM EASTERN STAR 6 PM 9 10 STATED MEEING DINNER 16 17 5:45 PM MEETING 7 PM 11 12 18 ROYAL ARCH MASONS DINNER 6:30 PM MEETING 7:30 PM ST. ANDREWS CONCLAVE 9 AM 19 20 21 PIONEER LODGE 7 PM 22 23 24 25 26 CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS 27 28 STERWARD COUNCIL CRYPTIC MASONS DINNER 6:30 PM MEETING 7: 30 PM 29 30 31 1 NEW YEARS EVE
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