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What is the FAITH? How do we apply it to our daily lives? From time immemorial, man has
had FAITH in many ideals. When our forefathers founded this country, they had FAITH in its
future. When we attend the church of our “FAITH”, we, as Masons, are taught to have FAITH
in the existence of a supreme being. It has been this continual FAITH over all the years,
exerted by society toward their fellow man that has resulted in our progress and civilization toward that ideal of one common
“band of society.” Today, more than ever, it is obvious that we must have a FAITH in our ideals and in our fellow man in all that
we do. Changes are taking place in our society, in our youth and in our technology, that often leaves us quite breathless. Often as
we discussed some of the problems facing our young people today, we hear the expression, “what kind of an example have we
set for them, or what kind of future can we offer them?” How can they have a FAITH in the present world that we are giving them?
Certainly the tenants of Freemasonry can be the most encouraging and vital inheritance that our youth can receive. They will
accept them only if we can show them by example how important these teachings will be to influence their future purpose and
happiness. Most of us want our youth of today to emulate in some ways the pattern of life that we ourselves hold in such high
regard. Why can’t this be an experience in masonry? If you are concerned about the direction our youth are headed in, it is t ime
that you stop shaking your head. Hold it high and attend all of your lodge meetings. The direction that masonry is headed
depends upon whether or not they have enough FAITH in you to follow. I think they will. Although you may think I wrote this today,
this was written by an anonymous bother and can be found in a book compiled by Alphonse Cerza in 1971 (September 26), titled
A Masonic Thought for Each Day of the Year. This passage demonstrates how little things have changed and how much FAITH is
a part of what we do. This New Year is our time to make a difference. Be sure to attend meetings and get involved. I look forward
to seeing you at the next meeting.
SUN CITY LODGE SHIRTS
Sun City Lodge N0 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 N0 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 N0 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 [email protected]
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 N0 72 is proud to support Boy Scout troop 938.
Brethren, I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday season. Hanukkah and Christmas are a
special time of year. People rekindle the true meaning of the season and for a short time behave
as all true Masons behave all year round, with Brotherly Love, Truth and Charity guiding their
actions. Wouldn’t be nice if everyone’s New Year’s resolution would be to treat everyone as they
would like to be treated? As we start a new calendar year, we also started a new Lodge year a couple of weeks back. Which
means I am in charge of the 3RD degree slate of Officers. The first 3rd degree is going to be on January 28TH, if you want to
participate in the degree please give me a call. We are starting the year off with a lot of degree work and it is a nice feeling to start
doing our ritual work again. Please come out and join us for some fellowship, if you haven’t been to lodge in a while, don’t worry
about, come on out and you will find it easy to get in and enjoy the companionship that you remember.
Charles E. Seiter
John C. Holz Sr
eslie E. Ellis
Horst Neuhaus
Sidney Engel
William L. Butler
Glenn W. Cummings
James A. Boothman
David H. McConachie
Roger D. Flowers
Richard K. Flinton William B. Lewis
Kirk T. Lockett Jr
Paul J. Dore' Jr
Brian N. Brown
Sean J. Shelton
Francisco R. Felix
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 N0 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 N0 72 can
consider Including in their will a Gift to the Irrevocable Trust Fund of Sun City Lodge N0
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.
Greetings:
Brethren From The South
As we start the new year with a clean slate and all that this implies let us look forward to new
beginnings and to a renewed commitment to the principles of our craft. I eagerly look
forward to participating in the initiation of new brothers and assisting them through their
progress of becoming Master Masons. Some upcoming changes to our meal service at our
stated meetings include that the meals will be prepared and served at 5:45 PM by the ladies of the Amaranth. These meals will
now cost $8.00 per person and a reservation must be made three days in advance in order to participate. You must RSVP by
emailing Bob Cole at [email protected] or, by contacting the lodge directly at 623.972.2217.The ladies of the Eastern Star will
be preparing and serving our meals on the nights that we conduct Master Mason degrees. Please RSVP for this meal also
following the above instructions. Refreshments will continue to be served after all meetings. I look forward to seeing all of you in
lodge and wish you all a happy, healthy new year.
Pot Luck- - - - - - - - - - 6:30 PM
Education- - - - - - - - - 7:00 PM
Meeting- - - - - - - - - - - 7:30 PM
623.687.4002 [email protected]
Welcome Sir Knights companions brothers and sisters. I hope this New Year finds you well. We had a great December, and are
looking forward to a busy January. Immediately following our December conclave, the Commandrey celebrated our Christmas
observance on December 12TH. It was a very enjoyable ceremony, many many thanks go out to Doug Robertson and his wife Eva
for their outstanding work to making it what it was.
RITUAL PRACTICE- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7:30 AM
COFFEE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8:00 AM
CONCLAVE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9:00 AM
602.432.4638 [email protected]
Happy New Year’s Brethren. This has been a busy season once again with the Holidays, as well as Elections and Installations.
The best of those installations, showing true courage under fire was for our councils Purple Heart of Masonry. Our own Deputy
Master, Steve Wieters, I am proud to say is, well, having a very Black & Blue Year. That is, as you know, being the Eminent
Commander of St. Andrews Commandery of Knights Templar and now has been installed as the Worshipful Master of Sun City N0
72, F&AM in Arizona. Within the Year, Steve will also be leading, if elected, the Red & Purple Lodges, as well, as High Priest of
Oasis Chapter N015 Royal Arch Masons and as the Illustrious Commander of Stewart Council of Cryptic Masons, leading all 3
York Rite bodies and the hosting Blue Lodge within a 2 year span. I am in awe of the Powerhouse of Personalities which our
Council embodies, showing us what is possible of one singular Mason. Congratulations to our Dearest Deputy Master, Steve
Wieters. Awesome Work Companion!!! Start the year out right, by coming to Council this 4TH Monday night.
WHO: THIS SPECIAL EVENT IS FOR CRYPTIC MASONS
WHAT: THIS TABLE COUNCIL MEETING WITH DINNER AND TRADITIONAL TOAST IS CONDUCTED IN THE
OFFICIAL TABLE COUNCIL RITUAL OF THE GENERAL GRAND COUNCIL OF CRYPTIC MASONS INT.
WHY: TO PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF MASONRY AS OUR BRETHREN LIVED IT IN THEIR LODGES
LONG AGO
WHEN: MARCH 28, 2016 AT 7:00 PM (4TH Monday regular meeting night)
WHERE: SUN CITY LODGE N0 72 (Just North Union Hills Rd. on 107TH Ave.)
ATTIRE: APPROPRIATE ATTIRE FOR STEWART COUNCIL MEMBERS
MENU: PORK LOIN WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS & DESERT
IF YOU REQUIRE A SPECIAL MENU PLEASE CONTACT
PAT HAYES AT 623.815.7063 or [email protected]
HOW: SEND THE ATTACHED RESERVATION A WITH CHECK FOR A DONATION OF $25.00 PAYABLE TO
STEWART COUNCIL N0 16 ON OR BEFORE MARCH 24, 2016 TO:
Pat Hayes 10318 W. Garnette Dr. Sun City, AZ 85373-1653 [email protected] 623.815.7063
PLEASE RESERVE A PLACE IN MY NAME FOR THE DINNER I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
DONATION OF $25.00 WILL GUARANTEE ME A PLACE AT THE TABLE NAME:
DATE: _________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________
CITY & ZIP: _____________________________________________________________________
PHONE: ________________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL: ________________________________________________________________________
OASIS CHAPTER # 15 ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF ARIZONA WILL BE CONFERRING THE FIFTH ANNUAL MARK MASTER OUTDOOR DEGREE IN
WICKENBURG, AZ ON FEBRUARY 20, 2016
DEGREE START TIME: 10.00 AM COST: $25.00 (CANDIDATES FREE)
DOUGHNUTS IN THE MORNING (BRING YOUR OWN COFFEE / BEVERAGE)
BRATS & BURGERS LUNCH INCLUDED WITH WATER
ADDRESS & DIRECTIONS: 37777 Black Cat Road, Wickenburg 1. Take Grand Ave (US 60) West to Wickenburg; 2. RIGHT Turn on N Jack Burden Road (Fast Food Restaurant on corner); 3. Travel 2.2 miles on N Jack Burden Road. Make slight Right onto Jack Burden Road. This is 0.9 miles past N Blue Tank Trail. 4. Take first Left onto S. Black Cat Road. Travel 0.4 miles. 5. Look for signage regarding Royal Arch. ON LINE ON_FACEBOOK – Sun City Lodge N0 72
REGISTRATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 16, 2016
ROYAL ARCH MASON CANDIDATE CHAPTER ___________________________________
VISITOR CHAPTER __________________________________________
SEND REGISTRATION WITH CHECK OR M.O. ONLY PAT HAYES 10318 W. GARNETTE DR. SUN CITY, AZ 85373-1653 [email protected] 623-815-7063 NAME: __________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________________________ _
CITY & ZIP: _______________________________________________________________________________
PHONE: ___________________________ EMAIL: ________________________________________________
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
Junior Warden Message: Salad, Pork Lion Roast, Au-Gratin Potatoes, Vegetable, Desert with Beverage.
Master Mason Degree: Salad, Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Vegetable, Desert and Beverage.
The Past Masters of Sun City lodge N0 72 wish you and your family a safe, healthy and prosperous
New Year. The Past masters meet on the second Tuesday at 8:30 am in the Jackson Room. Coffee
& doughnuts served. Our next meeting will be on January 12, 2016. We invite the lodge officers to
attend It is a wise Master who recognizes the talents of the Past Masters and who uses them to good
advantage. They can serve as a “sounding board” for the programs and activities a master is consid-
ering. He can “pick their brains” for ideas and he can count on the Past Masters to give him the wis-
dom of their experience. The Master serves as the rudder, steering the course, but it is often the Past
Masters who assist him to “keep it on an even keel.”
Contact: Pat Hayes at 623.815.7063, [email protected].
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
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
Brethren, at this time we have 221 member. 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. Two have paid their dues for 2015 and 2016. They are accounted for in
the total. I think we are doing very well. Our average age is 71.13. 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.
“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
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Masonic Lodge N0 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
*St. Andrew’s Comm. *Amaranth
*James Becker
*Pioneer Lodge
*James D. Spooler
Oasis Chapter R.A.M.
*Steward Council C.M.
*John Stoefer
*Ardarth Wilber
Gary Bain
Karen E. Bulawa
Arthur Hart
*David Miller
*West Valley Scottish Rite
From Left to Right: Tyler James Liber, Marshal Nicolas Felix, Treasure Michael Kennedy, Junior Deacon Francisco Felix, Junior
Warden Robert Cole, Worshipful Master Steve Wieters, Senior Warden Craig Montgomery, Senior Deacon Mark Nelson, Junior
Steward Kevin Baver, Senior Steward Mathew Link, Chaplain Jack Daniel and Secretary Richard Flinton
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 even 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 every-
one, 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 socia l
events where the ladies and guests are always welcome and encouraged to attend. Santa Claus delivered at the festive Christ-
mas Holiday Luncheon on December 7, 2015. A great time had by all!
Reminders – Mark your calendars! Don’t miss any meeting or event!
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.
David Miller President of Sun City West High Twelve Club
Honored Lady’s and Sir Knight’s: Our Amaranth Court N012 meeting was held on December 14TH, which was our friendship night. The tables were beautifully decorated, we had many visiting members from other Courts. Our Grand Royal Matron, Honored Lady Jeannie Yunker and the Grand Royal Patron, Sir Knight Earl Wunder attended. Fun was enjoyed by all with games, gifts and laughter. The Order of DeMolay boys were again with us, serving and doing the KP duty, the Royal Patron Jack Daniel introduced the young men and presented a nice donation to them. Over all, a grand time of fellowship was enjoyed by all. Christmas is here and a New Year is knocking at the door. We look to seeing all of you in in year 2016.
Where did this year go?
Save the date, February 14TH 2016 6: 00 PM Valentine’s
day dinner at Lodge N0 72 More info to follow in the
February Trestleboard.
SUN CITY N0 72 LODGE OFFICERS 2016
Worshipful Master Steven Wieters 623.297.6900 [email protected]
Senior Warden Craig Montgomery 623.521.5580 [email protected]
Junior Warden Bob Cole 602.978.6640 [email protected]
Secretary Richard Flinton 623.972.2217 [email protected]
Treasurer Michael Kennedy 623.972.2217 [email protected]
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 Felix
Tyler Jim Leber
Organist / Pianist Sidney Engel
Building Lodge Trustees Chairman Errol Hakwsley, Members George Coxey, David Miller, Al Cohen, Pat Hays
Emeritus Earl Trundy
Lodge Building Manager Jack Daniel 623.972.2217 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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
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