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FROM THE EAST
My Brothers,
This has been a month of gains and
losses. It is my sad duty to report that our Chaplain, W Bro. Dave
Johnson ascended to the Celestial Lodge on Friday, May 22nd.
Our prayers go out to his family and friends. We will miss him
greatly, but rejoice in the fact that he is now with the G.A.O.U.
I am certain that he is looking down on us all with a huge smile.
I want to welcome Brother Ray Snyder
back among our ranks. Brother Ray received his E.A. degree in our
lodge some years ago and is now back with us to continue his
progress through the F.C. and Master Mason degrees. I am also
proud to announce that, at our last stated meeting, you
unanimously accepted the petition of Mr. Timothy Humphrey to
receive the degrees with us. We are looking forward to putting
Brothers Ray Snyder, Josh Beason and Levi Shafer through the 2nd,
or Fellow Craft degrees in the very near future. White Mountain is
certain alive and growing. We need even more good, young men from
this community to join with us in becoming better men.
By the time you receive this
Trestleboard, the 127th Annual Communication of the
Grand Lodge of F & AM in Arizona will be convened by MW Bro.
Donn Bernhardt. This year’s Grand Communication is to be
held at the Chaparral Inn Suites on Friday and Saturday, June 5-6.
As of this writing, all 3 of your pedestal officers (WM, SW and
JW) plan to attend. Our Secretary and Treasurer have also
indicated that they will be in attendance. As has been the
practice for years, all Master Masons in Arizona are invited to
attend, without having to pay the registration fee at the door. I
encourage all of you to attend at least one of the days, if not
both to participate in this momentous occasion.
I remind you that WE are the Grand
Lodge, all who are MM’s in Arizona. The Grand Line officers
are those among our brethren who we elect or are appointed by our
elected Grand Master to lead the Grand Lodge. If there is
something we want to change or to become a part of in the Grand
Lodge, it is up to each one of us to actively participate in these
functions. There are many items that will be voted on at this
year’s Grand Communication. Some are minor “housekeeping”
items, but there are many that may have a profound effect on our
Craft. All Past Masters and current pedestal officers will have
one vote apiece. I urge all to look well to our ballots and to
vote for the good of the Craft.
The summer season will soon be upon
us. Many will be traveling over the upcoming months, but I remind
you that your Lodge will remain “open” all summer
long. We will still have our stated meetings the second Saturday
of each month at 10 AM. I would like to see you all there.
Take care and may God bless you all.
Bill Garrard
WM, White Mtn. #3
FROM THE SOUTH
Brothers,
I want to remind all about our
upcoming Entered Apprentice Degree on Saturday immediately
following a short business meeting. This lodge is pleased to bring
in another young man into Masonry and our lodge. Come down and see
the good work your officers perform. Bro Ed Warner will be seating
in the East. If you haven't been to a degree in a while, please
come.
Bill Greenen, JW
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2009 Officers
Worshipful
Master William Garrard, KYCH (602-866-8204)
Senior
Warden Earl Warner (928-425-7715)
Junior
Warden Bill Greenen, KYCH
(480-510-4241)
Secretary Paul
Dore' Sr, KYCH (602-920-0456)
Treasurer
Scott Teichrow, PM (928-425-8293)
Senior
Deacon Howard Billingsley, PM
(928-472-9354)
Junior
Deacon Art Salcido Jr.(928-402-8242)
Chaplain
Dave Johnson, PM (928-425-7900)
Marshall
Joe Henry, PM(928-425-6686)
Senior Steward Dell
Long 520-297-7656
Junior
Steward Fred Marquardt 602-575-4946)
Tyler
Hank Johnson(928-425-2295)
(602-265-4152)
Trustees:
Howard
Billingsley, PM, 2013
Earl
Warner
2012
Robert
Gillette, PM 2011
Harold
Benjamin,
PM, 2010
Paul Dore' Sr.
PM, 2009
Sickness and
Distress
Frank
Sheppard
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 O.E.S.
#8 Luncheon
June
13th
Guayos
on the Trail
Committees
Public Schools - Ed
Warner
Widows
- Ed Warner
Education - W. Howard
Billingsley
By-Laws - MW Oscar Lyon
Jr.
Membership - WB. Doug
Skowron
Community Events - Art Salcido
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Three,
five, and seven
3 5 7
Number 147 - May 20, 2009
"Develop
a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to
grow."
Anthony J. D'Angelo
This publication, while
it is printed with the permission of the Most Worshipful Grand
Lodge of A.F. & A. M. of Minnesota, contains the
writings
and opinions of Ed Halpaus and is not in any way the opinion of
the Grand Lodge of Minnesota.
Masonic education and
mentoring: Learning for the pure enjoyment of it!
Leave a
Legacy
Mentoring a Brother is one of the acts of Brotherly
Love we as Masons are in a position to offer, and by so doing we
can help our Lodge andFreemasonry in general.
Mentoring is
extremely important, and it is something that is done
fraternity-wide by many masons. Mentors don't need to be only
those who are officially appointed. In the strictest sense, masons
who mentor their brethren are masonic educators; just as all
masons are, in the strictest sense, masonic students.
When
you think of it every mason is interested in masonic education to
one degree or another, and every mason has the ability to be
a
mentor to another mason. Mentoring is a great way to help a
brother attain the hopes he had when he petitioned the lodge for
the degrees of Masonry. Masons love learning about freemasonry.
Masonic study and research is pure joy for those of us who are
engaged in this lifelong pursuit of learning.
A masonic
mentor can mentor more than one mason at a time, but even if he
mentors only one at a time there is no telling how many masons his
mentoring will influence through his student as the years go by.
Through one young mason his efforts can influence the mentoring of
dozens of new masons over the years because, there is no telling
how many masons the one you mentor today will mentor over his
masonic career.
Mentoring is important; it helps with
member satisfaction. Nothing can replace one-on-one mentoring,
which is the developing friendship of one brother helping another
learn about Freemasonry.
The mason, who is a mentor, or a
lodge education officer, should understand and never underestimate
the importance of his role to his
lodge, grand lodge, and to
the craft in general. He should know that his efforts will impact
his lodge and those he mentors, and that the lasting effects could
very well continue long after he has gone to the celestial lodge
above.
Countless masons have benefited from one-on-one
mentoring from a dear friend and brother; just the thought of this
brother will bring a
smile to the face of the mason he mentored
so many years ago. Countless masons have also benefited from the
mentoring of masonic
educators through their delivery of
masonic information over the years. Mentors and educators teach us
what we need to know to enjoy
our journey into freemasonry, and
our life as a freemason.
Those who have led and encouraged
us to pursue the study of freemasonry have given us a great gift;
a gift of immense enjoyment,
which is available to every Mason:
This gift is one we can enjoy anytime we have time to engage in
study, and it lasts a lifetime.
I mention this to you
because, to help - and thus see our fraternity grow, to see our
fellows enjoy masonry to its fullest, is one of the
great
legacies we can leave behind for our individual lodges and grand
lodges. I mention mentoring and education because we who
are
involved in this great love of learning about freemasonry
have a duty, an obligation, to pass on what we have learned to
others who
either are or might become an active masonic
student, and who will also carry forward the tradition through
mentoring and teaching in
the future.
Masons who become
great family men, bosses, employees, leaders, relatives, friends,
and fraternity brothers, find ways to pass on to
others what
they have learned and found interesting. Many advertisements we
see in various places echo what we all know to be
true; they
tell us to be mentors, to teach others.
January of each
year is National Mentoring Month here in the U.S., but a lodge,
grand lodge, or even a brother, could designate any
month or
even a year to mentoring. The master of a lodge could say this is
the year of the mentor for his lodge. An individual mason
could
make a resolution that he will mentor one mason a year for the
next so many years. Many new masons are not assigned mentors - all
it takes is to ask a new brother if he has a mentor to talk with.
Mentoring, like the beginning of a friendship, does not need to be
a formal arrangement.
We all know about tithing, why not
tithe our talents to help our brethren learn more about
freemasonry. Who was it who dedicated some of his time to mentor
each of us, who are now established masons? Was it one mason or
was it more than one who helped each of us become interested in
studying freemasonry? We can carry on the tradition; we can each
help lead another into this fascinating part of masonic life. As
my good friend and brother R.W. Brother Tom Hendrickson
says;
"Freemasonry Is a Way of Life! And it is a great life.
Words to live by: "Learning is a treasure that will
follow its owner everywhere." Chinese Proverb
"That's
what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood
all your life, but in a new way." Doris Lessing
From
the Great Light of Masonry: "Learn to do right! Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead
the case of the widow."
Isaiah 1:17 (NIV)
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