My Brothers...What an exiting time for Phoenix Lodge #346 this month. We will have the high honor to welcome R:.W:. District Deputy Grand Master Ron Baber at our 1st stated meeting March 1st. We will also be conducting a Fellow Craft Degree March 8th for Brothers Roland Yates, Hector Morales, John Z. Daniels Jr. from Phoenix Lodge #346 and Brother Randall W. Krieg from Sarasota Lodge #147. Don’t forget to come out with your families to celebrate

our Past Masters March 29th at the Lodge. We will be doing a fish fry you won’t soon forget, courtesy of our hard working Lodge chefs, Brothers David Wentzel and Donald White. I want to personally congratulate Brothers John Z. Daniels Jr., John William Driscoll Sr., Theodore Nicholas Gavales and Tanner William Wentzel on being initiated as Entered Apprentices; it was an honor towelcome you to our great fraternity. We look forward to guiding you through your Masonic journey to become Master Masons. Congratulations to our newest Master Masons Brothers Konstantin G. Chelnokov, William H. Franklin, Jr., Thomas Prieto and Alexander Vil-legas. It was a pleasure to raise you to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. We are expecting great things from all of you. Finally, I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers dur-ing a very difficult time for our family. Your support and brotherly love was felt through every card, email, text and phone call. I am proud of Phoenix Lodge #346 and even prouder to be your Worshipful Master.

Your Brother,

Juan Sanchez, Worshipful Master“One Team, One Brotherhood, One Cause”

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Four more brothers are now Master Masons after our degree on 2/27. The Past Masters of this lodge were all invaluable as active participants and coaches to brothers taking roles for the first time. King Solomon (R.W. Frank Albinson) ruled supremely. More of your donations made it to the Masonic Home at the end of the month and stay on the lookout for items that you are tripping over

which can be donated. The big multi-lodge picnic is also on the horizon. Carrabas fundraiser on 3/19. Best lodge ever

Your Senior Warden

Br. Mark Brewer

My Brothers,For those of you that don’t attend Lodge meetings or the degree work are missing out. When you went through the first degree, were you surprised and impressed to see so many brothers there? I was. Would you have preferred to have had only three people there? probably not.

Being accepted into this fraternity and becoming a Master Mason requires work, lots of it. After you put in all that work, why would you abandon the Lodge and the Brothers who have invested their time and effort into you?

Fraternally,Your Junior Warden,

Br. James Duffy

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March Birthdays

Christopher Haberern 03/4/1984Charles Hamilton 03/13/1951William G.Lancaster 03/13/1937Herbert G. Levin 03/25/1965Michael J. Miraglia Jr. 03/08/1944Del Pfeil 03/14/1933Gerald G.Reister 03/30/1940Maurice F. Skinner Sr. 03/07/1923W. Allen Sorbie 03/11/1968John J. Speers 03/29/1941Mark L. Tishman 03/8/1959Ray C. Wolf II 03/24/1955Mark A. Wroblewski 03/27/1962

If you would like your birthday to appear here, please check with the lodge secretary Derl Smith, or submityour information to the editor.

Awaiting Degrees

FC:John Z. Daniels Jr. John William Driscoll Sr. Theodore Nicholas GavalesTanner William Wentzel

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March 15th Stated Meeting

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As one observes the increasing interest among Masons in the history and meaning ofthe various ceremonies of the Craft, one notices that one of the most popular objects ofthat interest is the Chamber of Reflection, a room meant to be used for the placement of acandidate before the commencement of his initia-tion. The purpose of such a room is to givethe candidate a period of time to medidate and reflect on what he is about to undertake.As this idea has recently become more intruiging to brethren, it behooves us to seek somekind of clarification amongst ourselves as to what this procedure is, and why it might beconsidered important to the initiation of a man into Freemasonry.

This kind of ceremony—of preparation for initia-tion by means of a period of isolation—has been with us since the beginning of recorded history, in any number of basic initiatic

rites. It is not anything strange or alien to the hu-man experience. It is, however, incrediblytransformative in the sense that it allows the candi-date to put away the everyday world heleft behind when he entered the temple, and focus his mind properly for what he is about toexperience. That is what we ask of the postulant in any case.We ask him to reflect on what he is about to do and why, so that he knows he does it ofhis own free will and accord, and therefore the Lodge can know that as well. Truly, in aworld where so many people do things senselessly, without thinking, we need reflection andcontemplation before our actions.

But the idea of such a contemplative space is rooted not only in the practices of most initiaticceremonies; it is also rooted in the earliest days of the Craft.

Chaplain’s Chat By: Brother Dore Patlian

Masonry is not a religion, but that does not mean that we do not hold God as central to the moral-ity and lessons of Masonry. No man may become a mason except he profess his belief in a higher power, a Supreme Being, a Creator. we seek the blessing of deity before we take any important ac-tion.

Masonry seeks to unite mankind in brotherhood and affection. Religion often tends to divide us along sectarian lines. Your religion is your business, the adoration of deity is all of our business as good men and masons.

If you know of any brother or family member who is in sickness or distress please e-mail me at rev-dore@gmail.com or call at 941 320-8291

Reminder!This issue of the Trestleboard is being issued in electronic form, printed copies will available on an on-demand basis.

The monies that were spent on printing and mailing of the Trestleboard will now be redirected with a portion going into our scholorship fund.

If you haven’t submited your email addrees to Lodge Secretary, Derl, then now is the time.derl33@hotmail.com

If you must have the printed copy, contact Derl.

To await a Time with Patience: Explaining the Chamber of ReflectionFrom Http://observing the craft.com/AtimeWithPatience.pdf

“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

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Living Past MastersCary B. Fish #3461966 – William E. Gaylor Jr.1969 – Lawrence J. Robinson1970 – J. Russell Sackett Jr. #1972 – Henry N. Youngblood1973 – James C. Hager1974 – Dennie B. Adams1976 – William A. Johnson III1977 – James H. Hoover1978 – Fredrick R. Clayton1979 – Ronald S. Tengowski1983 – Blair J. Evans #1984– Richard L. Cox1985 – George P. Prozzo1988 – Brian R. Mulcahy1989 – Robert C. Goldstein1992 – Donald H. Terray1996 – M. Christopher Cox1997 – Tony Fernandez1998 – George Dakkak1999 – Lou Marchetti2000 – John “Skip” Land III2001 - Stephan Klabel2002 – Harvey Kaltsas2003 - John “Skip” Land III2005 – Jeff Le Mieux2006 – Gene Marinelli2008 – Jon G. Wolf2010 – John T. Griffin2011 – Darren Denny The Builder’s#3761978 - Paul Arcadi Jr.1980 - Frank Zirpoli Jr 1981 - Jeffery Roberts #1984 - William Bieber1987 - Fred Soto Jr.1989 - Robert Preston1990 - Dr. Theodore Simon1991 - James Sender 1992 - Brian Baum1993 - Harvey Lindhurst1995 - Aubrey Cross Jr. *1997 - John Williams #**2000 - Derl Smith2001 - Harrison Ragland2002 - James Welch2003 - Robert Lang2004 - Jerry J Russell2005 - Michael J. Swatek2008 - Allen Sorbie2009 - Joseph Goggin2010 - Nyle Davenport 2011 - Mike DavenportPhoenix #3462011 - Mike Davenport2012 - Roger “Dutch” Neihart2013 - Albert (Al) Dahlberg2014 - James Benjamin2015 - Paul Richie# - PDDGM, * - PDI,#** PDDGM Vermont

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