The Golden Trowel is a formal recognition of a brother for his devoted service to Masonic principles

This year, The Golden Trowel Award is presented to Brother David Patrick Lawson. Brother Lawson was initiated as an Entered Apprentice Mason on October 25th, 1983. On November 22nd, 1983 he was passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft and was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on January 6th, 1991.  Brother Lawson has served his lodge as  Junior Steward, Tiler, Junior and Senior Deacons, Secretary, Chaplain, Junior and Senior Wardens as well as Worshipful Master. 

If something needs to be done to the lodge building, you will find him front and center willing to lend a helping hand. When someone is sick or needs help, he is on the phone or on social media rallying the troops.  David is also a member of the Wichita Falls Chapter of The Royal Arch Mason No. 202, Wichita Falls Council Royal & Select Master No. 140, as well as Wichita Falls Commandery No. 59. 

This masonic year, he was appointed as the instructor for Faith Lodges' School of Instruction where he used his love of the craft and knowledge of Freemasonry to help not only learn the floor work, he also holds an esoteric A certificate and has helped individual brothers obtain an esoteric certificate The Committee on Work.  David is a vital member of the Faiths Finance Committee, plays a key role in obtaining matching funds for the Sidney A. Gaines scholarships. He is also the Chair for The Fantastic Teeth program where he has seen that over 1800 of these toothbrush kits made into the hands of local first-grade students.

Prior to his lodge celebrating its 100 year anniversary on December 18th of 2021, brother Lawson read years and years of minutes and was able to write a 23-page program that gave a telling history of Faith Lodge.  David even coined a phrase that would be used as the name for the program a "Celebration In Time". This phrase will be remembered for time immamorial. 

Congratulations Brother Lawson!

This year, The Golden Trowel Award is presented to Brother David Allen Yonts. 

Bother Yonts was initiated Nov 19th, 1988, passed to the degree of Fellowcraft Dec 27th, 1988, and raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason Apr 7th, 1989. 

Brother Yonts served this lodge as Tiler, Senior Deacon, Senior Warden, and Worshipful Master.  

Brother Yonts was appointed as the building committee chairman where, after damage from a storm, he organized all repairs to Faith Lodges lodge room as well as The York Rite Lodge Room, sometimes doing the work himself. Brother Yonts worked as the blood drive coordinator with The Texas Blood Institute to organize our annual Lauren Landavazo memorial 9/11 blood drive.

Brother Yonts also worked to obtain and help to install the security system here at Faith Lodge. Brother Yonts, during his year as Worshipful Master, started the visitation process between Faith Lodge and Prince Hall Key West Lodge No.257 that still continues today.  

Congratulation Brother Yonts!

History of The Golden Trowel Award