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*[https://www.google.com/search?q=episcopal+church+guam&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=episcopal+church+guam&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0j69i60l3.8819j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google search results for Episcopal churches in Guam'''] | *[https://www.google.com/search?q=episcopal+church+guam&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=episcopal+church+guam&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0j69i60l3.8819j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google search results for Episcopal churches in Guam'''] | ||
=Historical Bacground= | ==Historical Bacground== | ||
The Episcopal Church first came to Guam in the 1950s, when employees of the federal government working on the island petitioned the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii for a local presence. In 1956, the church acquired land in Upper Tumon, and in 1957, the first Episcopal Church on Guam, St. John the Divine, was established. Shortly thereafter, the St. John’s Episcopal School followed. Both church and school originally existed in Quonset huts, but were replaced with concrete structures after the devastating impact of Typhoon Karen in 1962. | The Episcopal Church first came to Guam in the 1950s, when employees of the federal government working on the island petitioned the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii for a local presence. In 1956, the church acquired land in Upper Tumon, and in 1957, the first Episcopal Church on Guam, St. John the Divine, was established. Shortly thereafter, the St. John’s Episcopal School followed. Both church and school originally existed in Quonset huts, but were replaced with concrete structures after the devastating impact of Typhoon Karen in 1962. | ||