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CHURCH HISTORY AND ARCHIVES
Well, here I am, your Church of Our
Saviour “historian”. What an interesting
time it has been looking through all of the
information and pictures that have been
taken over the years. All of the previous
written histories are now in the upper
drawer of the file cabinet located in the small
room off the library. If anyone is interested
in reading them, they are available! Please
try to keep them in the order in which they
were put there and I would appreciate your
leaving me a note that you have them, along
with the date. Eventually, I want to put them
in archival folders.
I have tried to put the many pictures in some
sort of date order. They cover the building of
the parish hall, as well as the many activities
that have taken place during the past years.
The pictures are being labeled with the muchappreciated
help of Vickie Howell, Lois
Nansen and Pat Trout.
If anyone has pictures that are part of our
history, I would really appreciate your getting
them to me, together with any information of
time and/or activity. If I am not at the same
Sunday service as you, please put them in my
vestry box in the office.
When particular items are of interest, I will
mention them in the church newsletter.
----Jean Zagar
Do you have a short story or a long story or some photos that we can copy into our
"history"
collection? Contact: Jean Zagar (church office: 928-537-7830)
About Our Saviour
We began as The White Mountain Mission on January 1, 1954 in McNary, Arizona, although records show there were services held in homes before that time.
Many priests served the community and between 1954 and 1962 the mission was officially closed several times by the diocese. In 1962, bishop Harte directed that the mission be opened again and soon after became The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour. In 1963, this one acre lot was given to the diocese to be used for a church. The present A-frame structure was constructed, and again the area was served by a number of priests.
Becker Hall, named after one of the first priests, was built as a parish hall in 1968. the property next to the church, with a three bedroom home included, was purchased to be used to expand the parking lot and as a vicarage.
St. Polycarp and All Martyrs hall was dedicated in 1990 by Bishop Heistand and Becker hall was remodeled to serve as an office, Sacristy and robing room.
From 1981 to the present, we have had only three priests and the congregation has grown both physically and spiritually. Father Ken Roush was serving as priest in 1981 and continued at Church of Our Saviour until his retirement in 1994. From 1994 to 1996 Father Lee Martin was our priest.
Fr. Jim, his wife Candy, and two children, Maggie and Nick joined us August 19, 1997.
On October 23, 1999, the Church of Our Saviour was accepted by the diocese as a self-supporting parish at the General Convention in Phoenix.
Since that time we have met with the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and have formed a ministerial partnership with them to serve their needs in the White Mountains.
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