Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday were delighted as ground was broken for a new temple that will be built on Center Street in Lindon.
LINDON, Utah (KSL.com) The cool air was filled with excitement as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a newly announced temple district walked from the church meetinghouse, where the meeting and dedicatory prayer were held, to the future grounds of the Lindon Utah Temple. More people, not able to […]
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Ground was broken for a new “House of the Lord” in Tooele on Saturday.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that work has officially begun on the new Deseret Peak Temple, a three-story, 70,000-square-foot structure that will be a half-hour from Salt Lake City at 2400 N. 400 West. A 20,000-square-foot meetinghouse will also be built at the site.
General authority Seventy Brook Hales presided over a groundbreaking ceremony attended by about 200 Latter-day Saint leaders and guests.
“Help us that through the atonement of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we might be prepared and worthy to enter thy sacred house to receive the blessings of exaltation available for ourselves and for our ancestors,” Hales prayed at the ceremony, according to a news release. “Please bless all that will live in this temple district that they will feel the godly power of this sacred edifice.”
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‘Where heaven and earth intersect’: Tooele Valley Latter-day Saints break ground for Deseret Peak Utah Temple
See photos of the groundbreaking and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the temple to be built in Tooele, Utah
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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
With seagulls calling in the spring sky and a majestic backdrop that included running horses and all 11,000 feet of snow-capped Deseret Peak itself, church members and leaders also turned the final page on a year that included a decision to move the planned temple to Tooele from the original site in Erda, a seven-minute drive away.