Read the text of the prayer offered by President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, to dedicate the Urdaneta Philippines Temple on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Our Father in Heaven: As Thy grateful children, we approach thee in prayer on this sacred occasion when, by the power of Thy Holy Priesthood, we will dedicate this Urdaneta Philippines Temple unto Thee and Thy beloved Son. We thank Thee for the plan Thou hast established for the eternal life of Thy children.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on Tuesday that public tours of the Taylorsville Utah Temple would begin on Saturday, April 13.
Two young sister missionaries on Temple Square stopped to talk with me this weekend, and the conversation quickly turned to how this weekend’s general conference felt much like Temple Square was opening up again. Nation flags went up the new flagpoles on Wednesday as part of the renovation of the Church Office Building plaza, which reopened in January. The standby line for tickets to the Conference Center reopened Saturday for the first time since 2019.