The general floor plan remained the same, but selective interior walls came down to accommodate remodeling of the Celestial Room, bride's room, initiatory areas, and the baptistry including the addition of a separate baptistry entrance. The First Presidency, led by church President Russell M. Nelson, reminded members of the sacred nature of the rituals. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in Southern Salt Lake County, Utah. From raw dirt to colorful gardens, from cold concrete and steel has risen a beautiful temple a beacon on a hill.. Jordan River Utah Temple - Wikipedia 0000017559 00000 n
Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}403358.08600N 1115553.51520W / 40.5661350000N 111.9315320000W / 40.5661350000; -111.9315320000. Over half a million people toured the temple during its open house. The temple is the fourth largest Latter-day Saint temple (but second-largest in Utah) and has a total of 148,236 square feet (13,771.6m2), six ordinance rooms, and sixteen sealing rooms. As he sits at the controls of a front-end loader, LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball waves to delighted onlookers at the Jordan River Temple groundbreaking and site dedication in 1979. "I seemed to see my dear Danish people, all the children gathered around their parents. He spent much of his childhood exploring the river and went on to study biology and conservation. New temple presidents and matrons called to serve in Bolivia, Peru Covering 153,000 square feet and 15 acres of property at its dedication in 1981, the new house of the Lord was designed to have the largest capacity of any temple at that point (25 percent larger than the Ogden and Provo temples). The Jordan River Utah Temple and the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple (2009) were the first pair of temples to be built in the same city. "President Benson smiled and asked: 'What day is it?' 0000031272 00000 n
The temple dedication also commemorated the prophets 64th wedding anniversary to his wife, Camilla, who accompanied him. The Hong Kong China Temple with lights at dusk. Ravell Call, Deseret News/KSL-TV Chopper 5. After giving an address and dedicating the site, President Kimball donned a hard hat, climbed onto a large front-end loader and scooped up the first shovelful of earth. Suddenly, they turned in unison, looking above them at a being I could not see, but I knew who it was by their expressions of gratitude," Wilcox wrote. The sun sets on the Jordan River Temple as a blanket of haze covers the Salt Lake Valley in 2000. The first view of the Angel Moroni statue atop the Jordan River Temple was to have been seen only after an unveiling ceremony Aug. 15 1981, but strong valley winds Aug. 9-10 tore away the canvas and caused some damage to the gold leafing, which was repaired. Brother Leonhardt has been called to serve as the recorder in the Freiberg Temple. The Jordan River Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2011. From Tuesday to Saturday, there is also a constant stream of young people going to and from the baptistery, before and after school, Kruckenberg said. There is a particularly warm feeling about the Jordan River Temple, said Janet Kruckenberg, secretary to current temple president Robert P. Haight.