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- Planting Trees, Finalizing Cladding of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple
- You can tour Utah’s newest LDS temple starting this weekend
- See where the next 15 LDS temples will be built, including the first for the largest Muslim nation
- Volunteers in Saratoga County clean off local signs on National Historic Marker Day
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“The art glass on the main level at the baptistry depicts snowy egrets in wetlands and grasses, reflecting the Saratoga Springs City logo. Stylized gold shapes above the water represent silhouettes of birds, and the stylized mountains represent the Wasatch Mountains,” the Church Newsroom press release said. So as a reminder, the public open house for the Saratoga Springs Temple will run from Saturday, April 15, through Saturday, July 8, 2023, except for Sundays.
Planting Trees, Finalizing Cladding of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple
The three-story temple of approximately 87,000 square feet is located at 897 S. Ensign Drive, west of Redwood Road in the Beacon Pointe subdivision. An adjacent meetinghouse of 21,000 square feet was also built on the 22.7-acre site. The Saratoga Springs Utah Temple will be dedicated on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, by President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, in three sessions scheduled. The sessions will be broadcast to all units within the temple district. The Saratoga Springs Utah Temple and an adjoining meetinghouse stand on an expansive 22.71-acre site near the western shores of Utah Lake at the end of tree-lined Founders Boulevard.
You can tour Utah’s newest LDS temple starting this weekend
The instruction room is where individuals can make covenants and learn more about God’s plan for his children. “Not only have the members been excited but the whole community is excited. We have close to 40,000 volunteers that will help over the 13 weeks of the open house and they are of all faiths,” Allison said. She went on to add that 50% of these volunteers are youth and young adults. There are about 2.2 million members of the church in Utah, about two-thirds of the state’s population, according to a statement about the open house.
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Elder Craig C. Christensen, a General Authority Seventy and then-president of the Utah Area, presided over the groundbreaking of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple on Oct. 19, 2019, and offered the dedicatory prayer on the temple site. “I am always thankful for Carol and Charlie’s willingness to research topics relating to the neighborhoods we are featuring on the tour. These education programs are always a crowd-pleaser, and we are thrilled to partner with Business for Good for catering these two events,” Membership & Programs Director Nicole Babie said in the release. "We would just invite everybody, not just in this area but the entire state or the region, to come to the temple and walk through it and understand a little bit of what we feel in the temple," Elder Duncan said. Even if you don't have a reservation, Elder Duncan said to go ahead and visit the open house and they will try to allow everyone who comes to make it through, although scheduling a reservation is helpful to spread out attendees. He said everything that is in the temple has a connection to the Old Testament or the New Testament, including the 12 oxen that the baptismal font rests on.
Features and symbols of the city of Saratoga Springs can be found throughout the temple. Utah’s 10 under construction are the Deseret Peak, Ephraim, Heber Valley, Layton, Lindon , Orem, Red Cliffs, Smithfield, Syracuse and Taylorsville temples. Additional details regarding the temple dedication will be announced at a future date. “The temple is a place of light and beauty,” said Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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Historic Homes Tour tickets for the in-person and virtual tours are $40 for SSPF members and $50 for non-members. Virtual tour tickets are $20 for SSPF members and $25 for non-members. Tickets for the Buildings & Breakfast and Lunch & Learn programs are $35 and must be purchased in advance. Space is limited for these educational programs and tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, May 8. The virtual tour features four buildings on North Broadway, three of which are on the in-person tour, as well as two other properties, including 65 Phila St. For the fourth year, the tour will be produced by Green River Pictures, LLC.
“For members of the church, temples are the most sacred places on earth. It is in temples where we feel closest to God and where families can be sealed together for eternity,” church officials said in a news release. The temple’s open house period includes an April 10, 2023, media day and private sessions for invited guests April 11, 2023, with the public open house beginning Saturday, April 15, and running through July 8, 2023, excluding Sundays.
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She said members continually learn in the temple as attendance there gives members a renewed perspective and allows them to move forward with joy and hope. Both of them are very excited to be able to go to the temple more often, as they live near enough that they could walk to the new temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They say it will help them attend the temple much more than the once a week they typically visit the Mount Timpanogos Temple.
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The Saratoga Springs temple will be the state’s 15 dedicated and operating temple. The decorative paint was designed by the architectural team and Church designer, with the assistance of Aaron Allen of Allen’s Commercial Arts LLC. Stylized flowers used throughout the temple represent various wildflowers found in the area including the iris, daisy and chrysanthemum.
The custom pattern of the natural stone floor in the lower font area underneath the oxen was also designed by the architectural team. Utah’s 14 dedicated and operating temples are the Bountiful, Brigham City, Cedar City, Draper, Jordan River, Logan, Monticello, Mount Timpanogos, Ogden, Oquirrh Mountain, Payson, Provo City Center, Provo and Vernal temples. Reservations are now available online to tour the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple during the public open house via churchofjesuschrist.org/featured/saratoga-springs-utah-open-house. He said as the church grows and as members' desire to enter the temple grows, more temples will be built; and as the church builds more temples, even more members are going to the temple. The church found after opening the Draper and Oquirrh Mountain temples, attendance at Jordan River Temple increased because there was more availability. Sister Yee said church members should look at the temple as a way to build a relationship with God, rather than something to check off a to-do list.
Visitors of all ages are invited to a free public open house held for most new or renovated temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The open house includes a video (see left) and a walk-through tour of the temple. After the temple is formally dedicated, entrance is reserved for faithful members of the Church.
Local plant species were selected for a natural landscape and sustainability. The elevated plaza facing east looks over the valley and is surrounded by evergreens and mountain shrubs. Information about tour reservations will be available on reservations.ChurchofJesusChrist.org when it’s available.
When the church announced the official location, area Latter-day Saints flocked to the site at the northern tip of Utah Lake to take photos of the land where the the temple would be built. Hundreds of people were on hand to witness the structure's groundbreaking five months later in October 2019. To see these rooms in person, individuals can schedule a public open house tour here. Admission is free and reservations are recommended, but not required.
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