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-The Provo Temple is the 15th dedicated temple in operation. The Provo Temple is scheduled to close following the dedication of the Orem Utah Temple. A new Provo Temple will be built in it’s place. - For 75 years the Logan, Manti and Salt Lake Temples were the only operating temples in Northern Utah and […]

To listen to this post on Spotify click here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/AbpDVclhRIb To watch on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/bh2WGmybdIE Settling Snowflake Arizona The area of Snowflake Arizona has a rich Latter-Day Saint Pioneer History. The hardships and the sacrifices made by the Latter-Day Saints is evident in the area. In 1877, the prophet Brigham Young called five […]

To listen to this post on Spotify click here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/3Q4g6jCWQIb To watch on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/L6glvCpoU-w -The Snowflake Arizona Temple is the second temple built in Arizona. The first temple in Arizona is the Mesa Temple, built in 1927. -The Snowflake Arizona Temple is 18,621 square feet. -The Snowflake Arizona Temple was dedicated by […]

-The Boise Temple is the second temple built in Idaho. The first temple was the Idaho Falls Temple built in 1945. -The groundbreaking ceremony happened on December 18, 1982. -The Boise Temple sits on a 4.83 acre site. -The Boise Temple was dedicated on May 25-30, 1984 by Gordon B. Hinckley. President Gordon B. Hinckley […]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint has an amazing history of sacrifice and dedication. When President Hinckley was the prophet of The Church he was really good at bringing the pioneer stories into our homes. Now it has been many years without our dear prophet President Hinckley and these stories have not been […]

Wilford Woodruff, the fourth prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was born in Farmington Connecticut, the same city the Hartford Connecticut Temple is in now. The Connecticut Temple was announced 18 years before it was built, and it seems like it’s connection to Wiilford Woodruff would help connect the members to […]

To watch on Youtube click here:https://youtu.be/im33a8SJN9A To listen on Spotify click here:https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Detroit-Michigan-History-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints-e30qduc To listen on Spotify click here: One of the best things about the gospel of Jesus Christ is making connections from the past to the present. Temples are one of the best things to help us make those connections and Lucy Mack Smith […]

The building of the Chicago Illinois Temple was a big deal. It had been many years since there had been a temple in Illinois. There had not been a temple in the whole midwest, after the Nauvoo Temple had been abandoned and destroyed, until the Chicago Temple. The dedication of the Chicago, Illinois Temple was […]

-The Nauvoo, Illinois Temple was rebuilt from the original Nauvoo Temple that was destroyed in the 1840’s. -The stone on the outside of the Nauvoo Temple was chosen to have the same color and texture as the limestone on the original Nauvoo Temple. The builders of the temple even looked into finding the same quarry […]

To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Palmyra-New-York-Temple-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints-Quick-Facts-e2lis5a Palmyra New York Temple was the 100th temple announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Palmyra New York Temple was dedicated on April 6, 2000. Exactly 170 years after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formally organized! The Palmyra Temple is […]