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Provo City Center Utah Temple Announcement, Payson Temple Dedicated and Elder Perry Honored

Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 8:45am
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Open House Announced for Provo City Center Temple

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that the open house of the Provo City Center Temple will begin in January 2016. The free public open house starts on Friday, January 15, and will go through Saturday, March 5, 2016. Full Story

Payson Utah Temple Dedicated

Hundreds witnessed the traditional cornerstone ceremony on Sunday, June 7, 2015, of the Payson Utah Temple prior to the temple’s dedication by President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nearly 13,000 local Latter-day Saint youth celebrated the opening of the temple in a cultural celebration on Saturday, June 6, 2015, in Provo. Full Story

Funeral Services Held on Temple Square for Elder L. Tom Perry

Thousands of people gathered on Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 5, 2015, to honor and remember Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Perry died on May 30 at the age of 92 shortly after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Full Story

Mormon Apostle Addresses All-Party Parliamentary Group in UK House of Lords

With religious conflicts growing throughout the world, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords at the UK Parliament Wednesday, June 10, 2015, on how humanitarian aid can help. Full Story