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Groundbreaking plans are scheduled for the Lindon Utah and Farmington New Mexico temples, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced Monday.
Elder Kevin W. Pearson, a Normal Authority Seventy, will preside on the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lindon Utah Temple on Saturday, April 23.
Elder Anthony D. Perkins, a Normal Authority Seventy, will preside on the groundbreaking ceremony for the Farmington New Mexico Temple on Saturday, April 30.
Each occasions might be by invitation solely. Extra particulars might be supplied sooner or later.
Lindon Utah Temple
The Lindon Utah Temple was certainly one of six new temple websites introduced by President Russell M. Nelson throughout the church’s October 2020 normal convention.
Lower than three months later, the church introduced the Lindon temple website on Dec. 21, 2020. The three-story temple of roughly 81,000 sq. toes might be situated close to 800 East and Middle Road in Lindon.
The Lindon temple’s exterior rendering was launched in June 2021.
The Lindon temple will be a part of seven temples within the state which are beneath development:
- Layton.
- Orem.
- Saratoga Springs.
- Syracuse.
- Pink Cliffs (St. George).
- Taylorsville.
- Deseret Peak (Tooele).
These three temples have been introduced:
Utah presently has 17 devoted temples, with 14 working, and three — the Salt Lake, Manti and St. George temples — closed for main renovations.
There are greater than 2.1 million Latter-day Saints attending over 5,200 congregations in Utah, in accordance with the church’s newsroom.
Farmington New Mexico Temple
The Farmington New Mexico Temple was certainly one of 20 new websites for temples introduced by President Russell M. Nelson throughout the April 2021 normal convention.
The location and development plans for the Farmington New Mexico Temple had been launched on June 23, 2021. The brand new temple might be constructed on a 6.62-acre website situated on the intersection of School Boulevard and Windsor Drive. Building plans present a single-story temple of roughly 25,000 sq. toes with a meetinghouse on-site.
An exterior rendering of the Farmington New Mexico Temple was launched on Oct. 19, 2021.
The Farmington temple will be a part of Albuquerque because the church’s second temple in New Mexico.
There are practically 70,000 members in New Mexico attending 135 congregations, in accordance with the church’s newsroom.