Groundbreaking plans are scheduled for Utah’s twenty eighth temple, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced Monday in a information launch.
Elder Kevin R. Duncan, a Common Authority Seventy and the manager director of the church’s Temple Division, will preside on the groundbreaking ceremony for the Heber Valley Utah Temple on Saturday, Oct. 8.
The occasion might be by invitation solely and extra particulars are forthcoming.
An exterior rendering of the Heber Valley Utah Temple was additionally launched.
When was the Heber Valley temple introduced?
- The Heber Valley Utah Temple was one in every of 13 introduced by President Russell M. Nelson virtually one yr in the past through the October 2021 common convention.
The place will the Heber Valley temple be constructed?
- The three-story temple of roughly 88,000 sq. ft might be constructed on a 17.9-acre website positioned southeast of 1400 East Heart Road in Heber Metropolis.
Latter-day Saint temples in Utah
There are 2.2 million Latter-day Saints attending greater than 5,300 congregations, in keeping with the church’s newsroom.
Along with the Heber Metropolis temple, the next Utah temples are in operation, underneath building, renovation or introduced:
- Operation: Bountiful, Brigham Metropolis, Cedar Metropolis, Draper, Jordan River, Logan, Monticello, Mount Timpanogos, Ogden, Oquirrh Mountain, Payson, Provo, Provo Metropolis Heart, Vernal.
- Underneath building: Saratoga Springs, Smithfield, Lindon, Ephraim, Layton, Pink Cliffs, Deseret Peak, Orem, Taylorsville and Syracuse.
- Renovation: Manti, St. George, Salt Lake.