Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Posted on 21-11-2022 09:20 PM
“mormonism in pictures” is a photo essay feature from mormonnewsroom. Org depicting the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints and its members around the world.
Today we feature photos of the newly constructed gilbert arizona temple. The gilbert arizona temple open house is now in its third week. To date, tens of thousands of
people
from many faiths and walks of life have taken advantage of the public tours that continue to generate positive experiences. The gilbert arizona temple of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints will be formally dedicated sunday, 2 march 2014. Church president thomas s.
The church of jesus christ of latter-day saints has opened its massive new gilbert temple for public tours before it goes into operation. If you'd rather not travel to gilbert to check out the temple, the lds church has released photos showing off the interior and exterior of the 85,000-square-foot structure, the largest temple constructed by the church in 17 years. Check out the photo slideshow below: at 195 feet, the behemoth is the tallest building in the east valley. Here's how the church has described the building: the highly detailed exterior will feature high-quality pre-cast concrete and stone accentuated with fine rustications and beautifully crafted art glass windows.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the gilbert arizona temple was held on saturday, 13 november 2010. Elder claudio r. Costa of the presidency of the seventy presided with thousands in attendance on site to witness the first ceremonial shovelfuls of dirt. The gilbert arizona temple is located about 13 miles from the mesa arizona temple , but with the large population of latter-day saints in the area, and the large number of patrons using the mesa arizona temple, another temple was needed nearby. There are approximately 380,000 members of the church of jesus christ residing in arizona.
(feature photo can be found here – gilbert temple summer peace ) in 1847, after a terribly strenuous 1,300-mile journey across the country, members of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints arrived at and settled in the salt lake valley. The president of the church at the time, brigham young, knew that expanding outside of the utah territory would be absolutely necessary to the grown and colonizing of the west. However, as would be expected, sending “pioneers” to expand farther past utah’s initial borders only took them into the forsaken lands of the american southwest. It was at this time that one of brigham young’s counselors, george q.
Groundbreaking and Site Dedication:
Elder claudio r. M. Costa, a member of the church’s quorum of the seventy, conducted the groundbreaking and site dedication on november 13, 2010, signifying the official start of construction. Thousands were in attendance on site to witness the first ceremonial shovelfuls of dirt. Leavitt, parker (november 2, 2010). “gilbert days parade, lds temple groundbreaking land on same day”. The arizona republic. Retrieved december 19, 2010. “gilbert arizona temple groundbreaking”. Church news and events. Lds church. November 13, 2010.
Retrieved december 19, 2010. Completion of the temple expected to take approximately two years.
142nd dedicated temple in operation
The gilbert arizona temple was the fourth latter-day saint temple constructed and dedicated in arizona. On march 2, 2014 , the then president of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, thomas s. Monson, dedicated this beautiful building. An especially memorable portion of the dedicatory prayer reads: “may this, thy house, be a sanctuary of serenity, a refuge from the storms of life and the noise of the world. May it be a house of quiet contemplation concerning the eternal nature of life and of thy divine plan for us … shield us, we pray, from selfishness and sin and provide the power that we might rise above all that is below the dignity of thy children.