Photos: See the first images from inside the new Orem Utah Temple

Table Of Content

• The Orem temple will be dedicated on Jan. 21, 2024; the Provo temple will close at the end of the day Feb. 24, 2024
• Attaching Hanging Brackets to the Orem Utah Temple
• These are the best Mother’s Day gifts you can buy …
• Exterior of the Orem temple
• Dates for Orem Utah Temple open house announced
• Oct 27-Dec 16: Orem Utah Temple Open House
• Evermore Park permanently closes its gates
• Elder Christofferson Dedicates the Orem Utah Temple

The temple includes some original artworks, including one called “Christ Ordaining the Twelve,” by Mary Sauer. Others show scenes on and around nearby Utah Lake, with geese, ducks and pelicans in the sky and on the water. The Orem temple differs from the meetinghouses where Latter-day Saints worship on Sundays. Members in good standing visit them to receive ordinances and make covenants with God for themselves and on behalf of ancestors who died without the opportunity to be baptized, confirmed, endowed or sealed. He said those who visit the temple during the open house not only will learn more about the church and its temples but also will experience the opposite of what they see on the news. “The temple for Orem is the Super Bowl for this city,” said Lewis, who is the president of the Orem Hillcrest Stake, a group of 10 Latter-day Saint congregations.

The Orem temple will be dedicated on Jan. 21, 2024; the Provo temple will close at the end of the day Feb. 24, 2024

BYU freshman Michael Whitney from Long Island, New York said he is excited to have another temple close by. “I thought it was really boring, to be honest,” he said about his initial thoughts during the ceremony. “However, when we finished the ordinance I was like, ‘Wow, there’s something special here! Chueh had personal experiences going to the temple in Taiwan growing up. He was able to go inside the temple for a family sealing when he was seven years old, he said. Reservations are now available for the newly-built Orem Temple’s open house tour, according to a Sept. 20 Church News release.

Attaching Hanging Brackets to the Orem Utah Temple

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Orem Utah Temple photos and video.

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The patterns show diamond shapes with circle accents, simple linear borders of multiple colors and additional cherry leaf border. On June 24, 2020, an official exterior rendering of the Orem Utah Temple was released. Plans called for a three-story building of approximately 70,000 square feet with a central spire.

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The open house features displays and a walk-through tour of the temple. Once the temple is formally dedicated, entrance is reserved for faithful Church members. Other design choices in the Temple include marble finishes and wood columns, which are common throughout the building.

Exterior of the Orem temple

The public open house will run from Oct. 27 through Dec. 16, excluding Sundays and Thanksgiving Day from 10 a.m. The Saratoga Springs Utah Temple will be dedicated on Aug. 13 and the St. George Utah Temple will be rededicated on Dec. 10. Utah is the global headquarters for the church and the state boasts a church membership of 2.2 million people. The dedicatory sessions will be broadcast to all units in the Orem Utah Temple district. Additional details regarding the temple dedication will be announced at a future date. Despite a small fire and electrical problems during construction, the Orem Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be dedicated Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 in two sessions.

It closed April 2, 2011, nearly 40 years after its opening, for an extensive renovation lasting three and a half years before its Sept. 21, 2014, rededication. New temples under construction in Utah are in Ephraim, Heber Valley, Layton, Lindon, Smithfield, Syracuse, Taylorsville, and Tooele (Deseret Peak). The Manti Utah Temple and the Salt Lake Utah Temple are currently under renovation.

As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints readies to open a new temple in Utah, it also prepares to close another, long-serving temple less than five miles away. BYU student Helaman Sosi said he has seen the temple help him and other Church members. When one of his close relatives passed away, he said he knew he would one day see her again because of an experience in the temple. You are now leaving a website maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder Parrella said Utah County will have six temples and the new Orem temple will serve more than 57,000 Latter-day Saints in the area. The Orem temple will be the 22nd in Utah and the sixth in Utah County, including the Mount Timpanogos, Payson and Saratoga Springs temples. One journalist suggested that the top floor, with the sealing rooms and Celestial Room, represented the fulness of the temple’s blessings.

The first-story windows feature art-glass designs representing the nearby wetlands and Utah Lake, with water, cattails, bulrushes and other grasses and prominent elements. The second- and third-story windows feature elements of the cherry tree — blossoms, leaves, fruit and branches. The millwork has art nouveau motifs inspired by local flora and the nearby wetlands, while the font railing in the baptistry is decorative metal and etched glass, also using cherry tree elements. The interior art glass is a simple reflection of the exterior windows, starting with the same bottom border pattern and grid work. The glass doors to and upper windows of the celestial room feature cherry tree branch, bloom and leaf designs.

The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, 2 June 2024 in multiple sessions. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, 19 May 2024 in multiple sessions. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, 28 April 2024 in multiple sessions.

Elder Christofferson calls Orem 'vital part' of Lord's vineyard at Orem Temple dedication - The Daily Universe - Universe.byu.edu

Elder Christofferson calls Orem 'vital part' of Lord's vineyard at Orem Temple dedication - The Daily Universe.

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Reservations are now available online to tour the newly built Orem Utah Temple during the public open house, via reservations.churchofjesuschrist.org. The ceilings are gypsum board, with various millwork and decorative paint accents featuring the cherry tree and nearby wetlands. Decorative millwork is featured throughout the temple, with art nouveau motifs inspired by local flora and the nearby wetlands.

Geneva Road in Orem, just west of Interstate 15 and Utah Valley University. The First Presidency announced the temple site on Dec. 11, 2019, and released the exterior rendering on June 24, 2020. The First Presidency announced the temple site on Dec. 11, 2019, and released the exterior rendering on June 24, 2020. Walking tours of the temple will be offered daily except for Sundays and Saturday, April 6. Walking tours of the temple will be offered daily except for Sundays. Visitors of all ages are invited to a free public open house held for most new or renovated temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

There is more information regarding parking, shuttles and recommended attire here. Latter-day Saints consider temples to be the most sacred spaces on earth and literal houses of the Lord where families can be joined together forever. The open house runs from Oct. 27 through Dec. 16, except on Sundays and Thanksgiving. The temple will be dedicated on Jan. 21, 2024, and closed to the public. The Orem temple is of the Church’s 28 total temples — dedicated, under construction or renovation — in the state. Announced by the First Presidency four months ago, the temple’s dedication date had drawn increased interest since President Nelson had announced plans to reconstruct the Provo Utah Temple, located less than five miles away.

A 20,000-square-foot meetinghouse would also be constructed at the temple site. A little more than 50 years ago, the near-identical Ogden and Provo temples were dedicated — on Jan. 18, 1972, and Feb. 9, 1972, respectively. The two appeared nearly identical with modernist, contemporary designs of a single spire rising from a drum sporting Gothic-like arch designs. A temple for Orem was one of eight locations announced on Oct. 5, 2019, by President Nelson during the Saturday evening women’s session of general conference. The extreme makeover will be similar to that of its sister sacred edifice, the Ogden Utah Temple, which a decade ago underwent a major renovation and architectural change unlike any other of the Church’s temples.