Open House Dates Set for Lindon Utah Temple, Dedication May 3
By Claudette
Posted Nov 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced dates for the open house and dedication of the Lindon Utah Temple. A media day will be held on Monday, March 9, 2026, and invited guests will tour the temple on Tuesday, March 10, and Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
A public open house will begin Thursday, March 12, and run through Saturday, April 11, 2026, excluding Saturday, April 4, and Sundays. Welcoming the public to walk through the building for several weeks reflects a plain commitment to hospitality (Matthew 25:35). The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, May 3, 2026, and the dedicatory session will be broadcast to all units in the Lindon Utah Temple district.
President Russell M. Nelson first announced the Lindon Utah Temple in October 2020. At that time he said, “As we build and maintain these temples, we pray that each of you will build and maintain yourself so you can be worthy to enter the holy temple.”
Utah, the Church’s world headquarters, is home to nearly 2.2 million Latter-day Saints. Including the Lindon Utah Temple, there are 32 temples in the state either in operation, under renovation, under construction or announced.
The Church has also announced the location of the Piura Peru Temple and released a rendering of the temple’s exterior. The house of the Lord will be built on a 2.6-acre site at Urb. Lote Unico, Prolongacion Ave. Los Tallanes, next to UPAO University, in Piura, Peru. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 18,850 square feet and an accompanying ancillary building. President Nelson first announced the Piura Peru Temple during the October 2023 general conference.
At that time, President Nelson said, “The Lord is directing us to build these temples to help us think celestial. God lives. Jesus is the Christ. His Church has been restored to bless all of God’s children.”
In addition to the Piura Peru Temple, nine temples are announced, under construction or in operation in Peru, in Arequipa, Chiclayo, Chorrillos, Cusco, Huancayo, Iquitos, Lima Los Olivos, Lima and Trujillo.
Temples differ from the Church’s meetinghouses, also called chapels. All are welcome to attend Sunday worship services and other weekday activities at local meetinghouses. The primary purpose of temples is for faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to participate in sacred ceremonies that unite families forever.
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