Temple Activity for March 5th (3rd Ward)
Jordan River Temple
10200 South 1300 West
South Jordan, UT 84095
Jordan River Temple
10200 South 1300 West
South Jordan, UT 84095
Preparation:
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Arrange for transportation for your trek family.
YM and YW presidencies should be included as resources. (Parents of youth can be recruited if more
drivers are needed)
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Announce the meeting time and leaving time to
all of your trek youth and their parents. You will be participating as a trek
family but you are welcome to combine with the other families in your ward if
desired.
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Make sure all youth have a current temple recommend.
(and you, tooJ)
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Ask ward members to donate family file names for
baptisms and confirmations.
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Bring the youth’s Trek Journals so they can make
an entry after the temple experience.
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Make sure you have enough copies of the journal
glue-in “The Purpose of Temple and Family History Work”
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Encourage the youth to bring a pen/pencil for
the journal entry. (You may want to bring some extras just in caseJ) If you plan to do the
glue-in during the activity you will need glue sticks also.
Time:
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You are welcome to leave for the temple at any
time convenient for you and your trek family. Just make sure this is
communicated to everyone. The latest you should arrive at the temple is 7:30pm.
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The Baptistery does ordinances on a
first-come-first-served basis. Since we do not have reserved times at the
temple, coordinate with the other trek families in your ward to spread out the
arrival times (your ward will be the only ward from our stake attending this
temple at this time). Example: If you have 4 trek families in your ward one
might leave for the temple at 6:00pm, the second might leave at 6:15pm, the
third might leave at 6:30pm, and the fourth might leave at 6:45pm. This will
hopefully reduce waiting times.
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Ask someone to offer a prayer before you head
out.
On the temple
grounds, on the way home, or back at the church:
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Give time for the youth to record thoughts,
impressions, feelings, something learned, etc. in their journals.
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If possible, have the youth glue the “Purpose of
Temple and Family History Work” page into their journals. This may require time
at a future activity if time before, during, or after the temple visit does not
permit.
Purpose of this activity:
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Remember the covenants each of us made at
baptism.
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Feel the Spirit testify of the Atonement of
Jesus Christ and the eternal life He made possible.
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To remember the rescue of many pioneers who were
stranded on the plains and could not help themselves. In another sense, this
rescue continues today as we help ancestors who died without receiving
essential ordinances and now need our help to progress in their eternal “trek”.
Driving Directions
(Approx. 20-25 min. drive time):
1.
Head north on Redwood Rd.
2.
Travel approx. 12.5 miles to Temple Ln.
3.
Turn right (east) onto Temple Ln.
4.
The temple will be right in front of you at the
end of Temple Lane.
