temple activity instructions (7th ward)

              Temple Activity for March 5^th  (7^th Ward)
Mount Timpanogos Temple
742 North 900 East
American Fork, Utah 84003

Preparation:

·       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)

·       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.

·       Make sure all youth have a current temple recommend. (and you, tooJ)

·       Encourage youth to bring family file names for baptisms and confirmations.

·       Ask ward members to donate family file names for baptisms and confirmations.

·       Bring the youth’s Trek Journals so they can make an entry after the temple experience.

·       Make sure you have enough copies of the journal glue-in “The Purpose of Temple and Family History Work”

·       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:

·       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.

·       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.

·       Ask someone to offer a prayer before you head out.

On the temple grounds, on the way home, or back at the church:

·       Give time for the youth to record thoughts, impressions, feelings, something learned, etc. in their journals.

·       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:

·       Remember the covenants each of us made at baptism.

·       Feel the Spirit testify of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the eternal life He made possible.

·       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 south on Redwood Rd to Pioneer Crossing.

        2.     Turn left (east) onto Pioneer Crossing.

        3.     Travel on Pioneer Crossing (approx. 6.8 miles) to 300 E. in American Fork

        4.     Turn left (north) onto 300 E.

        5.     Travel approx. 1 mile to 700 N.

        6.     Turn right (east) onto 700 N.

        7.     Travel approx. 0.9 miles on 700 N.

        8.     The Temple is at the top of the hill.