Temple Activity for March 5th (2nd Ward)
Oquirrh Mountain Temple
11022 South 4000 West
South Jordan, Utah 84095
Oquirrh Mountain Temple
11022 South 4000 West
South Jordan, Utah 84095
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 north on Redwood Rd.
2. Turn left (west) onto Bangerter
Highway (just over 7 miles from our neighborhood)
3. Travel on Bangerter Hwy. appox.
5.1miles to 11400 S.
4. Turn left (west) onto 11400 S.
5. Travel approx. 0.1 miles.
6. Turn right (north) onto 4000 W.
7. The temple will be on your left.
