A step-by-step guide for every first-time temple goer

Feel prepared to receive your endowment with a calm mind and an open heart.
This phrase can impact how often you want to go—and how you feel when you’re there.
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Above all, President Rosemary K. Chibota says she is excited to serve “God’s finest, the little children.”
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From meaningful books to gorgeous artwork, here are some of our favorite gifts for the newlyweds in your life.
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President Junior Banza was the first person baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Approximately 88,500 full-time missionaries are serving worldwide, surpassing the previous record from 2014.
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July 10, 2026 10:45 AM MDT
“Give it a go, and see how you feel,” Elder Kearon advises.
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July 10, 2026 10:41 AM MDT
The upgrades will improve care for patients and working conditions for staff.
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July 09, 2026 10:55 AM MDT
Members recently gathered to tour the new building.
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July 09, 2026 09:51 AM MDT
Let these scriptural and prophetic reminders inspire you to strengthen your circles.
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July 08, 2026 10:22 AM MDT
The six-day event was promoted on JustServe.org, which helped generate more than 1,600 volunteers.
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May 14, 2018 04:33 PM MDT
In a recent Church video, "Children of Promise," the Church shared an incredible message for Native American brothers and sisters. "Find out who you are, that you are truly a son or daughter of our Heavenly Father. And particularly to the Native American youth, find out the great promises there are for you in the Book of Mormon," Elder Larry J. Echo Hawk shares.
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May 14, 2018 04:14 PM MDT
In 2014 during a keynote address at Education Week at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Elder David A. Bednar invited Church members around the world to use social media to #sharegoodness. He said:
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May 14, 2018 03:59 PM MDT
What will the Church's new initiative for children and youth look like? What can parents expect? What programs will be going away? The Church answered these questions recently on lds.org.
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Fun
May 14, 2018 03:00 PM MDT
Do you ever remember those moments from your mission you felt were so iconic, so perfect, so funny, so unexpected, or so off-the-wall you felt like something out of a comic book? Well, 30 returned missionaries recently came together to create the very first book-length collection of missionary comics showing moments they would never forget.
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May 14, 2018 02:52 PM MDT
This amazing thing happens in 1st Nephi:
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May 14, 2018 01:31 PM MDT
We are grateful for Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone's service in the Church. He is survived by his wife, Merlene Miner Featherstone; six of their seven children; 33 grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren.
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May 14, 2018 08:36 AM MDT
When I telephoned my 82-year-old mother to ask if I could write a novel about her early life, she erupted in objections. “My childhood isn’t interesting at all,” she insisted. “I can’t remember dates and places anymore, and there just aren’t enough memories to write about.” After calming her down, I persuaded my mother to let me come for a visit to explore the feasibility of the project. The dismal, wet drive from Springville, Utah, to Boise, Idaho, offered no hint of the miraculous year and a half that lay ahead.
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Fun
May 12, 2018 04:00 PM MDT
What with our skills in the art of Pinterest and our love of baking sweets, Mormons know how to throw some pretty epic weddings. But we also have a unique flare and distinctive style all our own. How many of you can relate to these Mormon wedding moments, as told through GIFs?
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May 12, 2018 03:00 PM MDT
"When we speak of those who are instruments in the hand of God, we are reminded that not all angels are from the other side of the veil. Some of them we walk with and talk with—here, now, every day," Elder Holland testified in a recent Ensign article designed to strengthen caregivers.
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