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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Using our influence as women of God to make a difference in the world.
Connect with Latter-day Saint thought leaders in a personal way
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 27, 2017 08:53 AM MDT
Almost 20,000 young women are currently serving full-time proselyting missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tens of thousands have come before, and many more will follow. Women contribute significantly to the work of preaching the gospel in all the world and they have for many years.
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May 26, 2017 05:00 PM MDT
For more information on this topic read "The Test," by Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, Nov 2008, 88-91.
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May 26, 2017 02:48 PM MDT
Just before midnight on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, a man crawled through Breann Lasley's window, violently attacking her and her sister. Despite the horrors of that night, Lasley knows, "I know, without a question, that we were totally protected, that there were angels there helping us." Read more about her miraculous story here.
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May 26, 2017 12:03 PM MDT
"It is our heartfelt hope and prayer that they and many others have not sacrificed life in vain," LDS Chaplain Vernon A. Cooley wrote to then Elder Harold B. Lee. "In the present world-wide battles there have been some of our servicemen lost who were perhaps far more worthy than many of us who remain alive."
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Four months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, President J. Reuben Clark Jr. read the First Presidency’s statement on war at the April 1942 general conference.
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May 25, 2017 09:15 PM MDT
“We didn’t have much, but we had the gospel, and we invited everybody to participate,” Sister Wakolo said.
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May 25, 2017 09:10 PM MDT
The First Presidency has called the following new temple presidents and matrons. They will begin their service later this year.
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May 25, 2017 07:01 PM MDT
Connecting FAITH, FAMILY and FUN in one activity with Brick’Em Young!
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