Payson LDS Temple Open House Continues Through Saturday, May 23, As Planned

Pictured: The Payson Temple photographed by Payson Chronicle staff during a media event held on April 21, 2015.  The Temple Open House began a few days later, April 24, and continues through this Saturday.  Photo by Denise Windley, paysonchronicle@gmail.com

Despite rumors, the Payson LDS Temple Open House will not be extended and will conclude, as planned, on Saturday, May 23, according to Payson Chief Brad Bishop.

Speaking briefly at last night’s council meeting in Payson, Chief Bishop noted also that, as of last Thursday, over 320,000 have visited the temple since the open house began in late April, 2015. Roughly twenty thousand people are estimated to visit the temple daily, he added.

According to a press release issued this spring by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the temple will be formally dedicated on Sunday, June, 7, 2015, as the 146th operating temple of the LDS Church. Three separate dedicatory sessions will be held at 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. The temple will serve more than 93,000 Latter-day Saints from Mapleton to Delta, Utah.

More than 13,000 local Latter-day Saint youth will celebrate the opening of the temple in a cultural celebration on Saturday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo.