Our family is so blessed to live close to two temples. The Jordan River temple is two miles to our east and the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple is two miles to our west! John Paul's 8th birthday is on June 5th and Chuck got tickets to the temple open house that day. The day after will be his baptism. He is excited!
South Jordan will soon be home to 2 temples
By Scott Taylor
Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:38 p.m. MDT
Quick — name the city where two LDS Church temples are located.
The obvious answer — Salt Lake City — isn't the most correct answer. Yes, there are four temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located throughout the Salt Lake Valley in what one could call "metropolitan Salt Lake City."
But only the iconic Salt Lake Temple is located in Salt Lake City proper.
Nauvoo, Ill., has been the site of two temples, but the two were built more than 150 years apart and the current Nauvoo Illinois Temple is modeled after its predecessor and built on the exact same site.
The real answer is South Jordan, a city in the southwestern area of the Salt Lake Valley that covers some 21 square miles that can lay claim to two LDS temples now that the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple begins pre-dedication functions this week.
Located at 11022 S. 4000 West just off Bangerter Highway, Oquirrh Mountain is just a 13-minute or four-mile drive away from its South Jordan neighbor, the Jordan River Utah Temple, at 10200 S. 1300 West.
Once a predominantly rural area in the valley, South Jordan has grown from a population of 1,345 in 1960 to the April 2009 estimate of nearly 54,000 residents.
If you are going to be in town and would like to go to the open house...I can help you get tickets and would love to go with you!
By Scott Taylor
Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:38 p.m. MDT
Quick — name the city where two LDS Church temples are located.
The obvious answer — Salt Lake City — isn't the most correct answer. Yes, there are four temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located throughout the Salt Lake Valley in what one could call "metropolitan Salt Lake City."
But only the iconic Salt Lake Temple is located in Salt Lake City proper.
Nauvoo, Ill., has been the site of two temples, but the two were built more than 150 years apart and the current Nauvoo Illinois Temple is modeled after its predecessor and built on the exact same site.
The real answer is South Jordan, a city in the southwestern area of the Salt Lake Valley that covers some 21 square miles that can lay claim to two LDS temples now that the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple begins pre-dedication functions this week.
Located at 11022 S. 4000 West just off Bangerter Highway, Oquirrh Mountain is just a 13-minute or four-mile drive away from its South Jordan neighbor, the Jordan River Utah Temple, at 10200 S. 1300 West.
Once a predominantly rural area in the valley, South Jordan has grown from a population of 1,345 in 1960 to the April 2009 estimate of nearly 54,000 residents.
If you are going to be in town and would like to go to the open house...I can help you get tickets and would love to go with you!
