Dedication and open house dates announced for Red Cliffs Temple in St George ZBlogL

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• ‘It looks more like the historic temple.’ The public open house for the St. George Utah Temple begins next week
• Announced Open Houses and Dedications
• Parapet Poured for the St. George Utah Temple Addition
• Repaving Around the St. George Utah Temple
• Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Delivering Furniture to the St. George Utah Temple
• Renovations

“Once dedicated, this house of the Lord will join the St. George Utah Temple as the second temple in the city, located in southwestern Utah. First settlers arrived in 1855, when missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ established a mission in the nearby community of Santa Clara,” The Church website stated. And those feelings and emotions can be felt at any temple open house, with Russ and Dana Moody encouraging all to take advantage of such public visits that are available before a temple dedication or rededication. The Cravens said they wanted to help transition their children’s understanding of the temple from being an object and a structure to a house of the Lord with its covenants and ordinances. Russ and Dana Moody are chairing the open house and rededication committee for the St. George temple, with the nine-week open house having concluded on November 11 and the rededication coming up quickly on Sunday, December 10.

‘It looks more like the historic temple.’ The public open house for the St. George Utah Temple begins next week

Reservations are now available online to tour the renovated St. George Utah Temple during the public open house, via reservations.churchofjesuschrist.org. It is one of a half-dozen temples with either ongoing public open houses or ones that will start in the next month. Following Wednesday’s media day briefing and tours, the St. George house of the Lord will be open as special guests — including local civic, business, education and faith leaders — tour inside the temple.

Announced Open Houses and Dedications

The general carpet pattern was pulled from early Christian architecture. The green color represents the rice fields and the farming community in the area. The carpet carving design incorporates the almond flower to coordinate with the art glass. The rug designs are reminiscent of an open field of local wildflowers and the California poppy, the state flower. The stone floor consists of Crema Beige (Iran), Emperador Light (Turkey), Inca Gold (Pakistan), Verde Lichen (Iran), Rojo Alicante (Spain), and Vanilla (Turkey) marble.

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Renovated St. George Utah Temple Ready for Tours.

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Parapet Poured for the St. George Utah Temple Addition

The plans for the temple were announced a month after those of the extensive Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square renovation project, detailed in April 2019; but the Salt Lake Temple closed a month after the St. George temple did. The latest project corrects inconsistencies in architectural and design styles in the temple from previous renovations. The public open house will run nearly two months, from Friday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Nov. 11, excluding Sundays and excluding Saturday, Sept. 30, for October 2023 general conference. The southern Utah pioneer-era temple — the oldest and longest-operating of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — has been under renovation since November 2019. Exterior and interior photos of the newly renovated St. George Utah Temple have been released in conjunction with the opening of house of the Lord to media representatives and special guests on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The entablatures of the original interiors featured a motif of alternating quatrefoils and gold five-pointed stars.

Repaving Around the St. George Utah Temple

Andy Kirby, director of the Church’s historic temple renovations, is excited for people to see the beauty of the renovated temple, which has been updated with a new mechanical system. In October 2018 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced the Church’s intention to renovate its pioneer temples, with the St. George Utah Temple the first since to be completed. Renovation plans and exterior renderings were released in May 2019, with the temple closing in early November of the same year. The temple’s previous murals — suggesting a sequence of creation, garden and world — were removed in the 1980s and partially restored in the 1990s. With the recent renovations, three artists were commissioned — one each for the three instruction rooms — to create scenes of southwest Utah’s rugged natural beauty.

Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The presentation of the endowment was originally delivered by live acting in the St. George Utah Temple. With a total of 18 sealing rooms, the St. George Utah Temple had more sealing rooms than any other temple until the renovation of the Salt Lake Temple in the 2020s. The St. George Utah Temple is the first temple where endowments for the dead were performed.

Each volunteer shift was 3.5 hours long, with four shifts of volunteers each day. Altogether, volunteers provided approximately 105,000 hours of service. The dedicatory sessions will be broadcast to all congregations in the St. George Utah Temple district. You are now leaving a website maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We provide the link to this third party's website solely as a convenience to you.

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Renovations

The exterior walls were built from another local stone, red sandstone, stacked and grouted together. The two-month public open house for the Los Angeles California Temple attracted 682,361 visitors, who toured the magnificent structure. Walking tours of the temple will be offered daily except for Sundays and Saturday, April 6. Walking tours of the temple will be offered daily except for Sundays. The Red Cliffs temple was originally referred to as the Washington County Utah Temple when President Nelson announced plans in October 2018 general conference for a second temple in the area. Reservations are now available online to tour the newly built Red Cliffs Utah Temple during the public open house, via reservations.churchofjesuschrist.org.

Aiding open-house guests inside the temple, placards are used to identify rooms used for different ordinances or purposes — instruction rooms, baptistry, sealing rooms, celestial room, bride’s room, waiting rooms. A public open house will start on Friday, September 15, and continue until Saturday, November 11, excluding Sundays and Saturday the 30th of September, which is general conference. The flooring is new wood, carpet and tile, with the wood similar to the historic flooring used in some areas of the north addition. The baptistry flooring is of red metaquartzite quarried near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Other major renovations prior to the latest included the 1938 modifications to the floor plan and the 1975 major renovation effort, which included another enlargement to the annex and the addition of the west-side staircase. President Spencer W. Kimball rededicated the St. George temple on Nov. 11, 1975, following the previous renovation. Flooring in both the north addition and the historic structure is a mixture of new wood, carpet and tile. The new wood flooring is similar to the historic flooring used in some areas of the north addition. The baptistry has red metaquartzite flooring in the font, lobby and entry vestibule. This stone is quarried south of Las Vegas and supplied by Las Vegas Rock.

During that time, the Church had difficulty locating suitable acreage on which to build a stake center. Mr. Tumber was not in the market to sell, but that changed when he was approached by representatives of the Church. Richardson Design Partnership designed the art glass with assistance from Holdman Studios. The glass’s main design motif is the regionally significant almond blossom.

Windows have been replaced, matching the historical profiles and details but upgraded to insulated triple panes. No renovation for the state’s fourth pioneer-era temple, the Logan Utah Temple, have been announced. In January 1871, a temple for St. George was announced by Brigham Young, the Church’s first since the exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840s. In November of that year, the St. George site was dedicated, with the cornerstone not laid until March 1873.

Wilford Woodruff recorded that during the St. George temple’s first year of operation, almost 25,000 baptisms for the dead, 12,000 endowments and 3,800 sealings were performed. Visitors of all ages are invited to a free public open house held for most new or renovated temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The open house includes a video (see left) and a walk-through tour of the temple. After the temple is formally dedicated, entrance is reserved for faithful members of the Church.

Smaller items that help a church and events center function were also needed, but they were pricey to purchase on the ministry’s budget. “My wife had just made a list and said, ‘Lord, we need water pitchers, and we need salt and pepper shakers.’ We walked [into the stake center kitchen] and there’s this tray full of 50 sets of salt and pepper shakers. Folding chairs, chalkboards and display stands and cases are a welcome addition to the church’s community efforts. In addition, a decorative stone bench now complements the A.M.E. Church entrance. Solid-wood doors and cabinets from the stake center were given to Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, which helps fund the construction of new homes. “We’re probably dealing with 10 or 20,000 dollars’ worth of basic materials, because it’s in really good condition,” said Nicoleti, who estimated the money will help place families into new homes.