A groundbreaking ceremony Saturday celebrated the start of construction on the first temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Fort...
The 30,000-square-foot temple is scheduled for completion in about 20-24 months.A groundbreaking ceremony Saturday celebrated the start of construction on the first temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Fort Worth area.
The 30,000-square-foot temple will be built on a 9.37-acre site in the suburb of Burleson at Southwest Hulen Street and Greenridge Drive. The building, designed by Chandler Growald of CKG Architecture Inc., is scheduled for completion in about 20-24 months.Because of rain, the ceremony was held indoors at a Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Burleson. Presiding was Elder Jose Alonso, who read a dedicatory prayer. Burleson Mayor Chris Fletcher, Fort Worth City Councilman Michael D.
It will be the second Latter-day Saints temple in the Dallas Fort-Worth area, which is home to a Mormon population of about 83,000, according to the church. The Fort Worth area alone has around 33,000 members and 30 meetinghouses.Temples differ from meetinghouses, where the public is welcome to attend Sunday worship and weekday activities, the church said in a press release.
A shovel for the groundbreaking ceremony is seen during the Fort Worth Texas Temple groundbreaking ceremony at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Burleson. Due to weather conditions, the ceremony was held in the church.“Temples, to our faith, are our highest form of worship,” said John Elmer, coordinator of the groundbreaking committee. “It’s a place where we kind of go out of the world, and that’s where we find peace.
Joy Ashford covers faith and religion in North Texas for The Dallas Morning News through a partnership with Report for America.. Joy Ashford covers faith and religion in North Texas for The Dallas Morning News through a partnership with Report for America.Dallas-area artist makes traditional sugar skulls for Dia de los Muertos celebrations
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