In his first temple announcement since becoming president of the Church, President Thomas S. Monson has announced the construction of two new temples in Arizona: one in the Gila Valley and the other in Gilbert.
The adjoining communities of Thatcher and Safford, located in the Gila Valley, are best known to members of the Church as the home of President Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Though born in Salt Lake City, President Kimball was reared in Thatcher> from the age of 3. After returning home from a mission and marrying Camilla Eyring in the Salt Lake Temple, the Kimballs settled in Safford to raise their children and run an insurance business. In the 1980s, President Kimball initiated an unprecedented worldwide temple-building program. A temple in the Gila Valley is a tremendous honor to his memory.
Located in the southeastern section of the Phoenix metropolitan area, just south of Mesa, Gilbert and its surrounding communities enjoy a high concentration of Church members, who currently attend the Mesa Arizona Temple. A temple in Gilbert will help relieve demands currently placed on the Mesa temple, which serves 74 stakes throughout southern Arizona.
Warm regards, Rick Satterfield
LDSChurchTemples.com
The adjoining communities of Thatcher and Safford, located in the Gila Valley, are best known to members of the Church as the home of President Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Though born in Salt Lake City, President Kimball was reared in Thatcher> from the age of 3. After returning home from a mission and marrying Camilla Eyring in the Salt Lake Temple, the Kimballs settled in Safford to raise their children and run an insurance business. In the 1980s, President Kimball initiated an unprecedented worldwide temple-building program. A temple in the Gila Valley is a tremendous honor to his memory.
Located in the southeastern section of the Phoenix metropolitan area, just south of Mesa, Gilbert and its surrounding communities enjoy a high concentration of Church members, who currently attend the Mesa Arizona Temple. A temple in Gilbert will help relieve demands currently placed on the Mesa temple, which serves 74 stakes throughout southern Arizona.
Warm regards, Rick Satterfield
LDSChurchTemples.com
3 Royal Remarks:
so cool, temples are becomeing mmore available to everyone, it's so great
That is so great! And amazing. I always look forward to the day when we get on in Tooele.
WHAAAAT? are you serious? That TOTALLY ROCKS!!
By the way, how's your one-on-one with Candice going?
It's getting hot outside, ehe. We're hitting in the 100s now in bullhead.
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