NATHAN The Temple Celebration is an amazing opportunity for all of us to participate in celebrating the dedication of two new temples.
It's your temple.
It's my temple.
And it is the temple all of our friends as well.
We need to be a "temple going" generation and this Celebration will give everybody a good kick-off to becoming that generation. I know that if all of us "come up to the mountain" and go to the temple, our lives will be blessed in more ways than we can imagine!
This Celebration is so exciting because everybody can participate. This is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us.
Maybe singing or dancing doesn't sound like the most exciting thing to some of you, and I'm sure that some of you don't think you are good at singing or dancing. Maybe it doesn't seem "manly" enough to you guys or fun enough for some of you girls. I know that sometimes I feel the exact same way. And I'm not just saying that because I want you to sing and dance. It's because I know how participating creates a completely new spiritual experience.
You will have a blast as you go to rehearsals, as you receive the texts we are sending out, as you feel your life being uplifted and see your friend participating. You will make new friends and you will strengthen relationships with the old ones.
This is the Lord's plan!
This is what it's all about!
He wants all of us to be at the temple with our friends and family, and this Celebration is His way of getting us all there.
So, I don't want to sound too preachy, but I don't want to make this sound like a just big party either. You will have fun if you really participate with a good and happy attitude. And you will feel the spirit if you let it into your life the next three months. I encourage all of you to participate in any way you can and invite all your friends (those coming to church and those not) to participate as well.
I am so happy that you have decided to "come up to the mountain of the Lord".
(If you have any comments or questions for us, please feel free to leave them here!)
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This is going to be so exciting for the youth to participate in! This IS history in the making & a time to strengthen all of our testimonies of the Savior & of temples! (As a leader, I am so excited to watch the youth in our stake participate in this event...what an awesome opportunity!!!)
ReplyDeleteNathan, I think you are right when you said, "You will have fun if you really participate with a good and happy attitude." Attitude is everything!
Thanks for the post!!
When will the practices for singing and dancing begin??
ReplyDelete"Anonymous": You'll want to check with your local YM/YW leaders. They can tell you when rehearsals will start in your area. We're excited to get going! Let us know what you think once you get into the plans of the show. It's going to be HUGE.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited for this celebration! I see it as a great oppurtunity to show my appreciation of the great blessing of having a temple so close. I can't wait!!!
ReplyDeleteTommy Tautkus-
ReplyDeleteNathan, your right. We all need to better ourselves and the temple is the perfect opportunity to do just that. I feel that we as a youth of the church will have a great expierience as we participate in this!
Awesome Post, Nathan! I'm gonna "pass it on!"
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be such a great event! I am so excited to build my testimony of the true gospel of Jesus Christ through this. :)
ReplyDeleteWow - what a turnout at Welby Stake's Oquirrh Mountain Temple Celebration Kickoff this evening! Thank you to all the youth, parents and youth leaders that attended. We are excited to move forward with this great opportunity. The Prophet has asked us to have as many youth as possible participate, member and non-member alike, in this special program at the Conference Center on May 30th. This will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Get signed up NOW to participate! Keep in touch with your Celebration Youth Council and youth leaders!
ReplyDeleteAaron & Tammy Evans
Stake Event Coordinators (SEC)
I am so excited to be apart of this celebration! We are having our kickoff tomorrow evening and I am SUPER excited to hear how outragously fun it will be!
ReplyDeleteIs it too late to sign up? I'd love the oppurtunity to participate in this!!!
ReplyDeleteIr is never to late to sign up come join us in the celebration of temples!
ReplyDeleteNathan is right it is everyone's temple! So invite your friends to every rehearsal that you can. Be an example of the the believers and support your temples! D and C 136:28 says we should praise the lord with singing, with music, and with dancing. So have a great time and Come Up To The Mountain!
ReplyDelete-Nathan Watts
wow, i just love the temple celebration, it is an awesome oppertunity, this is caden and cassie conrad for our candy bar post, ha, we are so happy to be a part of this.
ReplyDeleteI am sooooooo excited 4 this thing!
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