The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) has announced open house and dedication dates for the Manaus Brazil Temple, the 138th temple in the Church.
The public is invited to visit the temple during an open house from Friday, 18 May through Saturday, 2 June 2012, excluding Sundays. Free tickets will be distributed for the open house; details will be made available in the coming weeks. The temple will be formally dedicated on Sunday, 10 June 2012, in three sessions. The dedicatory sessions will be broadcast to all congregations of the Church in Brazil.
The initial Latter-day Saint presence in this South American country was in 1929, when the first converts were baptized. Now, more than 1.1 million people have joined the Church in Brazil, where there are 1,925 congregations and will soon be a sixth temple in Manaus. Other temples are located inCampinas, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Recife and Sao Paulo, and construction has begun on the Fortalezatemple.
Brazil also had a significant part in the Church’s Mormon Helping Hands program. The program received its start there in 1998 and now provides service on a worldwide basis.
In conjunction with the dedication of the temple, there will also be a cultural celebration featuring music and dance on Saturday, 9 June 2012. The cultural celebration will also be broadcast to all Brazilian congregations.
Latter-day Saint temples differ from the Church’s meetinghouses or chapels where members meet for Sunday worship services. Temples are considered “houses of the Lord” where Christ's teachings are reaffirmed through marriage, baptism and other ordinances that unite families for eternity. In the temple, Church members learn more about the purpose of life and strengthen their commitment to serve Jesus Christ and those around them.
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