Welcome to the the Temple Youth Celebration!

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!)