- The Syracuse Utah Temple, the first with two baptisteries, opens for public tours on Saturday following a media day on Wednesday.
- Youth and church leaders talked about why they regularly visit temples.
- The temple will be dedicated on June 8, after the open house ends on May 31.
SYRACUSE — Young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Davis County are excited as the Syracuse Utah Temple is preparing to be dedicated, with a public open house starting next week.
Braxton Carpenter, a senior at Syracuse High School, said the church determined there was a need for more space for youth to attend the temple to perform baptism ordinances for ancestors who have died — something most often done by youth and new members of the church who have not received other temple ordinances for themselves.
This will be the first temple to have two baptisteries, each with a font, changing rooms and space for confirmations — an ordinance that follows baptism and is referred to in scripture as a baptism of fire, or the Holy Ghost…