Dedication
The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple was dedicated on October 13, 1996 by Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. The dedication of the temple lasted an entire week with three sessions on Sunday and four on each of the following days for a total of 27 dedicatory sessions.
Before the dedication, President Hinckley and his two counselors in the First Presidency, President Thomas S. Monson and President James E. Faust, applied mortar to the cornerstone of the temple. They were followed by President Boyd K. Packer, then Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Elder W. Eugene Hansen of the Seventy and executive director of the Temple Department; Robert J. Matthews, temple president; Stephen M. Studdert, vice chairman of the temple committee; and President Hinckley's wife, Sister Marjorie Hinckley.
A total of 11,617 participated in the first dedicatory session, of which about 2,900 met in the temple. The others attended the session in the American Fork Tabernacle, 12 stake centers in Utah and Wasatch counties, and the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, locations to where proceedings of subsequent sessions were also transmitted. Like at the temple, admittance to the other locations was for worthy members of the Church with a ticket from their bishops. Speakers for the first session were President Hinckley, President Monson, President Faust and President Packer. They were accompanied to the temple by their wives, Sister Hinckley, Sister Frances Monson, Sister Ruth Faust and Sister Donna Packer.
About 38,000 attended the three sessions of dedication on the first day. During the week, President Hinckley presided over and spoke in 11 dedicatory sessions, plus the cornerstone session. President Monson and President Faust each presided over eight dedicatory sessions, and each spoke in 11 sessions, which included the cornerstone session. A total of 52 General Authorities addressed the sessions, as well as the temple presidency and matron.
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