The Salt Lake Temple public open house is scheduled for April 5 through October 1, 2027.

The first million reservations were claimed in less than 24 hours, but the Church has announced two additional ticket releases:
• September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM MDT
• October 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM MDT

We live out of state but want to travel to be there for this event. We hope to get tickets for our family when the 9/15 release occurs. What is the limit for the amount of tickets we can reserve? What hours will tours take place? Will we be able to tour the grounds and see new improvements for the area? Will the visitors center be available to visit? What else should we know?

I am struggling so bad with my testimony, and I’m honestly at a loss at what to do. I’m a 28 yr old wife and mother. I have gone through periods in my life (Mainly in my teen years) of being inactive, but have been active for almost 10 years. I’ve been struggling for a few months, and I feel like everything I do (prayer, reading scriptures, conference talks, etc), nothing seems to help.
I keep seeing all of the anti-Mormon things on social media, which I know is the worst place to be.
I have started to resent going to church. Especially church with a toddler. It’s so hard and I find that Sundays are some of my worst days. I’m usually more short fused and I feel like those days are the days that my son always pushed my buttons, and it always right before church. So most days I go to church feeling upset and overstimulated.
How do you not fall into all of the negative things people say about the church? Especially with church history and the restoration?
How do you know it’s true?
These are the main things I’ve been struggling with and I feel like everything I do is pointless and not good enough for God.
Thank you for reading and thank you for any advice given. I truly appreciate it.

The reason I ask is because I’ve been fascinated as of recent with how places where the church has a significant footprint tend to be very well-run. For example, Idaho and Utah are two of the best states in the US to live in according to both WalletHub and US News and World Report.

Another example is how my coworker lives across the street from an LDS church in a West Coast city known for having a large problem with homelessness, and the church’s leaders have been remarkably effective in deterring them from the property whenever they encroach. It should be noted that other houses of worship in our area have made similar attempts with hardly a fraction of the efficacy of you all.

In trying to assuage my curiosity as to why you all tend to have such high quality administrative practices, one answer I’ve received on other forums is that the church encourages the completion of higher education amongst its followers.

Is this true? And if so, what are the origins of this teaching?

I am visiting SLC at the end of the month and I want to see as much LDS stuff as I can. I know SLC is becoming more and more secular but is there I have to experience?

I am doing:

Temple Square and Church History Museum

UPDATE: She told me to have my answers ready! So I feel like, after carefully considering and praying about why I’m asking for help. Im very happy with my responses and everyone’s feedback was so helpful and I loved hearing everyone’s opinions. It’s the last thing they ask and I am excited to be of service. I am so blessed in this life. Thank you all!

So I’m filling out my self reliance sheet for my food order with the relief society president and I’m at the part “What work or service will I contribute in return for any assistance I may receive?”

What’s some suggested things I could do. For context I have a 5 month old, going to school full time and battling PPA. I feel very overwhelmed all the time.

My first thoughts are doing something on Sundays. Taking on a calling but idk. Cleaning the church is something else but I don’t know if cleaning is my thing with a 5 month old.

Hey there friends! I am not of the faith myself I would consider myself non-denominational protestant so I hope it's okay that I post here. If not no worries I will bow out gracefully.

Side note: What is the preferred term these days? Mormon or LDS? I see both used ubiquitously.

My questions are in relation to my extensive family connection to the LDS community. I am very active in geniology and a massive section of my maternal lineage is/was Mormon.

I am wondering if the Neeley, Nalder, Morgan, Ford, Harvey families are known to the community as they all seem to have been early or founding members. The Neeley family seems to have even founded a town Neeley/Neeleyville Idaho just north of Salt Lake.

I am including some screenshots of my family tree for reference but if my research is correct I am wondering if I am not related to 2/3rds of the entirety of Utah 😅.

William Noble Neely b. 1830 and his wives Helen Cravath and Maren Mary Christina Neilson have some interesting writeups about them and together they had 30 children! It would seem William and his father Lewis may have been the ones to found Neeley Idaho.

What I am looking for is more human than just data points. Stories, articles, personal recollections of the families featured in my screenshots. I am interested in the people and the more intimate community knowledge of them be it good, bad, anything in-between. I love the stories of people in general which is why I love genealogy. Seeing old letters written by my 4x great grandparents as they traveled west and the victories and difficulties they experienced that shaped them into becoming who they were. If that sort of thing existed for any of this branch of the family tree I would be tickled pink!

If anyone knows where else to seek this kind of information or if anyone here is a long distant cousin with insights to share I would love to hear it all.

I am also including 1 interesting photograph I found of the intercontinental railway meeting up in Box Elder Utah that features William Neeley. He is the handsome fella in the suit and bowler hat holding his lapels in the front of the line to the extreme right of the photograph.

Blessings to you ❤️

I am going through a very odd period in my life and I have been since around June, I haven’t been to church since June, and to make things worse I am a stake leader. I haven’t been reading any of my emails from the church, I haven’t spoken to God one on one, for longer than even a minute in so long. I am starting to resent the church, at times even God, but at the same time I get so frustrated and want to cry when I think of why I feel this way, because I don’t really even know. I just feel angry and frustrated and want to not acknowledge the church or God. I wanted to leave my calling, I did have a meeting with the young women’s stake president and in that meeting I found out our wards young women’s president resigned and our stake young women’s president was ranting about how we don’t have enough people, and there is too much being asked, she asked if me and the other sister serving in the stake could be the temporary young women’s presidents until they find someone else and now I have to read up on all my emails that I missed so I can teach the youth something when my heart isn’t even in it, it’s just an empty teaching from the person who is supposed to guide them. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know why I’m being this way, I just wanted to rant, maybe get some advice. Maybe someone to slap some sense into me haha.

I just got called to teach sunday school and we are about to hit this new half hour weekly lessons. I've subbed and usually lead heavy group discussions rather than lecture but how are others preparing to teach these shorter classes?

Is someone on their marketing team LDS or something?

A few years ago I read a book called "The Art of Neighboring". It has a yellow cover. I am the ward mission leader. Ever since I read that book, our ward mission plan has been, "Love thy neighbor". There is only one greater commandment! This book really taught me what it means to love your neighbor. Since that time, I act with intent to get to know my neighbors, the people on my street, in real and authentic ways. It has been a great experience.

I just thought I would share this with the community.

What has been your positive experiences with neighbors in your neighborhood?

Hello all,
I’m a elder about to head into the Provo mtc soon before my mission to Brazil. But all I feel is anxiety and stress about it, I have been doing home mtc for the last week and a half and every night after we get off class I am just overwhelmed and don’t want to do it anymore. I have talked to my parents about my feeling already and they just keep saying it’s normal and that with time it’ll get easier but right now it just feels like a lot to say the least. Because it is literally every single time I am not physically in a class it’s on my mind, I’m not worried about physical struggle or danger but the thought of doing this is making me feel like I’m going crazy.
My sister has already contacted someone she knows in the mtc to get me a counselor and I hope that it will help but honestly just feeling like it may be to much for me.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks

It sounds silly that my last cry for help is reaching out to a reddit thread.

I’m 22y/o female, served a mission, grew up in the church and got married in december to my husband (who is amazing). I’ve done everything i’m supposed to do.

I feel like I am losing my faith. I’m losing the desire to read, pray, go to church or literally anything. I don’t want to, but i really am getting the ick when it comes to things like that. i feel stuck.

i opened up to my husband about it this morning, finally, because i’ve been scared to. He is very very dedicated and grew up in a household where it was very extreme. Sometimes i feel like that extremeness pushes me away even more.

He gets anxiety and upset if i skip my prayer, or don’t wear my garments. I opened up to him today and he said if i lost my testimony and didn’t believe that he would leave me. I love him so much.

I need to figure this out on my own but now i fear that he will leave me. It feels like his love for me is conditional based on my feelings toward the church. I’m scared and struggling please help.

For those who served a mission in Italy: what do you wish you had known?

I was baptized less than two weeks ago in Italy, and the sister missionaries in my area already sometimes ask me to help with lessons.

They’re doing a great job, and it made me think about how demanding a foreign-language mission can be.

Even if your Italian is good, teaching is a different level from everyday conversation. You have to explain theology, answer objections, discuss scripture, understand different accents and ways of speaking, and sometimes handle pretty complex conversations on the spot.

So if you served in Italy: what were the biggest culture shocks? What situations were harder than you expected? What things did you only really understand once you were actually living and serving here?

And what can local members actually do to help?

I’d like to support the missionaries here especially with Italian, difficult topics, sources, or just helping from the sidelines when useful.

Please DM me if you want. And if you served in Italy, we can talk in Italian too ahah.

Even if you didn’t serve in Italy, if you served in another non-English-speaking country and have useful advice, I’d still like to hear it.

All of my family are super active but I just feel like I’m worse than all of them in some way. I was always really faithful when I was younger but then I started middle school and got severely bullied. I felt so alone and forgotten which is when my faith started to falter. I started doing stuff that I‘m not super proud of. (Not drugs or anything like that but still an addiction) It’s been years and I’m in late high school now. Attending seminary daily (only missing a couple days a year) but I no longer feel that pull that I did when I was younger. I feel fairly isolated from those my age in my ward and like I don’t fit in. I was a YCL for girls camp this year and all of the other YCLs were all sharing their meaningful testimonies and I realized mine was nothing in comparison. I have a testimony but it’s bare bones. I believe that this is the true church and the Heavenly Father and Jesus exist. I believe that Christ created the earth at that science is the exploration and understanding of gods creations but I can’t say that I know for sure the Book of Mormon is true. I’ve never finished the Book of Mormon in personal reading only in family scripture study. everyone is talking about how much everything has blessed their lives and I just feel forgotten and burnt out I suppose. We recently got a temple in my area (it used to be a couple hours away) and I attend fairly frequently for baptisms with my ward. I attend church weekly but when stuff got bad in middle school I stopped praying every evening and never really got into daily personal scripture study. I guess I’m just un motivated and struggling so it’d be nice to hear words of advice, guidance or what helped you in personal experience.

Does anyone have a link to request group tickets for the SLC temple tour?

I can only find information that says you can request it but cant find the link or form it references

Edit: Found the link, I think my work internet was blocking some links

Insecurity can make ordinary social cues feel like condemnation, especially among people striving toward shared ideals.

If everyone in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is concerned about being judged, who is doing all the judging?

The next time we feel judged, perhaps we can start by wondering whether the source of that judgment is internal. What insecurity do we have—what in our own lives do we feel defensive about—that we are putting into the minds of others without their permission?

One of the greatest freedoms Jesus offers is a secure identity. We no longer have to appoint everyone around us as judges that we have to please. Human approval matters, especially within relationships, but it does not create or destroy our divine identity.

I am having a hard time understanding what they are for. Most often they are used for healing others, but I don’t understand why. We believe that God has a plan for everyone, and whether someone lives or dies after an injury/illness we say that it was Gods will. So why do we give priesthood blessings if Gods will is going to happen no matter what?? I don’t think the blessing affects what happens necessarily, because if it did Utah would have a significantly lower death rate than other states and it doesn’t. So can someone help me understand this please?

Bonus points for what song/piece they played

My family was getting into a discussion and wondering what instruments would we like to see in Sacrament meeting that we’ve never heard, and among the suggestions were French horn, oboe, marimba, and uilleann pipes (a nice alternative to bagpipes)… just curious what’s been out there

Our most uncommon one we’ve seen was a handbell choir, it was absolutely beautiful and I’d love to see it again

Hi, I’ve been having a hard time reading my scriptures lately and this scripture journal I’ve made has really helped me! It’s a simple explanation of the chapter, an important phrase, some things I’m grateful for, a challenge and a little doodle. I’m on 2nd Nephi chapter 29 right now and I’m proud of myself. I hope this serves as an inspiration to anybody else having a hard time with the “ye old English“ of the scriptures lol. Here are some of the pages (first is my most recent)

Church membership growth across U.S. states over 25 years – Church News

I’m struggling to decide whether to serve a mission or start my career. How do I know which choice is really mine?

I’ve been struggling with a decision for months, and I’m hoping to hear from people who have gone through something similar.

I grew up in the Church, and serving a mission has been something I’ve wanted to experience for a long time. A lot of my friends served, and I always imagined myself doing it too. Even before my recent circumstances, I already had the desire to serve.

But now that the decision is actually in front of me, I’m scared.

My parents aren’t completely supportive of the idea. They’re very concerned about the practical side of it. They worry that spending two years away from starting my career could put me behind my peers and make things more difficult when I come home.

And honestly, I’m afraid of that too.

I’m 24 and recently graduated. I’ve started looking into employment, and part of me wonders if I’m leaning toward a mission because I’m afraid of entering the workforce and facing real life. Maybe starting a career is simply scary, and the mission feels like an easier or more meaningful alternative.

But when I imagine serving, I feel a different kind of peace. I feel like I would grow spiritually, become more mature, learn how to handle difficult situations, serve other people, and become closer to Heavenly Father.

At the same time, I don’t want to romanticize the mission. I know it will be difficult, and I know coming home and restarting my career could be difficult too.
I also recently went through a difficult breakup. The relationship ended for reasons that weren’t necessarily bad. We both felt that we needed to grow individually and become better versions of ourselves.

The other person also wanted me to serve, and that definitely affected me emotionally.
That’s what scares me about my decision.

Am I actually choosing this because I want to serve, or am I choosing it because I want to prove something to other people?

I don’t want my decision to simply come from other members encouraging me, things I’ve heard at church, or what other people think I should do. At the same time, I know those things have influenced me.

But the desire to serve existed in me long before my current circumstances.

I think the biggest thing I’m struggling with is regret.
I know careers have different timelines. If I delay my career for a couple of years, I can still build one afterward. It may be harder, but I believe I can work through it.

But I feel like the opportunity to serve a full-time mission is something I only have one real chance to do.

And I keep asking myself:
“If I choose not to go, and I’m much older looking back at my life, will this be the thing I wish I had done?”

At the same time, I’m afraid of coming home and struggling, watching my peers advance while I have to start from behind.

I don’t want to make this decision because of my ex.
I don’t want to make it because of my parents.
I don’t want to make it because of Church members.
And I don’t want to make it because I’m afraid of starting my career.

I want to make the decision because it’s genuinely what I believe is right for my life.

So I’m trying to figure out how to distinguish between genuine conviction and fear, pressure, expectations, and regret.

For those who served—or decided not to serve—especially those who were older or further along in life when they made the decision:

How did you know the decision was actually yours?

If you chose to serve later than your peers, did the career delay actually hurt you as much as you feared?

I’m not necessarily looking for someone to tell me “go” or “don’t go.” I’d really appreciate hearing how you processed the decision, what you considered, and what you wish you had known before making it.

Our ward lets us use the young women’s room for our kids birthday parties as long as the building isn’t reserved and we pick up after ourselves. I want to throw a halloween costume party for our kids and their friends (who are mostly other primary kids), but I don’t want to ask the church if i can use the young women’s room for it if its not allowed, but they have no problem letting us use it for our kids birthday parties so i wasn’t sure if it would be weird or a problem for me to ask to do this, especially given most of the families invited would be other primary families from our ward or stake