Housing & Accommodations Temple Committee

As part of my church calling (stake secretary to the Relief Society) I occasionally get to do some fun jobs I wouldn't normally be a part of. Right now I'm part of the Housing and Accommodations Committee for open house for the new Draper, UT Temple. The committee name is kind of misleading. Our main job is serving refreshments to the million (plus) people they expect will come to tour the temple. If I remember right that is about 260 people every ten minutes! We are serving water and nice soft cookies in case you are curious :)


The open house is for ANYONE who wants to see inside a temple. You don't have to be a member of our church. You have to be a worthy member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to enter a temple after it is dedicated, but not before. It's pretty neat to see inside a temple, so if you don't live in my area you could check (at the bottom of the page) here and see if they are building any near you.

Some people on the committee get to serve a really sumptuous buffet to many dignitaries who are invited to attend the temple open house. They won't tell us who is coming, but it would be fun to know wouldn't it? I don't get to help those days anyway.

My assignment is to help my presidency organize about 150 volunteers to help over a two day period (75 people a day). I think it will be fun. There is a need for over 250 volunteers helping in all of the open house assignments each day. That is a lot of people! Especially when you consider the open house lasts for two months.

If you want a ticket to the open house you can get them here for free. I think I'm helping on February 3rd and 4th. I'd be happy to find you the biggest, softest cookie I can find, if I see you.

If you don't know the Salt Lake area very well look at this picture too. It shows the temple from a different direction so you can see the gorgeous mountains that surround it.