Bless this temple that it may be a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of glory, a house of eternal marriage, a house of sealings, and Thy house, the House of God, wherein Thy holy saving work may be done for the salvation of both the living and the dead. I don’t think the old slips of paper are going away. Online System for Temple Prayer Rolls An online system has been created to allow members to send the names of family or friends to the temple for the purpose of having those names placed on the prayer roll. I’m so happy to hear we can submit names again. (I can imagine touch-screen terminals or a future technology replacing pen and paper in the temples over time, and calls potentially being automated. This is a small enough thing that I almost always forget about it until I’m actually in the temple and see the slips of paper and the drop box. I love that it is one of the few places in our liturgy where faith is spoken of explicitly as something we exercise on behalf of others rather than just as a part of our individual salvation. I think this does more for the person putting the name on the roll then it does for the person on the roll. I remember coming across examples of nineteenth century Saints submitting names to temple prayer rolls by letter and telegram, and it appears that this was in place from the first temple of the Utah era. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A new online system has been announced to send the names of family or friends to the temple for placement on a prayer roll.. This is really such a minor thing, but it hits all the right buttons to get me excited. The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made the announcement Tuesday. The First Presidency has announced that an online system has been created to allow members to send the names of family or friends to the temple, where those names will be placed on the prayer roll. See options for contacting a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including scheduling an ordinance and submitting a name to the prayer roll. All patron housing, cafeteria, and clothing services remain closed. This way it benefits both involved in the service. I had a claim on their prayers, whether anybody but God knew who I was or not. But is anyone else worried about spam? If you call- you don’t have to leave your name. As I am humored by reading some of the comments such as a sports team being on the prayer rolls. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as of Aug. 25, 2020, may submit names to temple prayer rolls via online submission. Thanks for the thoughtful comments, and cheers, Hunter. I also get excited when church leaders think deeply and carefully and creatively about our liturgical practices and and adapt them to changing needs and circumstances. The Logan Utah Temple was the first temple built with progressive-style muraled ordinance rooms for live-acting presentation of the endowment ceremony. Comments are closed. Requests can … Agreed, but the anonymous options aren’t very accessible now- this is. In LDS Church temples, this practice is observed, the news release said. The thing I wondered about is printing the submitted names to take to the prayer circle instead of carrying a flash drive, or transmitting to a wireless device that stays in place. West-siders aren't thrilled. For these ordinances, the temple will have minimal staff and the number of guests will be limited. I had similar issues with tithing and online tithing has been so much better for me. This is the way change creeps in, we pick it up and it becomes typical, we forget how it used to be. 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