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Draper Utah Temple: Dedication speakers

Published: Saturday, March 28, 2009

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President Thomas S. Monson presided over and offered the dedicatory prayer at all 12 dedication sessions of the Draper Utah Temple on March 20-22. He also conducted four sessions and spoke in four sessions.

President Monson's counselors — President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf — each conducted four sessions. President Eyring spoke in six sessions and President Uchtdorf spoke in five.

Other speakers were:

President Boyd K. Packer, president of the Quorum of the Twelve.

Members of the Quorum of the Twelve — Elder L. Tom Perry, Elder Russell M. Nelson, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Elder M. Russell Ballard, Elder Richard G. Scott, Elder Robert D. Hales, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Elder David A. Bednar, Elder Quentin L. Cook and Elder D. Todd Christoffer-son.

Members of the Presidency of the Seventy — Elder Neil L. Andersen, Elder Ronald A. Rasband, Elder Claudio R.M. Costa and Elder L. Whitney Clayton, Elder Jay E. Jensen.

Members of the Seventy — Elder Gary J. Coleman, Elder Richard G. Hinckley, Elder Marlin K. Jensen, Elder Kenneth Johnson, Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi, Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Elder Allan F. Packer, Elder Kevin W. Pearson, Elder Bruce D. Porter, Elder William R. Walker, Elder Lance B. Wickman, Elder Douglas L. Callister and Elder Robert S. Wood.

Presiding Bishopric — Bishop H. David Burton, Bishop Richard C. Edgley and Bishop Keith B. McMullin.

General auxiliary presidencies — Brother Charles W. Dahlquist, Young Men president; Brother A. Roger Merrill, Sunday School president; Sister Julie B. Beck, Relief Society president; Sister Cheryl C. Lant, Primary president; and Sister Mary N. Cook, Young Women first counselor.

Temple presidency, matron and assistant matrons — President Don L. Staheli and his wife, Sister Afton S. Staheli; President Russell E. Tueller, first counselor, and his wife, Sister Christine C. Tueller; and President W. Kent Fitzgerald, second counselor, and his wife, Sister Judy L. Fitzgerald.