Columbia River Washington Temple Christmas Ornament

LDS Columbia River Washington Temple Christmas Ornament with Christmas Decorations

LDS Columbia River Washington Temple Christmas Ornament hanging on a Tree

Original price was: $17.99.Current price is: $13.99.

Let this ornament bring your family close together around the tree to ponder the miracle of the Columbia River Washington Temple.

Material	Transparent Acrylic
Construction	Laser Etching
Length	4 Inches
Width	3 7/8 Inches
Weight	0.8 oz
Shipping	Usually ships within 1-2 days
Returns	Within 30 days of purchase

Product Description

Made out of a lightweight and very durable transparent acrylic, this ornament will not weigh your tree down and can definitely withstand being dropped by the little ones should they get too curious around the tree. The acrylic is cut into a 4 inch circle and then laser etched with the name of the temple and a graphic depicting an artistic representation of the Columbia River Washington Temple.

Get one for your loved ones to remind them that families can be together forever!

Temple Information

Address

969 Gage Boulevard
Richland, Washington 99352

Dedicated

November 18, 2001

Size

16,880 sq ft (1,568 m 2 )

Temple History

The Columbia River Washington Temple was the third temple built in Washington, following the Seattle Washington Temple (1980) and the Spokane Washington Temple (1999).

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Stephen A. West, who presided at the groundbreaking ceremony, stated at that occasion, "Our homes are where we become prepared to go to the temple. Carved over the temple door is the phrase, 'The House of the Lord.' Our houses should be homes where the Lord could be comfortable to visit. In the dedicatory prayer for the Kirtland Temple it was said?'establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.' May that be said of our homes as well."

The temple's construction is of exceptional significance for the many second and third generation Latter-day Saints who moved from Utah to Richland during the build-up of the Hanford site in World War II. These faithful saints who have remained in Washington for many years will now be blessed with the proximity of temple as enjoyed by most Utahns.

Elder Lowell Barber, Area Authority Seventy, quoted the First Presidency from a letter written in 1893, counseling Church members how to prepare for temple worship: "Before entering into the temple to present ourselves before the Lord in solemn assembly, we shall divest ourselves of every harsh and unkind feeling against each other,?that we shall confess our sins one to another, and ask for forgiveness one of another; that we shall plead with the Lord for the spirit of repentance, and having obtained it, follow its promptings?"¹