temple baptism trips

[Gwen]

ok so i'm not a new member lol, but in chat we were talking about when you can go to the temple to do baptisms. here we can go as soon as you are baptized, we are encouraged to get our new members there as soon as possible. however others (from canada) said they were told you have to wait a yr. is that a canadian thing? lol now it's bugging me, why would it be different there? (not that i haven't been told a million things that have convinced me that canada is ...... a very "special" place. lol) anybody else know what's up with that or the official stance on it?

[FunkyTown]

Things are different in canada. Canadians aren't allowed to go to the temple until the first year is gone because there are difficulties here in Canada. For instance: The Edmonton temple is home to the local Yeti population, which can cause some difficulties for new members, and the Cardston temple is colourfully referred to as the 'Temple of Doom' because of the spiky ice stalagmites that grow from the ground. They're really hard on tires, so you have to walk pretty far to get there.

[Palerider]

ok so i'm not a new member lol, but in chat we were talking about when you can go to the temple to do baptisms. here we can go as soon as you are baptized, we are encouraged to get our new members there as soon as possible. however others (from canada) said they were told you have to wait a yr. is that a canadian thing? lol now it's bugging me, why would it be different there? (not that i haven't been told a million things that have convinced me that canada is ...... a very "special" place. lol) anybody else know what's up with that or the official stance on it?

I am wondering if there is a little confusion taking place....after you are a member you can go to the Temple and participate in Baptisms...in order to go thru for anything else...you need to be a member for a year....

[Gwen]

i thought there was confusion as well. that as soon as you are baptized you can go to do baptisms at the temple. one person from cananda said that they had just been and the mission pres (i think that's who they said it was) said any converts that were less than a yr had to wait. then another person said the same thing was told to them by a canadian missionary. so that is where the connection to canada came in. so anyway lol

[SkyWishes]

From what I know Gwen, when a new member is baptized they are very new to the church and they spend one year in Gospel Principles classes usually as oposed to Relief Society and Priesthood. This is simply so they don't get over whelmed with every thing all at once. As far as I know you have to be a member of the church for over a year before you can get a temple recomend. (You can still go to the temple grounds but not inside the actual temple). The same with returning members. I have had to wait a year after coming back to church before I can consider getting a recomend again and the same applys to new members! It's the same over here in England and it makes sense that it would be the same every where else in the world as the church needs to get to know the new member and see their dedication before they can give them such sacred work to carry out.

[Gwen]

rules are slightly different around the world. for example some places if you get married civilly you have to wait a yr to go and be sealed, however other places you must get married civily first, due to laws. so i could see that it might be different for the requirements to go to the temple for baptisims..........just don't know what would be the reason behind it.

i know about the 1 yr going for endowments, i'm talking about baptism work only.

[Iggy]

rules are slightly different around the world. for example some places if you get married civilly you have to wait a yr to go and be sealed, however other places you must get married civily first, due to laws. so i could see that it might be different for the requirements to go to the temple for baptisims..........just don't know what would be the reason behind it.

i know about the 1 yr going for endowments, i'm talking about baptism work only.

To do temple baptisms you just need to be a baptized member aged 12 and up. You will get a temporary recommend from your Bishop.

A very dear friend of mine started doing Temple Baptisms just a week after she was baptized into the Church. She had worked in the FHC for 20 years as a non-member volunteer. She is a professional Genealogist, and has taught more lessons on how to do your Genealogy that even she can keep track of!

By the time she had been a member for one year- she was more than ready (spiritually as well as temporally) to get her endowments.

My baby brother and his wife have taken their children to the temple from the time they were 12 to do baptisms. They go twice a month. What better way to teach your children the sacredness of the Temple Ordinances.

[Truegrits]

They go twice a month. What better way to teach your children the sacredness of the Temple Ordinances.

How wonderful! I would love to be able to go twice a month.

[Maureen]

I asked my nephew Gwen's question and he said via email:

No. The rules are the same for both. The one year period is probably mistaken for the one year wait for members to attend the endowment session, but that is the same in both countries so I am not exactly sure why they thought that. The rules rarely change from country to country (what a lot of extra paper work for the record keepers, I spent time as one on my mission). The only temple-related thing that is different from country to country to which I am aware of is that in countries like the UK and HK you have to be married outside of the temple for it to count, and then they can get married in the teple right away, where they would have to normally wait a year if they were married outside the temple in Canada or such before they could be married inside.

[Gwen]

then i find that very sad, how many ppl are deprived of a wonderful testamony building experiance because ppl in authoritive positions in the church are mistaken.

[Iggy]

How wonderful! I would love to be able to go twice a month.

They went for Family Home Evening except it was on Saturday Mornings. They lived in Enumclaw so the Seattle Temple really wasn't that far for them.

They packed up a picnic lunch and had lunch on the temple grounds afterwords.

My SIL has 1,000's of family names to be done in the Temple. Having the children do the baptisms for their own ancestors was the icing on the cake so to speak.

The oldest child will be going on his mission in Oct. The youngest is 14. All four children have very strong testimonies and such sweet spirits. When a large percent of the children that they have gone to school with are hoodlums now with rap sheets to be totally ashamed of, these kids are strong in the church and upholding their baptismal covenants and not giving in to peer pressure.

Mom and Dad both credit going to the Temple as having the biggest influence on their children's lives. Even when my brother was separated from his wife, and later when they divorced, they still took the kids to the Temple- together.

[FayetteIA]

I cannot say enough or find all the words to express my emotions at being able to be baptised for my ancestors and then doing the work by proxy. I was able to be baptised for grandmothers I knew well in this life. It was so incredible. By far the best was in Nauvoo temple 25Nov 2006 when my husband and I were finally sealed after years of submitting and resubmitting paperwork to cancel previous sealings. That same day, my husband did the baptism, confirmation(s) for my Dad, I for my Mom. We went through the temple as proxy's for my parents before my husband and I were actually sealed. Once my husbands and my sealing was completed, then my parents were sealed to each other...again my husband and I were the proxy's. Then with the help of other temple patrons, I was sealed to my parents. It was an awesome day. Our picture on our page was taken later that day in front of Nauvoo Temple. My parents were not members of the church in this life, but we both (my husband and I) know for a surety they were grateful for our efforts in the Temple that day.

Likewise when my children were young, in my previous marriage, when they were of age, they were baptised for their ancestors in the Temple. Even though they have strayed from the church..they still speak of those experiences with gratitude. I have a great love for family history. I have made several starts/stops over the years. This last 2 years as FH consultant..I have made my greatest strides. We have a CD of about 150 names to take to the temple right now. We just need to be able to make the trip to Nauvoo, which is 5-6 hrs from here. If you get bit by the Family History Bug or get an opportunity to participate in Temple baptisms or any ordinances for the dead..your life will never be the same again. The experience(s) have a profound effect.

Joni

[StaceyLeaning]

Hi there,

Yeah I am thinking people are confused maybe? I joined the Church almost two years ago. I was able to go through and do Baptism's ASAP, but I had to wait the year to go through the Temple and be sealed to my husband. As we all know the Church is the same wherever we go,(which is the great hing about The Church) so I am pretty sure Canada will be the same?? Just my thought's anyway..