Jared, I agree, it is such a minor thing, but one that is doing is at the intersection of so much that is important. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. When I saw the story announcing this, I immediately put her name on our temple roll. I am 500 air miles/18 hours drive time from the nearest temple, calling people gives me anxiety, and my assigned temple didn’t take email requests, so I was sending emails to the nearest temple that did accept emails. SALT LAKE CITY — Latter-day Saints who want to put names on a temple prayer roll may now do so online, the First Presidency announced Tuesday. And I also get excited when we use tech in the way we adapt our liturgy. Type in next name (if any) and click add (for up to 5 people) Requests to place a name on the temple prayer rolls can now be made by visiting any temple’s information page and clicking the prayer roll link. As I am humored by reading some of the comments such as a sports team being on the prayer rolls. “One day in August, when I was wishing I could just put my friend’s name on the temple prayer roll, God gave me an uncomfortable insight. And once you become converted, go and strengthen thy brethren. That is an interesting thing, John. My voice can’t erase the cynicism expressed by so many commenters, but it is the voice of someone who is grateful for those prayer rolls and those prayers and those pray-ers. 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. Temple prayer circles (and the parallel gatherings outside of the temple that endured into the late 1970s), have always been a place for healing. One of my dearest family members just became seriously ill. Most of the people in the room know personally most of the people being prayed upon. Click submit. I guess they can now just go on and submit their own names, but that would remove the involvement of a third party, which was sort of cool (of course, they could have done that over the phone, all along). Will that be vetted? Today the church newsroom announced that members are now able to submit names online to be included on the temple prayer rolls. I’ve wanted to add their names to a temple prayer roll, but that option hasn’t been available. It turned their hearts outward; it brought me into the temple. This is really an area where theologians could do a lot of interesting work. This is extremely adaptable to church meetings online with zoom, etc. But is anyone else worried about spam? Requests can also be made through the “Temples” section of the Member Tools mobile app (beginning August 25, 2020 for Android and September 1, 2020 for iOS). Courtesy Intellectual Properties Facebook Click link on temple page Now, acting in the authority of the holy priesthood in us vested, and in the name of Jesus Christ whose servants we are, we dedicate unto Thee this, the Denver Colorado Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Why no confidentiality notice/considerations? 1 decade ago. I am not sure how long a name stays on the prayer roll i think it is a week. I think the account requirement and the need to manually add one at a time should stop most spam. Enter your email address to follow BCC and receive new posts by email. Going digital and nobody (on earth) listening to the prayer seems to be a shadow of real people praying with real people for real people. There is no confidentiality. Most LDS Temples do not have a direct line just for the prayer roll, but you can call the main Temple number and ask to put a name on the prayer roll. The Logan Utah Temple was the second temple built in Utah. 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