YUBA CITY, CA (MPG) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has recently announced that the ground breaking ceremony for its first temple in California north of Sacramento will be held July 18^th, 2020.

Plans for the 8^th LDS temple in California were announced in October of 2018 by church President, Russel M. Nelson, but the exact location was not made known until fall of 2019. The 38,000 square foot temple will be located at 1470 Butte House Road in Yuba City, the site of the former Stake Center. 

Demolition of the Stake Center and the clearing of the 9.4 acre area has already begun. The parcel that housed the Stake Center, along with a neighboring parcel acquired from the City will be the home to the new temple, a new Stake Center/meeting house and also, a distribution center. The temple itself will be quite large – nearly double the size Sacramento’s 19,500 sq. ft total floor area.

Church members are ecstatic over the news of the coming Feather River California temple. Previously, members were required to travel to either Sacramento or Oakland to visit and work. Other LDS temples are located even further south: Fresno, Redlands, Los Angeles, San Diego, Newport Beach. With a strong LDS population in the North State and multiple stakes north of Sacramento area, it will no doubt be highly utilized.  Sacramento currently serves 22 “stakes”, composed of multiple congregations, in Northern California.

The groundbreaking will be by invitation only due to the current COVID19 crisis. Elder Scott D. Whiting of the North America West Presidency will preside. Further details about the groundbreaking will be announced as the date nears.