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Chris Jensen — Ward Temple & Family History Leader
November 2026
November 2026
FamilySearch class starts next week. If you would like to learn how to navigate FamilySearch, Use Ordinances Ready, and Add What You Know to the Memories section for you ancestors, please sign up here
"We become connected to our ancestors through knowledge of their lives. We bond with them as we understand the circumstances and personal values that shaped them. They are real people to whom we owe our existence in this world and whom we will meet again in the hereafter"
(President Dallin H. Oaks, RootsTech Family Day, 2018)
"While temple and family history work has the power to bless those beyond the veil, it has an equal power to bless the living. It has a refining influence on those who are engaged in it. They are literally helping to exalt their families"
"While temple and family history work has the power to bless those beyond the veil, it has an equal power to bless the living. It has a refining influence on those who are engaged in it. They are literally helping to exalt their families"
Thought for the month:
D&C 84:88 "...I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up."
Who are these "angels"?
“When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and fellow-beings and fellow-servants.” --Joseph F. Smith
"The spirits of the just are exalted to a greater and more glorious work—hence they are blessed in departing hence. Enveloped in flaming fire, they are not far from us, and know and understand our thoughts, feelings and motions, and are often pained therewith." The Prophet Joseph Smith (9 Oct 1843)
Ward Temple & Family History Resources:
Chris Jensen
Bonnie Cannon
Ron Forstner
Kara Sutherland
Upcoming Ward temple outings for 2026
Sealing Sessions reserved for Nov 6
6:20 pm or 7:20 pm.
Endowment Session Dec 4
Instructional Videos and Articles
Instructional Videos and Articles
America 250 Initative
America 250 Initative
The Church has announced the America 250 challenge. The theme is, "Together, We Build America's Story". The goal is to help discover ancestors and add their stories, pictures and memories. Learn more by clicking the links below.
The Church has announced the America 250 challenge. The theme is, "Together, We Build America's Story". The goal is to help discover ancestors and add their stories, pictures and memories. Learn more by clicking the links below.
We have access to some great technology to help us with temple and family history work. Have you ever looked at an old photo of an ancestor and wished you had a better picture?
Here are a number of examples of how AI assistants can quickly and easily enhance a photo.
Does this help you relate better to them?
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Additional Sources & Information
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