Kentucky temple ceremony on a day of 'pristine beauty'
LDS Church News 5Jun99 C3
Kentucky temple ceremony on a day of 'pristine beauty'

About 800 LDS Church members gathered recently on a day of "pristine beauty" to break ground on a new temple to be located adjacent to a meetinghouse in Crestwood, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky.

Elder John K. Carmack of the Seventy and President of the North America East Area, presided over the groundbreaking services. He spoke of the importance of temples in the life of the eternal family.

Paul Moeck, President of the Lexington, Kentucky Stake, recounted the history of the Church in the area by noting that Joseph Smith passed through Louisville for three days in 1832 on his way to Missouri. The first congregation in Kentucky was organized in 1834.

The temple district includes about 21,000 members from 10 stakes.