High Point North Carolina Latter-day Saints

09/03/2026

This is a rendering of what the Charlotte NC temple will look like. This temple will be the second temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in North Carolina.

An exterior rendering has been released for the Charlotte North Carolina Temple, which will be the state’s second house of the Lord.

08/29/2026

08/28/2026

The Salt Lake Temple is opening for the world to see! Take a look.

After 133 years of it hidden from public view, CNN’s Nick Watt gets a peek inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ newly renovated Salt Lake Temple.

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

From Andrew Sweat, High Point Stake President

My wife, Andrea, has always loved meteor showers. On Wednesday, August 19th the Perseid meteor shower was at its peak and the new moon that night made the meteors highly visible. That night we got a room at Berry Hill Resort in Virginia then at 11 PM we drove to Staunton River Park where there is virtually no light pollution.

We spent the next two hours looking up at the heavens and saw more stars shooting across the sky than we had ever experienced before. Our best guess is we saw about two dozen meteors. Some of them were small and brief, but others were very bright with long, fiery tails that made us "oooh" and "aaah" as they streaked across the night sky. Andrea was able to get a couple of photos of these meteors which are highlighted by the green arrows in the picture.

We drove back to the hotel at 1 AM in awe of what we had just witnessed. It testified to us of a master Creator who had just allowed us to behold His majesty and handiwork.

In some ways the vastness of the universe made us feel small. In Psalm 8, King David says it this way: "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him?"

But at the same time, the experience helped us feel closer to our Heavenly Father. It helped us understand the importance of our identity as His children, and that among all of His creations, He hears our individual prayers, intervenes in our individual lives, and deeply loves us. It was an experience we will never forget, and we're already looking forward to the next meteor shower to come.

08/11/2026

The JustServe Summer Bucket List challenge has come to an end! Congratulations to the Cornwell family for earning 100 points and winning a summer prize bucket! We’ll be back next year with the service challenge!

08/08/2026

All YSA Looking for a fun float on the Dan River! The Pinnacle YSA Branch is hosting a kayak float on the New River. Next weekend, see the flyer for details and to register!

07/18/2026

On March 21, 2026 we were able to do a little serve project from the Crayons to Classroom Project list. We chose to do the 'Pocket Hugs'. We were able to create small stuffed heart shapes to be used as fidget tools. These are "self regulating tools to help with focus, attention, calming and active listening; they help students with tactile input, movement and sensory integration, and give students something to hold and play with without distracting them from the classroom environment." We had about 55 women join us for the Spring Activity and were able to send in 55 completed "hugs". What a wonderful opportunity to serve and socialize as Sisters.

07/15/2026

Recently, my family had an opportunity to head to South America and explore the beautiful country of Ecuador. During our trip, we had the chance to do some pretty challenging high-elevation hikes, with one of them taking us up to over 16,000 feet!

On one such trek up the volcano of Cotopaxi, we encountered some weather that was not ideal and we were a little unprepared without waterproof gloves in particular. As we trudged up to the last "refugio" that mountain climbers use to acclimate prior to summiting the nearly 20,000 foot picturesque volcano, my youngest wanted to turn back just a few hundred feet from the destination, with his fingers feeling the cold after being soaked through. I coaxed him along and let him know that I thought the small little outpost might have hot chocolate if we could just stick out the discomfort a little longer. Sure enough, we got some great hot chocolate, rest, and made sure we didn't have frostbite before we made the much easier trek back down the mountain.

This experience reminded me of a talk about living gospel principles one step at a time, given over 20 years ago by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the quorum of the twelve apostles. He counseled that along our spiritual journey, just as with our hiking experience, that "we will never make a journey... by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination."

He continued, "Our Heavenly Father loves each of us and understands that this process of climbing higher takes preparation, time, and commitment. He understands that we will make mistakes at times, that we will stumble, that we will become discouraged and perhaps even wish to give up and say to ourselves that it is not worth the struggle. We know that it is worth the effort, for the prize, which is eternal life... And to qualify, we must take one step after another and keep going to gain the spiritual heights we aspire to reach."

It became a wonderful experience we can now look back on fondly - after the struggle of the cold, the rain/snow mixture, and the lack of oxygen - to be in the refuge as a family, safe from the nasty weather and the cold, sipping hot chocolate and realizing what we had accomplished as we pressed on to the destination instead of turning back.

I know that Jesus Christ is the way and following Him leads us to refuge, safety, and peace. Spiritually, we may have challenges and obstacles in our path, but as we focus on our Heavenly Father and our loving Savior, we can find them in our sacred spaces at home and in Their holy house, the temple, which is often referred to as a mountain.

President Mike Evans