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Host Patsy Gerly introduces the new Kansas City, Missouri Mormon temple to a group of visitors just before entering the temple on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Following its formal dedication on Sunday, May 6, the temple will serve some 45,000 Latter-day Saints in 126 congregations throughout Kansas, Missouri and small portions of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Host Patsy Gerly introduces the new Kansas City, Missouri Mormon temple to a group of visitors just before entering the temple on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Following its formal dedication on Sunday, May 6, the temple will serve some 45,000 Latter-day Saints in 126 congregations throughout Kansas, Missouri and small portions of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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Host Patsy Gerly introduces the new Kansas City, Missouri Mormon temple to a group of visitors just before entering the temple on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Following its formal dedication on Sunday, May 6, the temple will serve some 45,000 Latter-day Saints in 126 congregations throughout Kansas, Missouri and small portions of Oklahoma and Arkansas.