LDS Church announces Willamette Valley Temple open house Springfield through May 9

Springfield, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will open the doors of the Willamette Valley Oregon Temple for a public open house from Thursday, April 23, through Saturday, May 9, 2026, excluding Sundays, the church announced. A media day for press is scheduled Monday, April 20, and invited-guest tours are set for Tuesday and Wednesday, April 21–22, before the public tours begin.

The church has scheduled the temple’s dedication for Sunday, June 7, 2026, with a 10:00 a.m. dedicatory session presided over by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a planned 2:00 p.m. rebroadcast. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all units throughout the Willamette Valley Oregon Temple district, the release said.

The temple sits on a 10.5-acre site at the intersection of International Boulevard and Corporate Way in Springfield, listed at 3701 Corporate Way, Springfield, OR 97477. Local reporting and the temple page describe the setting as near the wooded hills bordering the McKenzie River, with KEZI noting the building is on the river’s banks and visible from nearby roadways.

The Willamette Valley project traces back to President Russell M. Nelson’s announcement at the April 4, 2021 General Conference; the site and Willamette Valley name were announced in early September 2021 and leaders held a groundbreaking on Oct. 29, 2022. Elder Valeri V. Cordón, who presided at the Oct. 29, 2022 groundbreaking as a General Authority Seventy and the first counselor in the Church’s North America West Area, offered a site-dedication prayer saying, “the temple will be a beacon of hope and peace that inspires this community to come unto Christ, even in its construction phase.”

When dedicated and operating, the Willamette Valley Oregon Temple will be the Church’s 217th operating temple worldwide and Oregon’s third operating temple after Portland and Medford. The temple is expected to serve nine stakes across a region stretching from Bend to Coos Bay and up to Florence, and the dedicatory session will be broadcast to all units throughout that district.

Statewide membership figures underscore the temple’s regional reach: the church’s site states Oregon is home to nearly 154,000 members in approximately 300 congregations, a scale local leaders say will influence visitation and activity during the open house and after dedication.

Members and local church representatives say the open house is intended as a community event rather than a recruitment drive. Rachel Anderson, representing the Eugene stake, told KEZI, “This is a spiritual way to also support the community, to help people draw closer to the Savior and find power from God to do hard things, to make good decisions, to be better citizens.” Anderson added, “You can just come and check it out. You don't have to give your name,” and voiced local economic hopes: “We hope people will eat at the restaurants and spend some time in Eugene and Springfield.” She also noted municipal cooperation: “Springfield was very welcoming and easy to work with. So I think that helped move it forward more quickly. The businesses around here have been really supportive, very good neighbors.”

Media day is April 20, invited-guest tours April 21–22, the public open house runs April 23–May 9, and dedication is June 7 at 10:00 a.m. with a 2:00 p.m. rebroadcast, marking the next major milestone for the Willamette Valley Oregon Temple project in Springfield.