President Hakes shares a message on the Temple Open House
The time has finally come for our Farmington Temple Open House! This month we will have the great blessing to go inside the temple, explore its beauty, and partake of the great Spirit that is there. What a tremendous blessing! What a great opportunity to share this invitation with everyone, from all walks of life and all backgrounds.
The Temple can bless our lives in so many ways. It is where we go to make covenants with our Heavenly Father-covenants that have eternal significance. It is where we go to leave behind the stresses and cares of the world. It is where we find peace. It is where we go to find answers. Answers to our questions, and guidance for our concerns. It is where we go to build faith. It is where we can go to make covenants and perform ordinances on behalf of our ancestors who have passed on and can no longer do the work themselves.
We live in a country that was in many ways born of a determination to find religious freedom. The 11th Article of Faith reminds us that “We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.” I am so grateful to celebrate the freedom that this country represents. It is because of this religious freedom that we can worship according to our own conscience. Because of religious freedom we can build temples and receive the tremendous blessings that come from temple worship!
Please know that all are welcome to this Temple Open House event! Let’s remember to invite all to come and see!
With great love,
President Hakes
Farmington, NM Stake
President Grant Allred is the regional leader over 10 congregations (stake president). Along with his two counselors, they serve as lay leaders over the Farmington area. (L-R President Jeffrey Nygren, President Grant Allred, President Joseph Hakes)
Farmington Stake Presidency
August 2024
​​President Grant Allred (stake president) and his wife, Brittani, are parents of five children. Three of their children still live at home, while one is serving an LDS mission in Chile, and one has just finished her associates and is living in Farmington. At the time of his call to serve as stake president, President Allred had been serving as the bishop of 5th Ward (congregation). In his professional career, President Allred is the owner of a local car dealership.
President Jeffrey Nygren (first counselor) and his wife, Britney, are parents to four children, two of whom are still living at home, one who is living in Provo with her husband and one who just came home from his mission. President Nygren had been serving in the former stake presidency as first counselor under President Jonathan Hancock. In his professional career, President Nygren serves as a pharmacist.
President Joseph Hakes (second counselor) and his wife, Kaitlin, are parents to six children, ranging from ages 17 down to age 2. At the time he was asked to serve, President Hakes had been serving as bishop in the Foothills Ward (congregation). In his professional career, President Hakes serves as a general practitioner.