Events / Sunrise Service

2024 Sunrise ServiceAttend our Sunrise Service – then watch the Parade!

When

Wednesday - July 24, 2024 @ 7:00 a.m.
Must be seated by 6:50 a.m.

Where

Salt Lake City Tabernacle on Temple Square
50 W North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84150

Admission

Free admission and no tickets are required.
The Sunrise Service is open to the public and members of all religious denominations.

SALT LAKE VALLEY COMBINED INSTITUTE CHOIR

Alan Sacket & Rick Decker – Choir Director

MORMON BATTALION

Flag Ceremony - led by Greg Christofferson, President of the Mormon Battalion Association

DAYS OF 47 ROYALTY

Introduction by Ellen Jeppson, President of the International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers

ELDER EVAN A. SCHMUTZ OF THE SEVENTY

Elder Evan A. Schmutz was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints on April 2, 2016. At the time of his call, he had been serving in the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah South Area. From 2016 to 2020, Elder Schmutz served as a counselor and then President of the Philippines Area. From 2020 to 2023, Elder Schmutz served in the Utah Area Presidency. On August 1, 2023, he began serving as President of the North America Southwest Area. Elder Schmutz has served in many Church callings, including full-time missionary in the North Carolina Greensboro Mission, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, and president of the Philippines Cebu Mission (2011–2014). Elder Schmutz received a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1979 and a juris doctorate in 1982, both from Brigham Young University. He began his professional career in 1982, working with several prominent law firms in Salt Lake City, Utah. Evan Antone Schmutz was born in St. George, Utah, on June 6, 1954. He married Cindy Lee Sims in 1978. Elder and Sister Schmutz are the parents of five children and 20 grandchildren

The Mission of the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers

Come to know our fathers and turn our hearts to them,
Preserve the memory and heritage of the early pioneers of the Utah Territory and the western U.S,
Honor present-day pioneers worldwide who exemplify these pioneer values, AND Teach these same values to the youth who will be tomorrow’s pioneers.

Pioneer Values

We Honor the Pioneers for their
Faith in God,
Devotion to Family,
Loyalty to Church and Country,
Hard Work and Service to Others,
Courage in Adversity,
Personal Integrity, and
Unyielding Determination.

Sunrise Service Sponsors

The Salt Lake Pioneer Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, in partnership with the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers and The Days of ’47 Committee