I am a convert to the church, and the only member as well. I am single right now, but as you have, have thought about my wedding day. It does sadden me that my parent's will not be able to be in the Temple as I am sealed to my husband for time and all eternity, but I am okay with it now. The work that is done in the Temple is very sacred, and requires the utmost obeidence to the laws and ordinances of the gospel. The Temple reads above each entry door as follows: Holiness to the Lord. The House of the Lord. Since this is His house, we all need to qualify to enter in it, even members of the church. We must be living our lives in complete harmony with the teachings of Jesus Christ, then when in the Temple, more covenants are made with the Lord, so we need to be prepared for them. Exchanging of the weddings rings is not part of the marriage ceremony in the Temple, so I am going to have that outside the Temple for my family, and probably exchange vows or words with my husband, and explain to my family the importance it is to us to have been Sealed in a Temple. I hope this has helped you.

the temple is the house of god.(u probably heard that) 
 
and so, becuase it is his house, we have to be worthy to go there. before even mormons can enter the temple we have to have an interview where the bishop asks us questions to determine weather we are worthy to go.  
 
if you have not been baptised into what we beleive is the right church, you arnt worthy to enter the temple.

I Have a problem that has troubled me greatly. My husband myself and my daughter are members of the church. I am very devout in the faith, yet my husband had a great many things to overcome and has mastered the Work of Wisdom. My question is do all men need the Highest Priesthood to enter the Temple and be sealed to me?

I need to know if my husband and I are able to be sealed in the temple without his have the Highest Priesthood first. I know when we do the work for the dead, they are sealed without having the Priesthood. Would'nt 
that be the same for us today? 
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Stacy, 
 
Thank you for the questions. I'll try and answer both of them. 
 
Just a point of clarification - all worthy members (12 years and older) of the Church can enter the temple and do some limited temple work like baptisms for the dead. This is a very positive and sacred thing that the youth of the church do on a regular basis. But most of the rest of the temple work (i.e. endowments and sealings) are reserved for worthy adults. 
 
So when you say the Highest Priesthood - I'm assuming you are talking about the Melchizedek Priesthood. 
 
For brethren to participate in the rest of the temple work (being sealed) they need to have received the Melchizedek Priesthood and be worthy to receive a temple recommend from their Bishop. 
 
Quote: "I know when we do the work for the dead, they are sealed without having the Priesthood.". Actually part of the whole proxy work for the deceased also includes receiving the priesthood by proxy - so the dead actually do have the ordinance performed for them. And then it is up to the deceased individual to either accept or reject while they are in the Spirit World the ordinances performed for them by others by proxy. 
 
Sisters only need to be worthy and receive a temple recommend from their Bishop.

Allie, 
I know this is an old post, but I wanted to comment because I was married in the temple and my dad waited outside. He had his name removed from the church years before I got married and I knew at that point that my dad would not be there. It is not easy emotionally. But really that moment is about you, your future spouse, and God. It is nice to have the support of everyone and when you get married in the temple you can look around at those who are there and see all the support you do have for your beliefs. It is such a sacred ceremony where you and your spouse become an eternal family, you can have happily EVER AFTER! It won't be easy and you will still have to work hard for it, but you and your spouse can have an eternal family. What a blessing for a little sacrifice of being in the temple for that moment. Also, I had a ring ceremony after the temple ceremony where we exchanged rings. That is completely acceptable, vows are just not shared at that time. I hope you make the decision to marry in the temple it is a decision I have never regretted.