The opening program included remarks by Henry Tamashiro whom the Universal House of Justice named as its representative to the event. Mr. Tamashiro read a letter of the House of Justice addressed to the gathering, which states: “This sacred edifice shines out as a beacon of light. May it become a centre from which spiritual forces radiate, may it diffuse the illumination of the Lord, and like unto the resplendent rays of dawn, may it brighten the horizon before you.”