A few years ago, I asked what to do with the (temple) cards? It seems the temple has taken care of that problem for me. After completing a few initiatories at the Mount Timpanogos Temple, I tried to pick them up. To my surprise, the temple did not return them to me. Apparently I have to reprint them now, which seems like a big waste of paper. Is this the case at all temples?
Why do you think this is? I know people often don’t pick up cards, but I suspect the majority do. Is this a case of the temple administration doing what is most efficient for them, and ignoring what is best for patrons? Does this help prevent people from hoarding ordinances? What are your thoughts?
Wheat & Tares 
I had the same experience. When with some directness i requested them to tell the person they report to That this test idea is a fail. I alsoI asked who came up with this idea they were keeping my cards. The response from the woman was that it came directly from the prophet, Russell M Nelson. It was all I could do to not reply “my white butt”
Some time ago, in our temple, they started shredding cards left at the temple for longer than a month. At first it was a nuisance to me, because I found out after several were already shredded, then I wasn’t sure which cards needed to be reprinted and which had been shared with family. I think it really is just a case of making it better for temple admin.
I wonder how long will be until we make it all electronic. There are lots of options if you think about it creatively. We could have the names connected to our temple recommend, so you could swipe your reccomend at the recorders desk at confirmations for example. We could use a small electronic device with a screen that had the deceased persons details on it. They’d be re-useable.. There are most likely far better solutions than I can think of though.
Apparently, there is a church wide change coming. This was recently put out from my local temple:
“Change is coming….at the end of the day on September 21st, all the remaining family cards in the cadenza in the Temple will be removed and destroyed. Please pick up your Family File Cards before this time. This is a church-wide change. Thank you for help with this change. We are excited to see what new change is coming.”
Dang! I thought this was gonna be about the NLDS…
I wasn’t sure if this was gonna be about face cards, baseball, or what (go Twins!). But if the temple folks are going to upload all the completed ordinances to FamilySearch so that I don’t have to, more power to them. I don’t need the cards for any other reason.
New Iconoclast, that has been the practice ever since FamilySearch was created.
That’s fine if they are completed, but I normally don’t do baptisms, confirmations, initiatories, endowment, & Sealings all in one day. (But I’m wayyyy impressed if y’all do.)
I was thinking about the Card family; you know, Orson Scott Card the science fiction author; his ancestor (I think) founder of Cardston, Alberta, Canada.