UPDATED: October 2026 General Conference Speaker Lineup

Hello again, everyone! I am coming to you today with an updated version of my October 2026 General Conference predictions. I deemed that necessary because it appears that the Church may be opting to have members of the Presidency of the Seventy and the Presiding Bishopric speak on the same rotating basis that has typically been used for the other General Authority Seventies (once every 5-6 years). I say that because we last heard from someone in the Presidency of the Seventy in April 2025, which was also the last time we heard from someone in the Presiding Bishopric.

We also have a unique situation occurring in April 2027, when two current members of the Presidency of the Seventy will be released and granted emeritus status, effective that August. So I had that to consider as well. As a result, my revised speaker lineup includes Bishop Sean Douglas and Elder Marcus B. Nash, both of whom last spoke in October 2021. And since the last General Conference featured speakers who last offered remarks in April 2021, the October 2021 window seems like the right interval from which to pull speakers.

That being said, Elder Edward Dube last spoke in April 2021, so I wondered if he'd somehow fit into this conference as well. But he won't turn 70 until 2032, so we've got plenty of time to hear from him probably a few more times before Elder Dube himself is granted emeritus status, whereas that is not the case for Elder Nash. And with the Presiding Bishopric likely not changing until 2029 at the earliest, Bishop Douglas is the one who has not spoken since October 2021, making it likely he will do so in this General Conference.

My projected changes in general Church leadership and my masterlist of all locations in which a temple could be announced in the near term remain largely unchanged. I am looking forward to whatever major temple construction news will be shared on Tuesday during the 2:00 PM MDT hour here in Utah (because Monday is Labor Day, a federal holiday in the United States, and Church headquarters is closed on that date). 

I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

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BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Salt Lake Temple Celebration Theme Announced

Hello again, everyone! This morning, the Salt Lake Temple Celebration theme was officially announced by President Dieter F. Ucthdorf, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Chairman of the Salt Lake Temple Celebration Committee, with that theme being Rejoice in Christ. That announcement came from the new West Entrance of the Salt Lake Temple. Rather than doing a detailed recap of that broadcast, I will instead refer any of you who are interested in either watching or reading more about the broadcast to the official Newsroom release I linked to above.

I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe to receive the applicable updates. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Rendering & Groundbreaking Date Released for the Iquitos Peru Temple; Location Released for the Queen Creek Arizona Temple; & Exterior Rendering Released for the Charlotte North Carolina Temple

Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency has made the next major temple announcement, with a rendering and groundbreaking date released for the Iquitos Peru Temple, a site location released for the Queen Creek Arizona Temple, and an exterior rendering released for the Charlotte North Carolina Temple.

Let's get right into the details: We start with the Iquitos Peru Temple. Today's news follows that temple's late January 2024 site announcement, which was preceded by its initial announcement by President Nelson in April 2023. The rendering speaks for itself. Ground will be broken for the Iquitos PeruTemple on Saturday, October 10, 2026, under the presiding direction of Elder Sandino Roman of the South America Northwest Area Presidency. 

Note that this groundbreaking will occur on the same date as the previously-announced groundbreaking for the Maceio Brazil Temple. Because Maceio time is 2 hours ahead of Iquitos, Peru time, the groundbreakings are likely to take place in that order. This announcement puts 2026 temple groundbreakings dead even with temple groundbreakings in 2025, and I have a feeling more groundbreakings are coming down the pike in the near term. The Church would only need to set three more groundbreakings to make that possible.

Since the exterior rendering for the Charlotte, North Carolina Temple also speaks for itself, I will just add that the release of this rendering follows the temple's April 2023 announcement by President Nelson, its original site location announcement in late May 2023, and its adjusted location in late March of this year. Hopefully, with a rendering now released, the groundbreaking for this temple may not be far behind.

That brings us to the details about the Queen Creek Arizona Temple, which will rise on a 15.5-acre site at the southeast corner of Ryan Road and Euell Drive, between Meridian Road to the west and Ironwood Road to the east, in Queen Creek, Arizona. That site location will not only host a multi-story 82,000-square-foot temple, but a meetinghouse and an ancillary building as well. This site confirmation follows the temple's October 2024 announcement. This brings the total number of announced temples with no official ifnroation confirmed down to 43.

I am grateful to have learned of this news and for the chance to share it with you all here. I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. In the meantime, that does it for now. 

All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe to receive the applicable updates. 

Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.