Hello again, everyone! Today, I was able to learn that the construction status for the Lisbon Portugal Temple has been slightly updated. While the process of cladding the adjoining meetinghouse continues, the work of pouring the steeple base walls has progressed to the pouring of its mid-section. It is wonderful indeed to have learned of this update.
In the meantime, I wanted to return to a subject I have previously referenced, and that is assignments given under one Church president that are honored by his successor following the reorganization of the First Presidency. President and Sister Nelson recently indicated that they would honor the assignment given to them with President Monson's approval, which was to address the youth of the Church in a Face-to-Face event, but in view of President Monson's passing, that event (which would have coincided with the 10th anniversary of President Monson's presidency, as it was planned for February 3 of this year) has been postponed and will be rescheduled later on. I appreciate the Nelsons' willingness to honor that assignment but also to be sensitive about the subsequent need to reschedule that event.
Additionally, in case I haven't mentioned this before now, the featured speaker has been announced for the annual CES broadcast for seminary and institute personnel. Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will fill that assignment. The broadcast is scheduled for January 26, will be held just two days following his 73rd birthday. And you can be sure, as has been the case in the last couple of years, that I will be doing a post on this blog on January 24 in honor of his birthday.
That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Miscellaneous Temple and Church News
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I am sorry if shocked at how many temples are being renovated at the same time and with New Zealand being added to the list right after Jordan Valley is rededicated.
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Hey, Kenny. I saw that news earlier today, but have not had a chance to blog about it before now. It is interesting to see what is happening in that regard. It makes sense that the Church is taking time to renovate some of the oldest temples of the Church. For those that have not previously closed for renovation, their electrical, mechanical, and other ancillary systems need to be upgraded, updated, and brought up to code. For those temples dedicated in the building boom the Church caw between the late 1990s and the early 2000s, President Hinckley stated when announcing them that they were being built initially to help the members of the Church have closer access to them, but that as the need arose, that generation of temples would be renovated and the design updated. And we have seen most (if not every one) of those temples redesigned in the same style as what was announced for the temples in Memphis and Oklahoma City, and which likely also applies to Asuncion, Raleigh, and Baton Rouge. Additionally, particularly in the United States, with how many new temples were dedicated here in the last 3-4 years, there are now more larger temples that can serve the Saints in areas where their assigned temples are currently being (or are yet to be) renovated. And it is also true that this news is the first temple-related development announced by our new leadership. I have it on good authority that the next several years are going to be very full of temple-related news and events, and it is always good to hear such news as it comes about. That temple's rededication is the first such event anticipated to occur during 2021, but I am sure that we will hear of many more such events as the next year and a half or so passes. It is awesome to see the Lord's hand at work in the timing and sequences relating to the course of such events, and I will continue to do my best to bring those developments to you and all other readers of my blog as I hear of them.
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