Hello again, everyone! The Church's Newsroom shared this report earlier today noting that members of the Church (and friends of other faiths) worldwide are being invited to a celebration which will be held in honor of President Nelson's 95th birthday this year. 5-year milestone celebrations have traditionally been held for presidents of the Church for a while now. President Hinckley had a 90th birthday celebration, and also a 95th, and President Monson had one in honor of his 85th birthday in 2012.
This celebration will be historically significant for another reason, as this is the first time in Church history that the first major milestone birthday celebrated by a Church President since his ordination will be a 95th birthday. We have seen the first such celebrations for other Church Presidents occur at the 80th, 85th, or 90th, but never the 95th as that first birthday. I hope the wording of that last sentence makes sense to you all.
As has been somewhat traditional as well, the celebration will be held on Friday September 6, before President Nelson's actual birthday (which he will observe the following Monday). The special guests and other particulars and details about the celebration will be announced as those arrangements are made. And the news release in question features a quote from President Nelson's right-hand man, President Oaks.
I had thought that the Church would be having such a celebration for President Nelson in this milestone year, and it is wonderful to have that confirmed. I will be sure to do my level best to bring you all word of any additional details I hear on this, as well as any and all Church news and temple developments, ASAP after I receive word of such things.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
BREAKING NEWS: Church (and World) Invited to Celebrate President Nelson's 95th Birthday
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Just wanted to post a reminder here to all who are interested: Ground will be broken for the Pocatello Idaho Temple roughly 9 hours from now. I will plan on posting a report on that ASAP tomorrow (probably by early afternoon) once I find such a report.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, the Church News has continued to share new articles which may be of interest to some or all of you. I had hoped and planned to do a new post before now to highlight some of those newest stories, but have not been able to manage it as of yet. In the meantime, anyone who wants to can catch up on the latest via the official Church News website:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/
Coverage particular to the dedication of the Rome Italy Temple can be found in the special section the Church News has established for that purpose:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/category/italy-temple
My thanks again to you all for your ongoing interest and support.
I am back again to share two articles from the Idaho State Journal about the groundbreaking. The first one shares some insight into the historical nature of this groundbreaking:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/pocatello-temple-groundbreaking-set-for-saturday-process-has-included-several/article_d4c10500-3391-5e88-964b-05c457a78a4e.html
while a second describes how a hay tarp company, owned by a member of the Lutheran Church, helped the Church of Jesus Christ out with a need for the temple's groundbreaking:
https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/hay-tarp-company-aids-church-of-jesus-christ-during-groundbreaking/article_ad579165-f18c-5971-b160-6d8f73441050.html
I am glad to see that such anticipation for the temple is growing.And I am glad to see that the Pocatello Idaho Temple is one of many things for which members of all faiths in the area are working together towards. One or two other things I should mention as well: The first article does note that construction on the Pocatello Idaho Temple is anticipated to begin shortly after the groundbreaking ceremony is held (and I have personally conjectured that this temple will only be in a "construction pending" status until sometime during Monday or Tuesday of next week), with that process anticipated to take 2-3 years to complete. At the moment, I am projecting an estimated general time-frame of mid-2022 for this temple, but could see a need to move that up or back depending on what the construction process entails.
But I should also mention that coverage of that temple's groundbreaking will be available as well on the Church of Jesus Christ Temples' page for the Pocatello Idaho Temple:
https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/pocatello-idaho-temple/
I should probably also mention that within the next week or two, based on what I have heard in various places and settings, I am anticipating some additional general Church news or temple developments will be reported. And I will do my level best to pass along word of all such major developments as I become aware of them.
Again, I hope all of you, my readers, know how much I appreciate you and all that you have done to contribute to the dialogue about topics I have covered here. If all goes well, I hope to be back in 10-12 hours or so with a report on Pocatello'd groundbreaking ceremony. Stay tuned for that, and thanks again, everyone!