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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Open House and Dedication Announced for Durban South Africa Temple

Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency has announced the open house and dedication information for the Durban South Africa Temple. The open house will take place from Wednesday January 22-Saturday February 1, 2020, except for Sunday January 26. A youth devotional will be held with senior leaders the night of Saturday February 15, with the dedication of the temple following the next day in 3 sessions, which will only be broadcast to the units in the temple district. The fact that for two days in a row, we have had breaking temple news gives me hope that more such developments are on the horizon.

I should also probably mention that the last two days' developments mean I will likely be revisiting my estimates for known temple events in the future, given the new information I have received. It is also worth mentioning that there has not been confirmation on the Newsroom as of yet on the groundbreaking information for the Belem Brazil Temple.

But I antiicipate that occurring soon, and given that there are still almost-2 full weeks left in June that the Church could confirm that groundbreaking and perhaps announce 1 or 2 others which would then occur either in August as well, or perhaps in September.  I do continue to monitor any and all Church news and temple developments and will be doing my level best to bring word of those to you all here as I become aware of them, either through brand-new posts being published for breaking news developments, or through the comments on the threads of previously-published blog posts.

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1 comment:

  1. Hello again, everyone! Some of you might recall my mentioning that the Church's third and final 2019 Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults had been set to occur on Sunday September 8. New information published on the Church's News & Events website indicates that that devotional has been pushed back a we4ek, and will now occur on Sunday September 15. Additionally, as was the case with the final 2018 Worldwide Devotional for Young Adutls, this year's final devotional will serve as both a combined devotional and Face-to-Face Event. The speaker(s) have not yet been identified, which may point to the idea that President Nelson himself (and perhaps his wife as well) may be those speakers, since this information is currently being kept under wraps, less than 3 months prior to when it is scheduled to take place. The known details can be found at the follwing web address:

    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/events/september-2019-worldwide-devotional-for-young-adults?lang=eng

    My thanks once again to you all for your ongoing interest and support.

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