Hello again, everyone! This will be the first post I publish to kick off a big weekend of new content for this blog. In this post, I will be covering several additional Church news stories which have been reported. That will be followed in around 1.5 hours with the publication of a post I have prepared in tribute to Elder David A. Bednar, who will be observing his 67th birthday tomorrow. Then this weekend,I will provide coverage of the rededication for the Oakland California Temple (over which President Dallin H. Oaks will preside, in company with his wife, Kristen M. Oaks, and Elder David A. Bednar and his wife, Susan, along with at least one representative from the Temple Department.
But I will also have the latest apostolic statistics published on this blog on Sunday as well. At some point, I hope to provide temple updates, either through another new post, or through the comments on existing posts. With that said, let's dive right in to the Church news updates. We start with the Church News website, where the latest edition of "This Week on Social" features posts on a wide variety of topics from the following leaders:
*From the First Presidency: President Russell M. Nelson and his First Counselor, President Dallin H.
Oaks.
*From the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Acting President M. Russell Ballard, and Elders Dieter F.
Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, Dale G. Renlund, and Gerrit W. Gong
*From the general officers of the Church: Sister Reyna I. Aburto, Second Counselor in the Relief Society
General Presidency; Sisters Joy D. Jones, Primary General President, and her
First Counselor Lisa L. Harkness; and Sister Becky Craven, Second Counselor in the
Young Women General Presidency..
The Church News also reported several updates on the ministry of our apostles: President Nelson visited Florida and shared 7 truths that can change lives; President Oaks spoke at BYU-Hawaii, and Elder Holland spoke to CES instructors, In addition, several apostles have been spread across the world recently, with Elder Holland in Mexico; Elder Cook in Kuwait, where he thanked the govermnent for officially recognizing the Church as approved for religious activy; Elder Christofferson in West Africa; and Elder Gong who both spoke at a Japanese Interfaith Forum recently and personal apostolic contribution to the ongoing "Special Witnesses of Christ" video series.
Meanwhile, in other news, highlights include articles on how a Latter-day Saint beatboxer has received the national spotlight; how the impact of the Fortaleza Brazil Temple is already being felt; the new southernmost stake of the Church being established in Tierra del Fuego Argentina (for which further coverage can be found on the Church Growth Blog) and the lesson on enduring which the Church News editor learned while covering President Nelson's Pacific Ministry Tour; and an article about the Church's first African-American general authority, Elder Peter M. Johnson.
Additional news includes coverage on the June 8 groundbreaking for the Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple; remarks made at the aforementioned Interfaith Forum by Sister Sharon Eubank; coverage of remarks made by emeritus General Authority Elder Kent F. Richards at a devotional held at LDS Business College;. You can find additional Church news coverage which I have not mentioned herein on the Church News website, as well as the News & Events page on the Church's webiste and the official Newsroom.
In the meantime, I continue to monitor any and all Church news and temple developments, and will do my level best to keep passing along word of those to you all as I become aware of such things. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as such comments are made in accordance with the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed nof newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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.
Friday, June 14, 2019
Several More Church News Items Reported
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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To kick off the comment thread for this post, before continuing the busy posting weekend, I wanoted to note the temple updates here now as well. So let's get right into those. As of this Sunday (June 16), the Church will have 10.81 years between that date and the Church's bicentennial, within which time, 36 new temples would need to be completed to enable the Church to have a minimum of 200 operating temples. That could easily be done if a minimum average of 3.3 temples were dedicated per year (or, in other terms, roughly 10 temples need to be dedicated every 3 years within that time). Given that 6 new temples will have been dedicated by this time next year (barring any delays), I see no scenario in which the Church would not have at least 200 temples by that bicentennial date.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, relating to actual temple progress, at the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple, a new report notes that furniture shipments are being received; while decorative bars have been installed over the windows. Landscaping also continues, and the meetinghouse extension is now nearing completion.
Another encouraging update has been noted on the Durban South Africa Temple. While previous elements of the last update I provided on that temple still apply (with the monument sign slab having been poured and the stonework, millwork, tiling, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression, and data systems installation continuing), new information indicates that the tower cladding has been completed, and that more landscaping elements have continued to be added around the temple grounds.
Several updates on the status of the Pocatello Idaho Temple have been noted since I last reported on temple construction, and, unfortunately, I have not kept track separately on the day-to-day changes that have occurred for that temple within the last week. But the information for which I do have a record is the latest update, which notes that forms are being set for the foundation walls, and that footings continue to be poured.
There is still no word in terms of how soon the Church might be able to get the Yigo Guam, Praia Cabo Verde, San Juan Puerto Rico, and Lima Peru Los Olivos Temples, but hopefully that might happen within the next month or two (if not sooner than that). There have also been no additional groundbreakings announced, but I hope to see at least one other announcement in that respect before the end of this month.
Aside from the rededication of the Oakland California Temple this weekend, the only other temple undergoing renovation for which I have an update is the Frankfurt Germany Temple, with the latest update showing that stained-glass windows are being installed, and that landscaping continues on the temple grounds. I will be sure to pass along any other updates as I become ware of them. My thanks once again to you all for your ongoing interest and support.
Hello again, everyone! i have a couple new temple updates to pass along. At the Raleigh North Carolina Temple site, stained-glass windows have been installed, driveway asphalt has been laid, and landscaping on the grounds is nearing its' completion. And at the Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple grounds, stained-glass windows and entrance doors have been installed, and landscaping is progressing there as well. I will continue to monitor all such updates and will pass those along here as I become aware of them. And I will have a full report of this weekend's rededication of the Oakland California Temple as such coverage becomes available. Thanks again, everyone!
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