The updated estimates follow below. In order to not disturb the flow of that information, I will end here as I always do: That does it for now. 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 of 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.
Groundbreaking anticipated:
183. Nairobi Kenya Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement; construction contract awarded; groundbreaking could occur in late 2019.
184. Brasilia Brazil Temple: Planning and approval phase; property fence installed around temple site; groundbreaking could occur in late 2019.
Note: On September 1, 2019, I was advised that the concept plans for this temple were floating around social media. If those plans are verified, a groundbreaking could occur within this period of time.
185. Harare Zimbabwe Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement; President Nelson visited potential site on April 17, 2018; groundbreaking anticipated in late 2019.
Note: Aside from the information noted above, in mid-November of last year, Elder Andersen visited with Zimbabwe’s Vice President, and indicated to him that the Church was hoping to begin construction on the Harare temple in late 2019. Therefore, barring anything unexpected, it seems more likely than not that a groundbreaking could occur at around this time.
186. Bengaluru India Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement; groundbreaking could occur in late 2019-early 2020.
187. Greater Manila Philippines Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official name announcement; groundbreaking could occur in late 2019-early 2020.
Note: Based on what is and is not known presently about this temple, it seems probable that a groundbreaking for it could be fit in during this window, if all goes well.
188. Auckland New Zealand Temrple: Planning and approval phase; site location confirmed on May 21, 2019; groundbreaking could occur in early 2020.
189. Layton Utah Temple: Planning and approval phase; site location officially confirmed on July 15, 2019; groundbreaking could occur in early 2020.
190. Salta Argentina Temple: Planning and approval phase; site location confirmed; groundbreaking could occur in early-to-mid 2020.
191. Mendoza Argentina Temple: Planning and approval phase; site location confirmed;
groundbreaking could occur in early-to-mid 2020.
192. Richmond Virginia Temple: Artist’s rendering and accompanying photographs released on August 28, 2019; groundbreaking could occur in mid-2020.
I should perhaps also have noted that the commenting period on my latest list of prospective locations in which a temple may be announced will wrap up at around the same time I post that comparative and contrastive analysis on temple progress during the third quarter of this year. I am also hoping at some point later this week to post revised thoughts about the announcements that could be coming down the pike for the upcoming October General Conference based on President Nelson's statement in that respect.
ReplyDeleteAlso, based on the analysis on the timing for future temple groundbreakings as posted above, the first 3 temples in that latest update are almost certain to be among the next (if they are not indeed the very next 3) temples to have a groundbreaking. But the next two could also have that occur, and I would anticipate that, if nothing else, groundbreakings for most (if not all) of those temples could be announced, before the end of this year, even if the groundbreakings themselves do not occur until next year. So just based on these things alone, the final quarter of this year is already shaping up to be a busy one on this blog, and that is not accounting for whatever may be announced in General Conference, the apostolic age and tenure milestone updates (which will include posts for the final six apostles that have their birthdays before the end of this year), and any other breaking Church news or temple updates that may be announced before the end of this year.
My thanks once again to you all for your continued interest and ongoing support.
More big Temple news! This time it is the location for the Tooele Valley Temple!
ReplyDeletehttps://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/tooele-valley-utah-temple-site-announced
The news release says a 20,000 sq ft meetinghouse "will" also be built. But it looks like there already is a meetinghouse there. (On Google maps). Is the one there going to be razed and rebuilt? Or a second meetinghouse on the land? Or did they mean the existing meeting house?
ReplyDeleteChris, according to Classis LDS Maps there are currently 4 units meeting in the building on that corner. In addition, one of the wards assigned to Erda Stake meets in a building with three other wards up in Stansbury Park. So I think there will be a second meetinghouse built nearby as described to ease the load of the other two buildings.
DeletePlus, I imagine that much of the area around the temple will be used to build more homes in the coming future (similar to Saratoga Springs, Payson, and other temples) which will lead to new wards being created. A new building nearby will be good for that.
Eric and Chris, thank you for stopping by to share your thoughts. In between experiencing issues with fatigue and not feeling well on top of that, I only first heard the news on the Tooele Valley Utah Temple during this noon hour here in Utah, when it was one of KSL's top stories. As far as the meetinghouse issue is concerned, I wanted to observe that with the most recent temple groundbreakings that have occurred, on the sites of those temples, an existing meetinghouse has been razed to make room for the temple and the new meetinghouse that will sit on that property. So it is possible that, given what Eric noted in his comment, the Church wants to construct a larger meetinghouse with the temple project, in order to enable all 5 of those wards to meet in the building. In areas of the Church with a high number of congregations or where meetinghouse space is limited, it is not all that uncommon for two wards to have the same block time, which would be achieved in a case like this by having one ward attending Sacrament Meeting while the other ward does Sunday School/Relief Society/Priesthood, and then for the two to switch. There were provisions for that in the original 3-hour block plan first announced under the direction of President Kimball in the 1980s.
ReplyDeleteAs I am sure you both may also be aware, in areas of the Church where circumstances allow, larger meetinghouses have been constructed, and many of those include not one but two chapels, which means that two wards could simultanesouly have separate Sacrament Meetings, and there would be room for clases. That happened most recently with the YSA stake center which was built in Lehi, and which houses many wards from the Lehi and American Fork area. The YSA ward I attended in American Fork is one that was relocated to that new building. And that kind of arrangement has also worked in places like Provo and Salt Lake City.
So the idea that an existing meetinghouse could be razed to make room for a larger meetinghouse that will be built adjacent to the temple to better serve the needs of congregations in Erda and possibly some from Tooele may or may not prove correct, but there is precedent for it. From what I have observed of the process of meetinghouse construction, it is usually easier for the Church to raze a smaller meetinghouse and build a new larger one in connection to the construciton of a temple on the same spot of land where the previous chapel sat than it would be to get approval for a second meetinghouse on that same spot.
Since the news release in question wasn't explicit about the fate of the existing meetinghouse, until it is disproven, I think it wiser to assume that the existing meetinghouse will be razed, with a newer and larger one built adjacent to the temple to better serve the needs of the congregations there. Also, as I noted in my newest post covering this development, the fast action taken by the Church in this case means that the Tooele Valley Utah Temple will almost certainly be constructed and dedicated well in advance of the open house and rededication for the Salt Lake Temple.
I also have a feeling more temple news will be coming between now and General Conference, and that we may have no idea what's in store in terms of temples and other announcements that will be revelaed in General Conference just 1.5 weeks from now, but I will have more on that subject later this week in a new blog post. For now, my thanks once again to you both for taking time to comment.