Hello again, everyone! In early May, when the Church announced an August groundbreaking for the Salvation Brazil Temple, I had theorized that other temple groundbreakings could be scheduled to occur. At the time, I was thinking about the Pago Pago, Neiafu, and Port Moresby Temples in the Pacific. However, I was open to the idea that others could be scheduledl as well.
I am pleased, therefore, to report this mroning that, two months after being announced in the last General Conference, and around 6 weeks after having its' site confirmed and rendering released, a groundbreaking date has been released for the Helena Montana Temple. By contrast to other temples which have had or will have a groundbreaking in the midst of COVID-19, an exact date has been announced for this event. It will take place before the end of this month, on Saturday June 26.
Elder Vern P. Stanfill, a native of Montana, who is currently serving as First Counselor in the North America Southeast Area and will become the area president in August, will preside at this groundbreaking for the temple Since he was born and raised in an area less than 35 miles from where the temple will be built, he has various personal connections to the area, which is why he will oversee this groundbreaking outside of his area assignment.
As noted previously, the Helena Montana Temple is anticipated to use modular parts that can be put together on-site and hasten construction on the temple. The construction process is anticipated to take 12-15 months, so a dedication for this temple could easily occur in mid-to-late 2022. As I previously noted, I anticipate that this temple will be a pilot test for how quickly temples of a similar size, design, and used materials can be built.
It will be interesting to see what happens there. 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.
Hello again, everyone! The Church News also covered the Helena Montana Temple groundbreaking announcement:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2021-06-09/helena-montana-temple-groundbreaking-date-215709
If, as I've previously noted, the Church is using the Helena Montana Temple as a preliminary test of a new generation of smaller temples, and if some or most of the US temples which were most recently announced follow that smaller modular design plan, with something similar to that being used for smaller temples being planned outside the United States, them as previously noted, these smaller temples will be a very good way for the Church to rapidly expand the number of temples in operation.
The Church News also shared one additional report:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-06-09/sister-michelle-craig-byu-hawaii-avoid-spiritual-complacency-215695
My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has provided the following additional reports:
Deletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-06-09/sister-michelle-craig-byu-hawaii-avoid-spiritual-complacency-215695
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-06-09/byu-professor-steven-harper-devotional-seeking-faith-215736
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-06-09/face-to-face-single-adults-elder-andersen-sister-bingham-eubank-faith-215741
My thanks once again to you all.