Stokes Sounds Off: BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: First Temple Dedication in Over a Year Includes Slight Change to Dedicatory Procedures

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Sunday, October 31, 2021

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: First Temple Dedication in Over a Year Includes Slight Change to Dedicatory Procedures

Hello again, everyone! This morning, the latest edition of "In Case You Missed It" was published by the Church News. 5 of the top 9 developments reported were about the ministry of the apostles. The last of those 5 updates detailed the real reason (rather than the previously-conjectured one) that the Church held the temple dedication youth devotional one week ago today.

The Church had previously announced that the temple dedication would occur in four general sessions held today at 8:00 and 10:00 AM and at 12:00 and 2:00 PM, with the option to hold a fifth at 4:00 PM if that is needed.

As we also know, under normal arrangements, the Church would include the sealing of the cornerstone as part of the first dedicatory session. But with the dedicatory sessions for the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple being held within two-hour intervals today, in order to allow more speakers to offer remarks during the first dedicatory session, Elder Gong officiated at the cornerstone ceremony yesterday evening.

So, while COVID-19 may impact the timing of temple dedications, particularly having a youth devotional the week before the dedication will allow the cornerstone ceremony to occur the day before the dedication, and the Church could allow one or two additional dedicatory sessions to encourage smaller groups in attendance at each session.

I am grateful to have learned about these updates and to pass them along to you all here. I'm hopeful we could see temple reopenings announced for the Tokyo Japan and Hamilton New Zealand Temples soon, in addition to opening arrangements soon for the Yigo Guam and Quito Ecuador Temples, and that between now and the only currently-scheduled groundbreaking (in mid-December for the Bacolod Philippines) there could be at least a few other groundbreakings held, whether or not they are announced in advance.

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  1. James G. StokesNovember 1, 2021 at 3:48 PM

    Hello again, everyone! The Newsroom and the Church News have provided details about the Church's "Giving Machines" that are a major part of the annua #LighttheWorld Christmas Initiative the Church has sponsored in recent years:

    https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/light-the-world-giving-machines-christmas-2021

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-11-01/giving-machines-locations-light-the-world-231721

    Additionally, with the Church observing one final Fast Sunday before Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States and elsewhere, the Church News has provided 8 quotes from Latter=day Sain leaders about fasting:

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-11-01/quotes-about-fasting-fast-offerings-purpose-231205

    And on this first day of November, the Newsroom has published an update on how Temple Square is reopening:

    https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/temple-square-reopening

    My thanks once again to you all.

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