Hello again, everyone! Another week has come and gone, and it is time once again to discuss the latest temple reopening adjustments from the Church. As always, the latest information can be found in the official release from the Newsroom, the Church News overview of those changes, and the temple reopening status tracker.
Only one temple update has been noted for this week: The Montecideo Uruguay Temple will transition to phase 3 as early as next Tuesday (December 28), which will mean that 164 of the Church's 170 temples (96.5%) will be in phase 3. And with 4 other temples in phase 2-B, 168 od the Church's 170 temples (98.8%) are offering some proxy ordinances.
As a result of these updates, the status of temples will stand as follows on Tuesday December 28: 8 temples are closed for renovation, with 1 more closed for what the Newsroom terms a "renovation" but for what the Church News calls "extended maintenance". I defer to the Newsroom's terminology because the Church's official page for Medford terms the current closure as a "renovation".
Aside from Medford, the other 8 temples undergoing renovations have all been granted phase 3 designations. No temples are currenrly "paused" in their reopenings, and none are in phase 2 either. There are now 2 temples in phase 1, with 4 others operating in phase 2-B, and the remaining 156 temples are in phase 3.
As I've noted in just about every temple reopening update in the last several weeks, I am grateful for the carefully-planned cautiously-coordinated reopening of temples around the world, and for the revelatory process that drives those announcements every week. Although no temples anywhere have reached phase 4 (a return to full normal operations), it is wonderful the Church has been prudent and wise in the announcements remeof changes each week.
Having noted all of that, it's also worth noting that the newest strain of COVID-19 popping up in various world areas may, in subsequent weeks, lead to other temples being "paused" in their reopenings. I will be sure to watch for any such updates and will pass them along to you all as I become aware thereof.
In the meantime, 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.
The latest edition of the Church News podcast has been released:
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My thanks once agsin to you all.
The Church News has shared one additional report:
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And here's another report from the Church Newsroom:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/building-people-through-job-training
My thanks once again to you all.
Here is one more Churcch News report:
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My thanks once again to you all.
Hello again, everyone! The Church News has shared the following additional reports:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-12-22/giving-machines-donations-so-far-in-2021-light-the-world-237441
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-12-22/2021-year-in-review-photos-articles-237474
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-12-22/church-members-helping-neighbors-tornado-cleanup-midwest-us-237451
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2021-12-22/byu-soccer-mikayla-colohan-player-of-the-year-2021-237454
And the Newsroom has provided another update as well:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/-light-the-world-with-love-is-shared-globally
My thanks once again to you all.
Here is one other Newsroom update that was proided:
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Although I don't know for sure this will be true I am hoping that official details could be shared about the four most recetly announced temples in the United States (Fort Worth Texas, Cody Wyoming, Rexburg North Idaho and Heber Valley Utah). The Church has typically confirmed at least initial details for US temples within 2-3 months following their announcement. That proved correct for 8 of the 9 US temples announced in April (with details for the ninth announced almost 5 months after that announcement), while official details for the Ephraim Utah Temple were announced in October of this year, also 5 months after the May 1 announcement of that temple.
If no other temple announcements are made by the end of this year, we could see a scenario wherein 4-5 months after the announcement of the 4 newest US temples will see the confirmation of details about those 4. Stay tuned for all such updates as I become aware thereof. My thanks once again to you all.
Updates have been reported on the Bangkok Thailand, Taylorsville Utah, and Urdaneta Philippines Temples:
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https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/taylorsville-utah-temple/
https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/urdaneta-philippines-temple/
My thanks once again to you all.
On this last Friday in 2021, the Church News published the latest edition of “This Week on Social”:
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I’m sure it was because the Christmas edition last week featured a long list of leaders, but for whatever the reason was, this week was a shorter edition wherein only 5 posts were shared by the following general leaders:
Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Sisters Reyna I. Aburto (Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency) and Becky L. Craven (Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency); and Brother Milton Camargo, First Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency.
My two year-end 2021 posts will be published as scheduled tonight in the closing minutes of this year. Stay tuned for those. And to each of you, my readers, I express my appreciation for the attention given to these blog posts in 2021 and offer my best wishes for a happy, healthy, safe, and prosperous 2022. May the Lord bless you all in everything you do.