Hello again, everyone! A short time ago, the Church News confirmed temple reopening updates. Right off the bat, it was announced that the process of "extended maintenance" or "renovation" has been completed for the Mdeford Oregon Temple, which will now move to phase 3 as early as next week. As a result of this adjustment, all 82 currently-operating temples in the United States will be in phase 3. For the Washington D.C. and Columbus Ohio Temples, their phase 3 status will allow the patrons served within those districts to schedule living and proxy ordinances at the nearest temple(s) to them.
Additionally, the Montreal Quebec Temple, recently closed down due to pandemic-related restrictions, is also reopening in phase 3. 167 of the Church's 170 temples (98.2%) are now in phase 3. And with two additional temples operating in phase 2-B, all but one of those 170 temples (for a total of 99.4%) are now offering all living ordinances and at least proxy baptisms. As a result of these changes, 8 temples are currently under renovation (with all 8 of those granted phase 3 status) no temples are currently "paused" in their reopenings, and none are in phase 2. 1 temple (Suva Fiji) is in phase 1.
2 others (Barranquilla Colombia and Seoul Korea) are in phase 2-B, with the remaining 167 in phase 3 as noted above. The Church News update also acknowledges that, with so many temples operating in phase 3, and with the Church holding off for now on attempting to shift any temples to phase 4, reopening updates will be more sporadic and will be published only as needed going forward. The details shared in the Church News update are likewsie noted in the temple reopening status tracker and in the official release from the Newsroom.
Interestingly enough, the Newsroom incorrectly lists the Rio de Janeiro Brazil and Yigo Guam Temples as "Temples Undergoing Renovation",when both are new temples that have been completed and are awaiting their dedications, which have been scheduled. I suppose categorizing those as "Under Renovation" may be easier for the Newsroom staff than making that distinction that they are awaiting scheduled dedications. Just thought that was noteworthy.
I don't know at this point whether any other breaking news will be reported by the Church for the duration of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but if and when those reports are shared, I will be sure to pass them along to you all here. I also monitor all temple construction updates and general Church news and will pass word of those along to you all as I become aware thereof.
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The Middle East Newsroom has featured a new article:
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My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has shared the latest edition of the podcast:
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And Elder Clark G. Gilbert, the Commissioner of the Church Education System, was the featured speaker at today's BYU devotional:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-02-08/byu-devotional-elder-clark-gilbert-christ-peace-russell-nelson-church-education-242196
My thanks once again to you all.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-02-08/byu-devotional-elder-clark-gilbert-christ-peace-russell-nelson-church-education-242196
And over the weekend, Elder Christofferson spoke at a special devotional for Latter-day Saints and friends of other faiths in the San Diego California Stake:
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And the Newsroom has shared two additional reports. The first summarizes remarks given by President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-oaks-byu-pathway-worldwide-devotional
That article linked to another covering Elder Uchtdorf's BYU-PW devotional remarks, given in July 2020:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/byu-pathway-uchtdorf-devotional-july-2020
Another link showed the transcript of the remarks given by President Oaks:
https://www.byupathway.org/speech/leadership?pk_campaign=devotional&pk_kwd=feb2022&pk_source=churchnewsroom&pk_medium=article
And here is the other report from the Newsroom:
https://news-nz.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/french-polynesia-sends-love-to-tonga
My thanks once again to you all.
Updates have been noted this evening on the status of the Feather River California and Deseret Peak Utah Temples:
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https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/deseret-peak-utah-temple/
My thanks once again to you all.