Hello again, everyone! Towards the beginning of the last two years, I have been able to provide updated documents showing which temples will have extended closure periods each year, and temples for which new leaders may be (or have been) called any given year. My hope was to provide completed versions of both before the Church began announcing temple leadership changes this year. But in view of ongoing health challenges (nothing serious, thankfully, just a lot to figure out), I am somewhat behind the times.
I have not yet completed either document for this year but wanted to share what I have compiled thus far. The documents will be updated as I am able to make those updates happen. So here they are: the list of temples that will have an extended closure this year, and the list showing which temples have had or may have new leaders announced this year.
I am committed to continuing to work on these lists as I can, but don't know how soon they might be fully completed. In the meantime, it's also worth noting that the Church News has shared biographies for new temple leaders on the following dates thus far: February 3; February 10; February 17; and today (February 24). The biographies speak for themselves and are well worthy of your time and attention.
I just wanted to share a couple of notes. There have been a few surprises in the announcements that are being made. The first leaders have already been identified for the Helena Montana and Feather River California Temples, which could both have construction concluded and dedications held in the next 4-8 months.
But those callings were announced in advance of the announcement about the first president for the Quito Ecuador and Belem Brazil Temples, which may point to the Church focusing on getting US temples up and running as soon as possible after completion since COVID-19 is less of an issue in the nation now. In the meantime, taking that approach with US temples would allow them to open temples outside the US when that can safely occur.
Of course, the timing of any temple event, particularly with COVID-19 as the major variable, will be up to the Lord as revealed to His prophet, President Nelson. But it wouldn't shock me to see temples outside the US dedicated after some of their US counterparts, which may be further behind in the construction queue currently, but for which temple dedications can be more easily and safely held.
Whatever might happen in terms of major developments in temple construction or Church News, you can depend on my bringing word of those updates to you all here as I become aware thereof. For now, hope you enjoy the documents I shared above. I will continue to work on them as I can, and you can track my progress therewith via the placeholder note I have at the top of each document.
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. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below.
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Hello again, everyone! For those unaware, in order to preserve the comment threads of my post previous to this one for a discussion of my General Conference predictions, I have been sharing the latest temple and Church News updates in the threads of the post below, entitled “UPDATED: Current Apostolic Data”. I began doing so with the following comment:
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So if there are any Church news or temple status updates you might have missed, feel free to catch them beginning with that comment on that thread. That being said, now that I have this newest post above from which new comments can be shared, I have a couple of new Church News reports:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2022-02-24/tonga-volcano-tsunami-relief-supplies-latter-day-saints-other-faiths-new-zealand-alaska-243986
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2022-02-24/elder-gerrit-w-gong-philippines-ysa-devotional-looking-to-the-future-with-faith-missions-balance-243806
And the Newsroom has shared one new report as well:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-soares-ministers-in-the-dominican-republic
Based on the recent reports about the apostles resuming their global ministries outside the United States, I will try to determine in the near future whether there have been any changes in the areas for which each apostle has oversight. In the meantime, my thanks once again to you all.
Hi! Do you know the purpose of these closures? is it different for each temple? I'm asking this because the Quetzaltenango, Guatemala temple has been closed since the end of january and I've heard that is because they are going to change the two-stage progressive room to two stationary ones but they hired worthy recomendation holders so they won't need to rededicate the temple.
ReplyDeleteGreat question, A. J.! When a temple is closed for four weeks or longer, it undergoes extended maintenance that can't be done in the standard 2 weeks. The plans can vary based on what needs to be done, but it is basically as you described, with Church members providing the labor. Those closures, in some cases, delay the need for full-scale renovations for several years. Hope that answers your question, A. J. Thanks for asking.
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