Hello again, everyone! The Church has reported this morning through the Newsroom and the Church News that 45 new area seventies have been called. Additionally, aside from noting that 1 current area seventy has passed away after a battle with stage IV cancer, no releases were presented. If any current area seventies are sustained as General Authority Seventies, I assume their releases will be presented over the pulpit this weekend.
At a glance, it appears that a few former area seventies who have recently completed or will soon complete assignments as mission presidents will begin serving as area seventies again. I have a few minor personal issues to handle relating to my health today, but aside from taking care of those, I hope to be able to have a more complete analysis on the newly-sustained area seventies later today.
One other note: last April, it was noted that Elder Christofferson presented the list of changes and that President Nelson then called for a sustaining vote. The news release this year mentioned nothing about who presented those changes. Further analysis from me will be provided later today. In the meantime, my thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has published the following additional reports:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2022-03-31/nukualofa-tonga-temple-president-and-matron-masima-247920
The Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple was one of the temples which had new leaders called, but they had not yet had biographies featured in the Church News. The Church now has 3 temples anticipated to be completed in late 2022 which could all have their first presidents announced sooner rather than later. An additional 8 new temples could have their first presidents announced before the end of this year if all goes well.
The current leaders of the Columbus Ohio, Hamilton New Zealand, Mesa Arizona, and Tokyo Japan Temples would likely have had new leaders announced if the tenure of the current leaders hadn’t been interrupted by the renovations for each of those temples. And although the Detroit Michigan Temple’s current leaders have reached the 3-year mark this year, that temple did not have new leaders named, so those leaders have likely been asked to serve one more year.
The next 3 reports largely speak for themselves:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2022-03-31/church-donates-more-than-800-specialized-wheelchairs-mexico-latter-day-saint-charities-247446
https://noticias.laiglesiadejesucristo.org/articulo/latter-day-saint-charities-dona-mas-de-800-sillas-de-ruedas-en-la-republica-mexicana
https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2022-03-31/photos-utah-10-temples-under-construction-or-renovation-salt-lake-layton-manti-taylorsville-saratoga-springs-247994
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2022-03-31/thomas-mullen-russell-ballard-youth-leadership-missionaries-247815
My thanks once again to you all.
The Presidents of the Suva Fiji and Port-au-Prince Haiti Temples will also serve for more than 3 years.
DeleteThat is a fair and accurate point, Scott. I hadn't picked up on that. I'm guessing the effects of the pandemic on the regular operation of both temples led to the decision to keep the current leadership for another year. Thanks for that timely observation. I always appreciate hearing from you.
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