Hello again, everyone! This just in from the Church News: the first 37 temples will gradually return to phase 4 (normal operations). The Memphis Tennessee Temple was the first to do so, starting that process on March 17; followed by the St. Paul Minnesota Temple on March 19; the Bismarck North Dakota, Denver Colorado, and Winter Quarters Nebraska Temples on March 29; the Tucson Arizona Temple on April 4; and the Columbia South Carolina and Kansas City Missouri Temples on April 5.
As of yesterday (April 11), the following temples are also phasing in a return to normal operations: Cedar City, Draper, Jordan River, Monticello, Mount Timpanogos, Oquirrh Mountain, Payson, Provo, Provo City Center, and Vernal Utah; Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, and São Paulo Brazil; Frankfurt and Freiberg Germany; Redlands and San Diego California; Bern Switzerland; Laie Hawaii; Portland Oregon; and Stockholm Sweden. And today, the Billings Montana and Chicago Illinois Temples began the transition to phase 4.
Effective today, 8 temples are closed for major renovations, all of which are in phase 3; 1 (Kyiv Ukraine) has operations paused/suspended having reached phase 3 previously; 1 more is operating in phase 1; 0 are in phases 2 and 2-B; 123 are now in phase 3; and, as noted, the remaining 37 are gradually returning to regular operations. These updates are reflected in the temple reopening status tracker.
I have a feeling more temples will begin the transition to normal operations in the coming weeks. I will keep my eyes open for those updates, and all other major Church news and temple developments. 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 feedback offered is consistent with the established guidelines.
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Here is one more report from the Church News:
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The latest edition of the Church News podcast was released:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/podcast/2022-04-12/episode-78-justserve-youth-and-young-adults-are-changing-lives-250462
And the Newsroom has provided one more update:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-uchtdorf-ukrainian-refugees-poland
My thanks once again to you all.
The Church Temples site has noted updates on the status of the San Juan Puerto Rico, Okinawa Japan, and Salvador Brazil Temples today:
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https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/okinawa-japan-temple/
https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/salvador-brazil-temple/
My thanks once again to you all.
This morning, the First Presidency released their 2022 Easter message:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2022-04-13/first-presidency-2022-easter-message-jesus-christ-he-is-risen-250480
My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has provided 2 new updates:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2022-04-13/church-donates-2-5-tons-of-food-foodlink-in-hong-kong-during-omincron-pandemic-wave-250576
And an update from the Church in the last few days indicates that Church President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Sister Wendy W. Nelson, will be the featured speakers at the May 2022 Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults, which is set to take place on Sunday May 15, 2022:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/event/worldwide-devotional-for-young-adults-may-2022
And the Church has also announced a special broadcast for all who have callings to teach in the Church and in the home. That broadcast, which will occur on Sunday June 12. Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who serves as chairman of the Church's Priesthood and Family Executive Council will provide instruction about teaching in the Savior's way:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/event/teaching-in-the-saviors-way-churchwide-broadcast
If there are any new temple updates, I will share those here later this evening. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
Today, I am pleased to report that President Nelson is officially the oldest-living prophet in Church history, as confirmed by the Church News this morning:
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However, he is not yet the oldest living apostle. He won't reach that milestone until August 7 of this year, when his lifespan will then be longer than that of David B. Haight. My thanks once again to you all.
The Newsroom also covered this development, and that coverage included quotes from his wife, one of his daughters, and one of his grandsons, his counselors, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and one or two friends of other faiths. My thanks once again to you all.
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Sorry about that oversight. New information from the Church indicates that the groundbreakings for the temples in Grand Junction Colorado and Lindon Utah (which will take place this Saturday and next Saturday) will both be held at 11:00 AM MDT:
https://mywebcast.churchofjesuschrist.org/Events/templegroundbreaking
My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has featured the biographies for 3 new temple presidents:
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As the link above shows, today's announcement pertains to the first leaders of the Quito Ecuador Temple and the new leaders for the Dallas Texas and Nashville Tennessee Temples. Interestingly, the article notes that the couples called to lead the work in the final two temples will begin serving in September, and that the leaders for the Quito Ecuador Temple will begin serving "later". If their service is not beginning in September, that implies that the earliest the Quito dedication is anticipated to occur is during the final quarter of this year. But there is a chance that the Church could hold off on dedicating that temple until early next year as well. It'll be interesting to see what happens there.
On my list tracking the new temple presidents who have been called, there are 2 temples anticipated to be completed in late 2022 for which the first leaders have not yet been identified: Lima Peru Los Olivos and Bentonville Arkansas. I have 9 other temples on my list for which the first leaders could be announced in the next 10 months. 4 other temples for which announced renovations affected the tenure length of the current presidents will likely not have new leaders called for the next year or two. And the leaders of 2 additional temples (Detroit Michigan and Port-au-Prince Haiti) have served for 3 years but will not be released this year.
Bearing in mind the March 25 announcement from the First Presidency indicating that 72 temples would be getting new leaders this year, 10 of those 72 couples have not yet been featured. And with biographies featured for the 3 incoming temple leader couples today, the total number of temples which have had new presidents featured this year now totals 62:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J-KR6Hdv4ElYa8ZxBn6OqGWSEMcZxi3GaLcCoYTrJec/edit?usp=sharing
And here is one other report:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-04-14/justserve-high-school-clubs-service-projects-joy-in-service-preparing-for-leadership-closer-to-christ-250563
And the Newsroom has provided one new report as well:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/painting-a-methodist-church-feeding-the-hungry-and-helping-abuse-survivors-service-from-latter-day-saints-around-the-world
My thanks once again to you all.
Hello again, everyone! 2 new couples who will assume oversight for 2 more of the Church's missions this July had their biographies featured in the Church News:
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El Salvador has held a blood drive:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2022-04-15/el-salvador-stakes-blood-drive-250720
An updated chart showing the changes in general Church leadership (including the new GA Seventies) for April 2022 has been released. Please note that the chart still shows the Primary and Relief Society General Presidencies as presently consistituted, since the new leaders of those organizations won't start serving until August 1 of this year. Here is the article:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2022-04-15/general-authorities-officers-download-april-2022-chart-general-conference-250695
And here is a link to the chart in question:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/April-2022-English-General-Authority-General-Officers-chart.pdf
And one other Church News report speaks for itself:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2022-04-15/jaen-peru-flooding-church-donates-food-water-250771
And with this Friday comes the weekly publication of "This Week on Social":
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-04-15/social-media-elder-bednar-elder-uchtdorf-red-blood-cells-jesus-christ-ukraine-refugees-easter-resurrection-mary-250802
The general Church leaders featured in the latest edition include: Elders Dieter F. Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, and Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (from the latter of whom two posts were shared); Sister Reyna I. Aburto, Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency; Young Women Gneral Presidet Sister Bonnie H. Cordon and her First Counselor, Sister Michelle D. Craig (from the latter of whom two posts were shared); Sister Susan H. Porter, the current First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency who will become the General President thereof on August 1; and Brother Bradley R. (Brad) Wilcox, Second Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency.
My thanks once again to you all.