Stokes Sounds Off: BREAKING NEWS: Church Announces Christmas Day 2022 and New Year 2023 Plans: Construction Concludes on Columbus Ohio Temple

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

BREAKING NEWS: Church Announces Christmas Day 2022 and New Year 2023 Plans: Construction Concludes on Columbus Ohio Temple

Hello again, everyone! A few years ago, the last time Christmas Day fell on a Sunday, the First Presidency announced that only Sacrament Meeting would be held Churchwide on that day to emphasize and underscore the importance of family time. According to a First Presidency announcement made this afternoon that will be the case again this year. Based on local needs, stake and district presidents may consult with bishops and branch presidents to determine the best time to hold that service on Christmas Day. 

The announcement also notes that, since the following Sunday marks New Year's Day 2023, stake and district presidents may opt to hold Fast Sunday in January on a Sunday other than January 1. Today's announcement further indicated that any Church functions (dances or other social events) occurring on New Year's Eve should promptly end at midnight on Sunday, January 1, 2023, which is consistent with the Church's policies relating to the Sabbath Day observance.

I am grateful to have been able to find out about this announcement and to pass that along to you all here. I also continue to monitor all other Church news updates and temple developments and will be sure to pass those along to you all as I receive them. Regarding that statement, the Church Temples site noted today that the renovation of the Columbus Oho Temple has officially been completed. 

With that in mind, I think that Monday's temple announcement, whether or not anything else is announced with it, will be the reopening arrangements for that temple. If that happens, my research shows that the rededication may occur on either of the last two Sundays in March or the second Sunday of April, following General Conference weekend. Stay tuned for news on any other fronts.

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  1. James G. StokesNovember 10, 2022 at 7:11 PM

    Hello again, everyone! The Church News has shared the following additional reports:

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2022/11/10/23445640/president-thomas-s-monson-teachings-of-the-presidents-of-the-church-book

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2022/11/10/23446085/young-women-standing-as-witnesses-of-christ

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2022/11/10/23450565/video-byu-president-dallin-oaks-on-remembering-the-forgotten-man

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022/11/10/23448269/gospel-library-app-adds-new-notification-options

    My thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesNovember 13, 2022 at 12:53 AM

      Here is a comment that wound up in the wrong thread today:

      https://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2022/11/breaking-temple-news-site-location-and.html#c2980374420240467437

      And the Church News has shared one additional report today:

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022/11/12/23453541/elder-yamashita-5-steps-for-wrestling-before-god

      My thanks once again to you all.

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