Hello again, everyone! This morning, as first reported by the Newsroom and the Church News, groundbreaking have been set for two more temples in the United States. Let's break down the details. First up will be the Grand Junction Colorado Temple, which will have a groundbreaking on Saturday April 16. Anyone who has followed the Church Growth Blog comments lately will know that Nancy, who has previously commented there and here, noted recently that an announcement for that temple's groundbreaking was forthcoming.
The groundbreaking will be under the direction of Elder Chi Hong (Sam) Wong, who serves as First Counselor in the North America Central Area Presidency. Following the announcement of that temple in April 2021, the site was announced on June 23 of that same year, with the release of the exterior rendering following on September 17.
Moving on to Elko Nevada, the groundbreaking for that temple will be held on May 7, under the direction of Elder Paul B. Pieper, the current president of the North America Southwest Area, under which this temple falls. That groundbreaking follows the announcement of that temple, also in April 2021, which was followed by the site announcement on June 10, and the release of the exterior rendering (which also occurred on September 17 of that same year).
The latest announcements bring the total number of groundbreakings scheduled thus far in 2022 to a total of 6. In 2021, the sixth groundbreaking had occurred on August 21. With the sixth 2022 temple groundbreaking occurring on May 7, I will be interested to see where we are at with temple groundbreakings by August 21 of this year. I am keeping a side-by-side comparison of temple groundbreakings this year vs. those that occurred last year.
Since the scheduled groundbreakings have not yet been announced for the rest of May and June, depending on what the Church is able to get approved if we assume that a minimum of 1 temple will have a groundbreaking each week until the end of June, a minimum of 7 more could have a groundbreaking by that time, which would bring the total number of temple groundbreakings to 13.
The temples for which I anticipate groundbreaking announcements in the relatively near future are as follows: Belo Horizonte Brazil, Ephraim and Smithfield Utah, Burley Idaho, and Willamette Valley Oregon. Depending on a variety of factors, we might also possibly hear soon about groundbreaking arrangements for the temples in Cali Colombia, Torreon and Queretaro Mexico, Greater Guatemala City Guatemala, and Cape Town South Africa.
As always, there is also a chance that temples for which no information has been publicly released yet could have a groundbreaking announcement soon, with a site announcement and exterior rendering coming in conjunction with that. I am monitoring all of these developments, in addition to Church News updates, and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as I become aware thereof.
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