Hello again, everyone! As I mentioned a few minutes ago, there was no new temple update at 2:00. However, here we are at around 2:30, and such an update has been published. The First Presidency has announced the groundbreaking arrangements for the Montpelier Idaho Temple and the site location and initial details for the Maceió Brazil Temple. Let's get right into the details:
Ground will be broken for the Montpelier Idaho Temple on Saturday, June 17, 2023, with Elder Ryan K. Olsen, a GA Seventy, presiding. An official rendering for the temple, and additional details about the groundbreaking, will be released closer to that time. By way of review, the Montpelier Idaho Temple was announced in April 2022, with the site location and initial details confirmed just 1 month later.
As for the Maceió Brazil Temple (which was also announced in April of last year), the single-story 19,000-square-foot temple will rise at the location of Avenida — Dr. Durval de Góis Monteiro, S/N, Quadra 0522, Lote 0228. Project leaders will work with government officials through the planning and approvals process, and an exterior rendering will likely be released closer to the time of its groundbreaking.
I'm a little surprised about the timing for the Montpelier Idaho Temple groundbreaking. My assumption is that the Church wanted to lock in a date for the groundbreaking now and then do the work to ensure the approvals can go through so that the exterior rendering can then be released once it gets the go-ahead from the governmental leaders with whom the Church will work. I think this may be the first time (at least in a couple of decades) that the Church has set a groundbreaking for any temple without a rendering being simultaneously released or released before the groundbreaking is announced.
To get these two updates in the same announcement was exciting. It's interesting to see how these announcements have come about. I will likewise be curious to see how the scheduling of other groundbreakings, dedications, and rededications works in the months ahead. I am watching out for word on all of these updates and will do my best to pass word thereof along to you all here, in addition to all Church News and Newsroom updates as they cross my radar.
Between now and my next update, here is a revised copy of the document showing temples for which no official information has been announced. Of the 68 temples currently announced, 38 have not yet had any official information confirmed. If the First Presidency continues to announce preliminary information about other announced temples, either in conjunction with or separate from other temple construction announcements, those numbers are likely to change in the weeks ahead.
I look forward to seeing what other updates will be announced between now and the upcoming General Conference. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per 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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Here are the Church News reports on these updates:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2023/3/6/23572428/maceio-brazil-temple-lds-sites-announced
My thanks once again to you all.
Here is one more Church News report:
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My thanks once again to you all.
On this Tuesday, the Church News has shared two new reports which speak for themselves:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2023/3/7/23627352/rootstech-2023-keynote-speakers-5-thoughts
My thanks once again to you all.
I noticed that the stone displaying Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple's name is read "Templo de Los Olivos Lima Peru". I wonder if that implies that there may be an error with the naming in English, especially since it is the only temple to have wording after the country, like the 2nd Guatemala City temple is named Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala, and not Guatemala City Guatemala Miraflores. Just a thought.
DeleteHey, Noah. The wording on the temple appears to be consistent with Spanish phrasing rules. But the temple in question appears to still have the same name in English, "Lima Peru Los Olivos", on the Church's official temple list. Based on that, unless and until a First Presidency announcement on that temple's opening arrangements indicates such a change, we'd probably be wise to assume the English name remains unchanged. Thanks for sharing this observation. I appreciate hearing from you.
DeleteHere are two more Church News reports:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2023/3/7/23625572/northern-mexico-border-migrant-shelters-donation-30-wooden-houses-water-purification-system
Also, it appears that there have been a couple of minor changes noted in the general estimates and completion order for temples under construction. The Church Temples site recently moved the Coban Guatemala Temple from its previous position (between the Casper Wyoming and Tallahassee Florida Temples, with Coban being the first temple with an anticipated completion of early 2024). The Coban Guatemala Temple now sits in the queue between the Abidjan Ivory Coast and Mendoza Argentina Temple, retaining the completion estimate of early 2024.
In addition to moving the Coban Guatemala Temple down, the Church Temples site has also moved the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple up in the queue. Although the Pittsburgh Temple most recently sat in the queue between San Pedro Sula Honduras and Salvador Brazil (all of which had a completion estimate of mid-2024, Pittsburgh now sits between the Deseret Peak Utah Temple (with a completion estimate of early-to-mid 2024) and the Auckland New Zealand Temple (with a completion estimate of mid-2024). Pittsburgh joins Deseret Peak Utah and the poineer-era Manti Utah Temple in sharing a general completion estimate of early-to-mid 2024.
As I have said previously, the one consient thing about temple construction is that the queue continues to change as developments do or do not occur. Here is the link to my document tracking these updates:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L7HBLNZZTnlI4Dk8fpr3HZCf-wqkjUBcCCYqdxP7HRk/edit?usp=sharing
If there are any updates on the stuats of any temples currently under construction, undergoing renovation, or in planning and approval phases, I will try to pass those on later this evening. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
Mnior updates have been noted today on the status of the Farmington New Mexico, Grand Junction Colorado, and Willamette Valley Oregon Temples:
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https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/grand-junction-colorado-temple/
https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/willamette-valley-oregon-temple/
My thanks once again to you all.
And here is one new report from the Church News:
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My thanks once again to you all.
Hello again, everyone! The last few days have been a little rough on me. In addition to symptoms of general illness, I have had more severe headaches as the result of drastic shifts in the barometric pressure. While these issues aren't anything I can't handle, they have demanded more of my time and focus and have kept me from being as on top of the reports I share as I customarily would be. So for today, I will allow the following additional reports from the Newsroom and the Church News to speak for themselves:
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https://news-ca.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/international-women-rsquo-s-day--how-one-latter-day-saint-woman-is-building-a-better-world
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/3/8/23631236/international-womens-day-relief-society-young-women-primary-leaders-social-posts
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2023/3/8/23629817/unicef-female-vaccinators-fight-polio-afghanistan-and-pakistan
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/3/8/23629854/president-camille-johnson-president-bonnie-cordon-see-joy-among-african-people
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/youth-all-faiths-invited-to-express-how-jesus-christ-is-my-strength-through-art
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/3/8/23628477/elder-andersen-meets-first-lady-of-brazil-brasilia-temple-tour-donation
https://www.thechurchnews.com/history/2023/3/8/23627334/joseph-smith-papers-podcast-revelations-lds-church-history-era-kirtland-ohio
The incoming storms anticipated here in Utah should technically help me feel better. If I am able to do so, I will be sure to provide any new temple construction updates later today as my situation allows. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
I am still dealing with ongoing illness, which is why this is my first posted comment today. The Church News has provided 4 new reports on apostolic minnistry trips that are occurring this week:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/3/9/23629671/elder-david-bednar-philippines-ministry-listen-to-the-holy-ghost
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/3/9/23631746/elder-andersen-meets-governors-mayor-sao-paulo-recife-brazil
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/3/9/23628264/mexico-elder-gong-ministers-thousands-of-latter-day-saints
Here is one more report about the Church's Youth Art and Music Festivals:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2023/3/9/23623880/strive-to-be-music-arts-broadcast-call-for-submissions-worldwide-all-things-through-christ
And the Church has identified 4 new couples who will direct operations in 4 temmples worldwide. Included among those 4 are the first leaders for the Brasilia Brazil and Red Cliffs Utah Temples:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2023/3/9/23628910/new-temple-presidents-lubbock-texas-el-salvador-red-cliffs-brasilia-brazil
As always, each of the 4 couples featured today have served extensively as individuals and with their spouses in various Church assignments. The four incoming presidents include 2 fomer area seventies (1 now serving as a ward mission leader) and 2 current temple sealers (1 formerly served as a counselor in a temple presidency, while the other serves currently as a stake patriarch).
I have updated my list tracking these changes. That list now includes a minimum of 8 temples for which the first leaders might be called this year, at least 10 currently-operating temples for which new leaders may be called, and the list of 43 temples (so far) which have had new leaders announced:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZFxVX_M7JfchmzNG_7QAMP00a6jLLvfZjFIy-ka1Ut0/edit?usp=sharing
My thanks once again to you all.
On this Friday, the Newsroom has reporte the death of another full-time missionary:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2023/3/10/23634773/missionary-serving-in-dr-congo-dies-from-undetermined-illness
3 additional Newsroom reports speak for themselves:
https://news-africa.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-johnson-visits-unicef-sites-in-uganda
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-gong-meets-with-second-highest-ranking-official-in-mexico
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-donates-332-wheelchairs-to-the-mexican-state-of-tamaulipas
And the following Church News updates speak for themselves:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2023/3/10/23631413/watch-march-primary-friend-to-friend-we-are-gods-children
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2023/3/10/23633989/byu-study-pornography-harms-romantic-relationships
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2023/3/10/23628059/justserve-project-pakistan-flood-victims-mesa-arizona
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/3/10/23632412/elder-sister-gong-rootstech-follow-up-through-instagram-q-a
The Church News has also shared the biographies of 7 more coupes who will begin serving as mission leaders in July:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2023/3/10/23629207/7-mission-presidents-benin-california-ecuador-mexico-and-the-philippines
With the 7 biographies share today, all but 23 of the 130 new mission leaders have been featured in the Church News. Although all 7 couples have served extensively in a variety of Church callings together and individually, among the 7 presidents, 1 (Lusis J. Camey) formerly served as an area seventy; 1 is a curent stake president; 1 currently serves as a stake presidency counseelor; 1 is currently a temple sealer; 1 is a stake JustServe coordinator; 1 is an Elders' Quorum President and temple ordinance worker; and 1 is a ward Sunday School Secretary.
And finlly, the latest editon of "This Week on Socia" has been published:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2023/3/10/23629776/this-week-on-social-elder-andersen-tweets-about-brazil-president-johnson-and-cordon-africa-central
Featured in the latest installment of this series were the following general leaders Elders David A. Bednar, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, and Gerrit W. Gong (from the latter two of whom two posts were shared); all of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Relief Society General President Sister Camille N. Johnson and Young Women General President Sister Bonnie H. Cordon (who shared the same two posts focused on their recently ministy trip, in addition to which another post from Sister Cordon was shared); Sister Krstiin M. Yee, Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency; Sister Mchelle D. Craig, First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency (from whom two posts were shared); Primary General President Sister Susan H. Porter and her respective First and Second Counselors: Sisters Amy A.Wright (who had two posts featured) and Tracy Y. Browning; Young Men General President Steven J. Lund and his First Counselor, Brother Ahmad S. Corbitt. My thanks once again to you all.
On this Saturday, the Church News has shared 6 new updates, which each speak form themselves:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2023/3/11/23632292/africa-west-central-area-five-donations-hospitals-schools
https://www.thechurchnews.com/history/2023/3/11/23634144/mormon-battalion-added-to-church-history-biographical-database
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2023/3/10/23631413/watch-march-primary-friend-to-friend-we-are-gods-children
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2023/3/11/23633489/music-the-spoken-word-a-spiritual-awakening
My thanks once again to you all.
Here is one more Church News update:
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My thanks once again to you all.
On this Sabbath Day, the Church News has shared three new reports, which speak for themselves:
Deletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2023/3/12/23632672/21-new-stake-presidents-australia-brazil-philippines-texas-idaho-ysa
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2023/3/11/23631123/byu-research-impact-of-family-history-adolescent-identity
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2023/3/12/23632965/week-in-review-president-ballard-video-elder-bednar-philippines
My thanks once again to you all.
Here is a Newsroom report I haven't passed along yet:
Deletehttps://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-neil-l-andersen-ministers-in-brazil
My thanks once again to you all.