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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

BREAKING NEWS: New General Authority Seventy Called

Hello again, everyone! Breaking news was just reported a short time ago in the Newsroom and by the Church News. Effective immediately, Elder Alexander Dushku will serve as a  General Authority Seventy of the Church, He will be sustained in that assignment during the October 2023 General Conference. This marks the first time since May 2018 that the call of a new General Authority Seventy has been announced outside of General Conference, I will let the biographical information for him speak for itself.

I will just also note that, in view of this update, I may be revisiting my thoughts about including a list of changes in general Church leadership with my predictions for the October 2023 General Conference. I am grateful to have learned of this update and to be able to pass it along to you all here. I continue to monitor all major Church News, Newsroom, and temple construction updates and will be sure to bring word of those to you all here as I receive them. In the meantime, that does it for now.

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  1. James G. StokesAugust 15, 2023 at 2:27 PM

    Hello again, everyone! On this Tuesday, I wanted to note that I was advised in a previous thread of some prolems many of you might be having when attempting to subscrie to this blog and its' comments. I am working on a solution to this problem and appreciate your understanding while I do so.

    In the interim, the Church also reported this morning that Media/VIP tours are underway for the Feather River California Temple prior to the public open house, which will begin on Saturday and will run through September 9.

    And the latest edition of the Church News podcast has been released. If there are any other Church News or Newsroom updates later today, or if there are any temple construction developments (including any major announcements), I will be sure to post about those here. For now, my thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesAugust 15, 2023 at 5:35 PM

      Here is one more report from the Church News. In addition, an update has been noted on the Deseret Peak Utah Temple. My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesAugust 15, 2023 at 5:46 PM

      And an update has been noted on the status of the Stockholm Sweden Temple. My thanks once again to you all.

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