Hello again, everyone! Just a few minutes ago, the Newsroom released new information on two temples: An exterior rendering for the Austin Texas Temple and the site location and preliminary information about the Lethbridge Alberta Temple. The site location for the Austin Texas Temple was announced last year on December 19. With a rendering released for that 30,000-square-foot single-story temple, hopefully that means a groundbreaking could soon be announced.
That said, the Lethbridge Alberta Temple (set to be built in a region where President Nelson's wife Wendy lived) will be a multistory temple of 45,000-square-feet and an adjacent distribution center, which will rise on a site of more than 9 acres at the corner of Whoop Up Drive West and Mauretania Road West. The fact that it will be a multistory temple seems significant, and suggests that the temple will be built up rather than out.
I am grateful that the first Canadian temple announced by President Nelson now has preliminary information released. And the Church has announced sufficient information on several other temples that may soon have a groundbreaking. I'm also more than slightly surprised that today's announcement did not relate to a temple opening. We've got 3 temples awaiting the announcement of their opening arrangements, and a total of 4 others that are nearing completion.
As I've commented previously, the Church may be waiting to announce opening arrangements for the Red Cliffs Utah Temple until more is known about Elder Holland's health. Based on the fact that President Nelson has assigned temple dedications to apostles with personal connections to areas in the past, Elder Holland's health may be the foremost factor impacting an announcement on Red Cliffs. As far as the delays on arrangements for Layton Utah and Puebla Mexico, not sure of the cause there.
But the Church continues to make such announcements as they can. Stay tuned here for more information as I find out about it. While composing this post, the Church News also covered these updates. I continue to monitor all such news, in addition to updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and on other temples under construction or announced and will be sure to pass word of those along here as time and circumstances allow.
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Hello again, everyone! In view of today's updates, I have also updated my document that shows the temples announced by President Nelson for which no official information has been announced yet. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteLuther College Professor Loren L. Toussaint was the featured guest in this week's edition of the Church News podcast, wherein he discussed the health benefits of forgiveness. Cleanup is underway following Hurricane Idalia, and Latter-day Saints from various parts of the United States were on hand to help with those efforts. And following the August 1 start of the tenure of the new Young Women General Presidency (Emily Belle Freeman, Tamara W. Runia, and Andrea M. Spannaus), the Church News shared the profiles of 14 new members of the Young Women General Advisory Council. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Newsroom and the Church News have shared information about the St. George Utah Temple open house. VIP/Media tours are underway between now and Thursday, September 14, followed by the public open house between Friday September 15-Saturday November 11. There is also an option for a video/virtual tour for any who would like to take advantage of that.
DeleteThe Church News also reported on principles of preparedness. And there has been one other fairly significant temple update. While major construction is still only nearing completion on the Taylorsville Utah Temple, a new report indicates that furniture and furnishings are being delivered. As a result, the Taylorsville utah Temple has now been moved up the queue to now directly under Red Cliffs Utah, Layton Utah, and Puebla Mexico (meaning it is now ahead of the Urdaneta Philippines, Salta Argentina, and Coban Guatemala Temples). Maybe I'm wrong, but it occurred to me to wonder if the Church was just waiting until major construction was closer to completion for all three Utah Temples (Red Clfifs, Layton, and Taylorsville) before announcing opening arrangements for all three temples.
I also heard from my Mexico Church member contact that there is hope that the dedication of the Puebla Mexico Temple could either be held before the end of this year or in the early months of next year. But since there has been no announcement on Red Cliffs and Layton yet, and since the earliest those dedications could occur at this point is April of next year, if the Church has been waiting to make an announcement until multiple Utah temples are ready, then the arrangements for the Puebla Utah Temple might not be announced until the Church is also ready to announce the arrangements for Salta Argentina and Coban Guatemala. Stay tuned for more on that potential timing as more information is released. In the meantime, thanks again, everyone!
Sorry. In my final paragraph above, I of course meant the Puebla Mexico, not Puebla Utah Temple. Unintentional error. The Church News has provided a summary on yesterday's BYU-Hawaii devotional. The Church News also provided additional coverage on the VIP/Media tours for the St. George Utah Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteUpdates have been provided for the San Diego California, Stockholm Sweden, and Fort Worth TexasTemples. Additionally, I don't recall if I shared the latest update on the Cody Wyoming Temple, which indicates that, despite the approvals being granted for the Cody Wyoming Temple, litigation about the issues the Church had getting that approval is still pending.
DeleteFull disclosure here: I have no idea what to expect as far as how many other temples might have gorundbreakings before the end of the year. There may only be one or two others. That being said, I fully anticipate the next major temple construction announcement on Monday as usual, but I have no idea what it will be.
In the interim, on Friday, Elder Quentin L. Cook will celebrate his 83rd birthday, and one day later, President Nelson will become the first apostle and prophet to mark his 99th birthday. Stay tuned for posts honoring both apostles on those days. My thanks once again to you all.
On this Thursday, as previously indicated by the Newsroom, the Worldwide Devotional for Young Single Adults, originally scheduled for this Sunday (September 10) has been rescheduled to November 19. The devotional will feature remarks from Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Mary G. Cook. And the newly-crowned "Miss Idaho", Church member Reagan Yamauchi, is making her faith a vital incorporated part of her new role and platform.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, there have been further changes in the queue of temples anticipated to be completed by the end of this year. The Red Cliffs Utah Temple is now followed in the queue by the Puebla Mexico Temple, then the Layton and Taylorsville Utah Temples, then Salta Argentina, Urdaneta Philippines, Coban Guatemala, and Casper Wyoming. I will, of course, be altering my estimates yet again as a result, and will have updated estimates available ASAP. For now, my thanks once again to you all.