Hello again, everyone! This afternoon, the First Presidency officially announced the area leadership assignments that will be effective from August 1, 2024-August 1, 2025. I am in the process of analyzing this announcement and updating some documents as a result of this announcement, and I will have a more in-depth analysis of those changes posted here later this afternoon. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
(Posted at 4:00 PM): After several hours of extensive analysis interrupted by life, I am back to share that analysis with you all here. I have an alphabetical name list of the changes that will be coming to area presidencies, and I also have an alphabetical area list thereof. Those documents should speak for themselves for the most part.
I would just like to note that this is the first time I know of where three native West African GA Seventies will serve as the presidency of the Africa West Area and that this is the first time I'm aware that the area presidencies are more diversified than they have been in previous years. I am happy to take any questions, feedback, corrections, or requests for clarification on either or both of these documents.
I am grateful for this announcement and for the chance to share it with you all here. I continue to monitor any and all Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples updates and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as they cross my radar. 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.
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Hello again, everyone! Aside from the area presidency assignments, the Church News has shared a few new reports: The Primary General Presidency has launched Primary Worldwide on social media. Since Primary-aged children don't meet the minimum age requirement for social media, the purpose of the channel will be for the Primary General Presidency and their General Advisory Council to provide counsel to parents, teachers, and leaders of Primary-aged children. In conjunction with the launch of that channel, the latest edition of "This Week on Social" was released as well.
ReplyDeleteThe newest installment in that ongoing series included social media content from the following general Church leaders: Elders Neil L. Andersen and Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson (on Relief Society Worldwide); Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman (via Young Women Worldwide, who did a joint post with two members of the Young Women General Advisory Council) and her Second Counselor, Sister Andrea Munoz Spannaus (also via Young Women Worldwide); Sisters Amy A. Wright and Tracy Y. Browning, the respective First and Second Counselors in the Primary General Presidency; and the Young Men General Presidency (Steven J. Lund, Bradley R. (Brad) Wilcox, and Michael T. Nelson), who spoke about the upcoming 195th anniversary of the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood.
One other report speaks for itself, and the biographies of the final 5 incoming new mission leader couples were also published. Because the area leadership assignment analysis consumed so much of my attention today, I will let those biographies speak for themselves this time.
Also, before the area leadership assignments were announced, the Church of Jesus Christ Temples site adjusted the estimates up for two temples. The Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple was the only one anticipated to be completed in mid-late 2024. It has now been joined by the Auckland New Zealand Temple, which was previously the only one anticipated to be completed in late 2024. And for the Farmington New Mexico Temple, it had been the first temple anticipated to be completed in late 2024-early 2025 for a while now, but with the adjustment to the Auckland temple, the estimate of late 2024 has been applied to the Farmington temple. Any other temple updates will be posted here ASAP. My thanks once again to you all.
I somehow also missed one additional report from the Newsroom. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAnd the Church Temples site has also moved the Auckland New Zealand Temple ahead of the Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple, though both retain the general completion estimate of mid-to-late 2024. In addition, the Grand Junction Colorado Temple has joined the Farmington New Mexico Temple with a completion estimate of late 2024, leaving the Syracuse Utah Temple as the only one with a completion estimate of late 2024-early 2025.
DeleteBased on my latest updated estimates, the dedication of each of the temples mentioned above will likely occur in early 2025, unless the completion of temples ahead of them and the subsequent announcement of their respective dedications pick up in the coming months. Stay tuned for more updates on this as I can make that happen. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
On this Saturday, the Church News has shared a few new reports: the first highlights a Latter-day Saint Professional Soccer player; a second summarizes Elder Michael T. Ringwood's counsel to BYU-Hawaii graduates; the third features observations from Church News Executive Editor Sarah Jane Weaver on faith and temples blessing generations; the fourth features the text of the message written by Lloyd Newell that will be delivered in tomorrow's English and Spanish broadcasts of "Music & the Spoken Word"; and the final report summarizes a religious liberty conference recently held in Australia. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteOn this Sabbath afternoon, the single-session evening rededication of the Manti Utah Temple, under the direction of Elder Ronald A. Rasband, will be underway in less than 3 hours. I will be sure to pass along reports on that event whenever they are provided (either later tonight or at some point tomorrow). In the interim, the Church News has shared a few new reports: the Young Women General Presidency and General Advisory Council highlight the importance of youth counseling together in quorums and groups. The latest edition of "In Case You Missed It: Week in Review" highlights the top 10 updates shared by the Church News within the last week. And with the "Come Follow Me" curriculum for next week focused on Mosiah 1-3, read what Church leaders and scholars have said about those chapters. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAdditionally, although I am still in the process of figuring out whether there are any new temple construction updates for today, I did want to note that the media day will be held tomorrow for the Coban Guatemala Temple. So if the Newsroom reports on the start of that open house and the rededication of the Manti Utah Temple tomorrow, I don't know whether any other major temple construction announcements will be made tomorrow. But if something new is announced above and beyond those two items, you can count on my covering those updates here as well. For now, back I go to checking for any temple construction status updates. My thanks once again to you all.
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