Hello again, everyone! Today, the traditional Monday major temple construction announcement came half an hour later than I had anticipated. But what an announcement it was! Today, the First Presidency officially confirmed the opening arrangements for the Deseret Peak Utah Temple, shared the exterior rendering for the Wellington New Zealand Temple, and provided the site confirmation and preliminary details for the Brussels Belgium Temple. There's a lot to break down, so let's get right into the relevant details:
We start with the opening arrangements for the Deseret Peak Utah Temple. A media day will be held on Monday, September 23, with invited guests touring the temple the next two days. The public open house will occur from Thursday, September 26-Saturday, October 19, excluding Sunday, September 28, Saturday and Sunday, October 5-6 (General Conference weekend), and Sunday, October 13.
The Deseret Peak Utah Temple will then be dedicated on Sunday, November 10. The number of dedicatory sessions, their times, and the presiding apostle will be announced at a later date. That could indicate a hope that President Nelson might preside thereat, at which point he would be two months past his 100th birthday. But that is merely my own theory, based on how little information was released about this dedication today.
The Wellington New Zealand rendering as released today reflects the originally announced details released about this temple on November 28, 2022. Hopefully the release of this rendering puts this temple closer to a groundbreaking. How soon that might happen is not for me to say, but the Church has surprised us in the past, so it will be interesting to see Others more qualified than I can comment further on the details of this rendering as they choose to do so below.
That brings us to the new information released today about the Brussels Belgium Temple. According to today's release, "The temple will be built within an existing building at Ave des Arts 52, Brussels, Belgium. Plans call for a multistory temple of approximately 25,500 square feet, a meetinghouse, and arrival facilities. This will be the city’s first temple." The fact that temple facilities will be built within an existing building is surprising to me. But I look forward to seeing how all of that will work out.
As a result of today's update, 48 temples have no official information confirmed yet. Also, all but 1 of the temples originally announced in April 2021 have now had some official information announced. 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.
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The Church News has covered all three updates from the Church today, My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteThe Church News has also shared the texts of the prayers offered to dedicate the Layton Utah and Salta Argentina Temples respectively. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAs someone who lives in the Manhattan New York Temple district, I’m excited to see how the Brussels Belgium Temple turns out. It’ll be nice to have another multipurpose temple, as well as another temple-within-a-building. Though that does mean that Manhattan might lose its distinction of being the only temple where you can hear basketball in the Celestial Room! (Actually, I suspect the renovation is probably going to add additional interior soundproofing, and I’d be surprised if the Temple Department doesn’t apply lessons learned from Manhattan to the Brussels Belgium Temple.)
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DeleteHello again, everyone! Late yesterday, following the announcement of the opening arrangements for the Deseret Peak Utah Temple, the Church of Jesus Christ Temples page again noted some changes in the queue of temples anticipated to be completed by the end of this year and the beginning of next year. As of Sunday, that queue stood as follows:
ReplyDeleteMid-to-late 2024: Antofagasta Chile; Grand Junction Colorado; Farmington New Mexico
Late 2024: Auckland New Zealand; Abidjan Ivory Coast
Late 2024-early 2025: Elko Nevada; Burley Idaho
Early 2025: Alabang Philippines
With the changes noted, the queue now looks like this:
Mid-to-late 2024: Antofagasta Chile; Grand Junction Colorado; Farmington New Mexico
Late 2024: Abidjan Ivory Coast
Late 2024-early 2025: Elko Nevada; Burley Idaho
Early 2025: Auckland New Zealand; Alabang Philippines
The main change, as reflected above, is that the Auckland New Zealand Temple moved down from being the first temple anticipated to be completed in late 2024 to now being the first temple anticipated to be completed in early 2025.
Given that I just found this information out late last night, I am still exploring what this means for the estimates I have previously shared. I will have that reflected in my end-of-second-quarter (and first half) of 2024 temple construction progress report, along with my best altered more specific estimates for dedications. My thanks once again to you all.
Big announcement from the Church today. See these articles from the Newsroom and the Church News for details. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has shared three new reports, the last of which corresponds to a Newsroom report from yesterday. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAside from the temple updates I mentioned this morning, a construction status update has been noted for the Burley Idaho Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Wednesday, the Newsroom and the Church News have provided one new report apiece. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has provided one additional update. And although there have been no other changes to their general estimates, status updates have been noted today on the Grand Junction Colorado, Farmington New Mexico and Abidjan Ivory Coast Temples. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has provided one additional update. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Friday, the Church News has updated the article covering general Church leaders' responses to President Nelson's 100th birthday invitation to "reach out to the one". And the 2024 Seminar for New Mission Leadership kicked off today with opening remarks from Acting President Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. More reports will follow, which will be shared here as time and circumstances allow. In the interim, a repository for all such reports will also be shared whenever that is provided. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteThursday. It's Thursday. Still in a time warp. Sorry.
DeleteThe latest updates on the Santa Cruz Bolivia and Teton River Idaho Temples indicate that both now have full-scale construction underway. Given the larger size of the Teton River Idaho Temple, I have estimated we may only see its' dedication in late 2028 at earliest. Meanwhile, for the Santra Cruz Bolivia Temple, I think that one could be dedicated in late 2027, or early 2028 at latest. Hopefully work can soon get underway for the Cleveland Ohio Temple.
DeleteJust a quick word here about what we might see announced next Monday. Since the Tallahassee Florida Temple is just receiving finishing touches, unless it has been adversely impacted by the flooding in Florida, a dedication could be announced on Monday and set for November 10, 17, or 24. We might also see one or more groundbreakings, exterior renderings and/or site confirmations as well. My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has shared summaries of the remarks of Elder Quentin L. Cook (who, unless things have changed, is the Chairman of the Missionary Executive Council) and Elder D. Todd Christofferson. The Church News has also provided a repository page for the summaries of remarks given during the 2024 Mission Leadership Seminar. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Friday, The Church News has shared two inspirational reports, two others from the 2024 Mission Leader Seminar, and the latest edition of "This Week on Social".
DeleteThe latest installment in that ongoing series featured social media content from the following general Church leaders: Acting President Jeffrey R. Holland and Elders David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, Ronald A. Rasband, and Dale G. Renlund, all of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Sister J. Anette Dennis, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency (via Relief Society Worldwide); Primary General President Susan H. Porter and her Second Counselor, Sister Tracy Y. Browning; Sunday School General President Mark L. Pace; and Young Men General President Steven J. Lund and his First Counselor, Brother Bradley R. (Brad) Wilcox.
My thanks once again to you all.
Also, the Newsroom shared one new report yesterday that I might have forgotten to pass along. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThroughout this afternoon and evening, reports on the Mission Leadership Seminar have continued to roll in. The latest reports include summaries of addresses by President Henry B. Eyring Sister Amy A. Wright, First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency, who also serves as a member of the Missionary Executive Council, and Elder W. Mark Bassett, a General Authority Seventy who also serves as the Executive Director of the Church's Missionary Department. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteJust found out that tomorrow's groundbreaking for the Riberao Preto Brazil Temple will take place at 9:00 AM local time, which is 6:00 AM here in Utah. So in less than 6 hours, the groundbreaking will take place. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe groundbreaking for the Riberao Preto Brazil Temple took place as scheduled this morning. The Church Temples site has also noted that the Nairobi Kenya Temple (formerly the first estimated to be completed in mid-2025) is now the first estimated to be completed in early to mid-2025, ahead of the Syracuse Utah Temple, for which the completion estimate remains unchanged.
DeleteMeanwhile, the Church News has provided the text of the first message that will be given by Derrick Porter during tomorrow's "Music & the Spoken Word". The Church News has also provided two other reports which speak for themselves, in addition to more updates from the Seminar for New Mission Leadership.
The latest updates there include the summaries of remarks by President Dallin H. Oaks and Elders Gerrit W. Gong, Dale G. Renlund, and Gary E. Stevenson. My thanks once again to you all.
And the Church News also just shared a summary of remarks by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News also summarized remarks by Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this early Sabbath Day, the Church News has shared an inspiring story that you won't want to miss out on. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteThe latest edition of "In Case You Missed It: Week in Review" has summarized the top 10 developments reported by the Church News this week. The Church News also shared teachings from Church leaders about Alma 13-16, which is the "Come, Follow Me" curriculum for this week. And updates from the Seminar for New Mission Leadership include summaries of remarks by Church President Russell M. Nelson and Elders Ronald A. Rasband and Neil L. Andersen. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteWith the next anticipated major temple construction announcement now just 10 minutes or so away, the Newsroom and the Church News have provided one new report apiece. My thanks once again to you all.
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