Hello again, everyone! Today's major temple news pertains to 3 Latin American temples. The Coban Guatemala Temple was dedicated on Sunday by Elder Dale G. Renlund. The groundbreaking was held for the Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple on Saturday. Then today, the groundbreaking was announced for the Londrina Brazil Temple. The first two developments speak for themselves.
So let's discuss the groundbreaking for the Londrina Brazil Temple. The Londrina Brazil Temple will have its' groundbreaking on August 17, the same date as the previously announced groundbreaking for the Austin Texas Temple. Since Londrina Brazil time is two hours ahead of the time in Austin Texas, it's possible that the Londrina groundbreaking will occur before Austin.
Elder Ciro Schmiel, First Counselor in the Brazil Area Presidency, will preside at the temple groundbreaking. This groundbreaking announcement follows the temple's October 2022 announcement, a site location released roughly 7 weeks later, and the artistic rendering released on January 8 of this year.
This news is a very good sign. It means that groundbreakings this year will officially outpace groundbreakings last year. Last year, we only had 8 groundbreakings, with the last one taking place on November 25. So this year, the 8 groundbreakings we will have so far will occur by August 17, with 3.5 months left in the year for additional groundbreakings.
Hopefully, other groundbreakings will be announced soon. For my part, 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 also covered the announcements relating to the temples in Londrina Brazil and Santa Cruz Boliva. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteThe Church News has also shared two new reports. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAnd the Church News has shared the text of the prayer offered by Elder Dale G. Renlund to dedicate the Coban Guatemala Temple yesterday. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Tuesday, with no new updates yet from the Church News and the Newsroom, we turn our attention to updates that have been noted in the queue of temples estimated to be completed this year. As of yesterday, that queue was as follows:
DeleteMid-to-late 2024: Antofagasta Chile
Late 2024: Auckland New Zealand; Abidjan Ivory Coast; Farmington New Mexico; Grand Junction Colorado
Late 2024-early 2025: Elko Nevada
With the changes noted today, that queue now looks like this:
Mid-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
Additionally, an update has been noted on the status of the Grand Junction Colorado Temple, which confirms that that temple is the next one likely to be completed after the Antofagasta Chile Temple. I am still trying to determine what that means for my previously-offered dedication estimates, and will have that for you all ASAP, or with my second quarter (and first half) of 2024 Temple Construction Progress update, whichever comes first. My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has shared 4 new reports, each of which speaks for itself. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAnd the Newsroom has shared one new report as well. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteConstruction status updates have been provided for the Knoxville Tennessee and Salt Lake Temples. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Tuesday, the Newsroom and the Church News covered the additional details of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square's next leg of their multi-year Global Ministry Tour. The Newsroom shared one additional report, while the Church News additionally shared 3 other reports. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteThe Church News shared one other report. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Thursday, the Newsroom has shared one new report, while The Church News has shared three others.
DeleteAlso, there has been yet another change in the queue of temples anticipated to be completed in the next 6-10 months. Here's how the relevant part of that queue stood before the relevant changes:
Late 2024-early 2025: Elko Nevada
Early 2025: Alabang Philippines; Burley Idaho
Here's how the queue now looks as a result of the new changes:
Late 2024-early 2025: Elko Nevada; Burley Idaho
Early 2025: Alabang Philippines
So it appears that the construction of the Burley Idaho Temple has progressed more rapidly than that of the Alabang Philippines Temple. Once the next temple dedication is announced, that will help me get a better idea of the timing for subsequent dedications. And I anticipate that we will see other changes in the temple construction queue between now and the end of the second quarter (and first half) of this year, so stay tuned for my report on the progress, which will be published late in the day when June 30 transitions to July 1. My thanks once again to you all.
On this Friday, the Church News has announced the retirement of the Leanne Wilmore, the conductor of the Bells on Temple Square. No word on her replacement yet. The Mormon History Association's annual conference is underway at BYU, where Church Historian and Recorder Elder Kyle S. McKay provided context on the Church's recent purchase of the Kirtland Ohio Temple. Young Men General President Steven J. Lund and Brother Jan E. Newman, Second Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency, ministered in the Africa Central Area. As Elder D. Todd Christofferson prepares to dedicate the Salta Argentina Temple on Sunday, he has reflected on Church growth in Argentina and how his personal connections to that nation will make it a unique experience. The Newsroom and the Church News covered a press conference that marks Lloyd Newell's final Music & the Spoken Word message this week and introduced Brother Derrick Porter as Brother Newell's replacement starting the week after next week. The Newsroom also provided an update on the status of the Church in South Sudan, and Elder Gong's recent ministry trip to flood-devastated Porto Alegre Brazil.
DeleteAnd the latest edition of "This Week on Social" featured social media messages from the following general Church leaders: Acting President Jeffrey R. Holland and Elders Quentin L. Cook, Neil L. Andersen, Gary E. Stevenson, and Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson and her respective First and Second Counselors, Sisters J. Annette Dennis and Krstin M. Yee; Primary General President Susan H. Porter and her respective First and Second Counselors, Sisters Amy A. Wright and Tracy Y. Browning; and Brother Bradley R. (Brad) Wilcox, First Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency. My thanks once again to you all.