Hello again, everyone! Today, the First Presidency announced the opening arrangements for the Tallahassee Florida Temple. A media day will be held on Monday, October 28, with VIP tours for the following two days. The public open house will run from Monday, November 4-Saturday, November 23, excluding the Sundays of November 10 and 17. The temple dedication will follow in two sessions at 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM EST on Sunday, December 8 (the same date as the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional).
But the intriguingly significant part of this announcement is that our newest apostle, Elder Patrick Keaorn, will preside at his first temple dedication. Oddly, the dedication will be held on the same day as the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional. Still, considering that fact, it seems unlikely that Elder Kearon will represent the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in speaking at that devotional that evening. What does this mean for upcoming temple dedications?
Barring anything unexpected, I anticipate that no other temples will be dedicated before the end of this year. Subsequent announcements may prove me wrong, but until then, I suspect that the Tallahassee Florida Temple will be the last one dedicated in 2024. That means that the beginning of 2025 will likely be swamped with temple dedications. I had estimated that this temple would be dedicated in mid-November, but I was also clearly wrong about that.
I am grateful for this announcement, and am glad I was right about us getting temple announcements in July. 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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Here is a new update on the short-term closure of the Toronto Ontario Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Church News also reported on the opening arrangements for the Tallahassee Florida Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAs another interesting development, the Church Temples site has adjusted the completion estimate for the Salt Lake Temple to 2026-2027. So that temple's dedication might be further out than I thought. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteA clarification has been provided on the construction status of the Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple. Additionally, a new photograph of the Cleveland Ohio Temple indicates that preliminary construction is underway. That temple thus moves up the queue with a general completion estimate of late 2026-early 2027, and a position between the Kaohsiung Taiwan and Knoxville Tennessee Temples. My thanks once again to you all.
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DeleteOn this Wednesday, the Church News has shared two new reports, each of which speaks for itself. Temple updates, if any, will follow shortly. My thanks once again to you all.
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DeleteTurns out there is only one temple construction update: Full-scale construction is about to begin on the Riberao Preto Brazil Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Independence Day Thursday in the United States, the Church News has shared two new reports, which speak for themselves. My thanks once again to you all.
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