Hello again, everyone! This afternoon, the First Presidency announced a groundbreaking for the Singapore Temple. The announcement follows that temple's announcement in April 2021, with the site confirmed in October 2022, and the release of its exterior rendering just two months later. The Church selected its general contractor in May of last year, and the existing structures on the site were demolished beginning in December of last year.
I had projected that the groundbreaking for this temple would occur in the relatively near term, and I had also projected that the Church could break ground for other temples before that of the recently announced Welington New Zealand Temple on August 2, and I was correct on that as well. As for the groundbreaking for Singapore's first temple, it is set to occur on Saturday, June 28, under the direction of Elder Kelly R. Johnson, First Counselor in the Asia Area Presidency.
This announcement will now make this temple the tenth to have a groundbreaking this year, and knocks the Wellington New Zealand Temple down to being the eleventh. The eleventh temple groundbreaking last year took place on September 7, so the Church is now 5 weeks ahead and counting for temple groundbreakings in 2025 vs. 2024.
I am grateful for this fantastic news and the chance to share it here. Stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. 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 all such feedback is made per the established guidelines.
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The Church News also reported on this update. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteThe African Newsroom and the Church News have both reported on the groundbreaking for the Lagos Nigeria Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAnd the Chilean Newsroom has finally reported on the media day for the Antofagasta Chile Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News also reported on the Antofagasta Chile Temple opening. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe latest updated general completion estimates for temples under construction or undergoing renovations can be found in this document. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Tuesday, the Church News has shared a few new reports: study helps for Elder Quentin L. Cook's April 2025 General Conference talk; the annual emeritus luncheon for current and former leaders in the Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary General Presidencies and General Board/General Advisory Council members; and how the Church is addressing mental health challenges in West Africa.With no new updates from the Newsroom, I will be checking for any temple construction status updates and will gpost those here ASAP after I learn of them. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has shared three additional reports. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Wednesday, the Church News has shared a total of 5 new reports. Additionally, the Church Temples site reports that the Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple has moved ahead of the Montpelier Idaho Temple in the queue, and that the Pago Pago American Samoa Temple has moved ahead of the Cleveland Ohio Temple, though their general completion estimates have not changed. Those latest updates are reflected in this document. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Thursday, the Church News has shared 4 new reports. And with no new reports from the Newsroom today, I will provide any new temple construction status updates ASAP. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteTemple construction status updates have been noted within the last 24 hours on the Queretaro Mexico and Santa Cruz Bolivia Temples. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Friday, the Church News has shared three new reports, which speak for themselves, in addition to the latest edition of "This Week on Social", which featured posts from the following general Church leaders:
DeleteActing President Jeffrey R. Holland and Elders Dieter F. Uchtdorf, D. Todd Christofferson, and Gerrit W. Gong, all of whom are members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman and her First Counselor, Sister Tamara W. Runia; Sister Tracy Y. Browning, Second Counselor in the Primary General Presidency; and Brother Bradley R. (Brad) Wilcox, the outgoing First Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency. My thanks once again to you all.
Here is one more update from the Church News. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Saturday, the Church Temples site has noted updates on the following temples: Willamette Valley Oregon, Ephraim Utah, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea, Montpelier Idaho, Managua Nicaragua, and Natal Brazil, with the latter update confirming that the groundbreaking for Brazil's newest temple took place as scheduled this morning.
ReplyDeleteAbove and beyond that, the Church News shared a few new reports as well: another report by Church News editor Jon Ryan Jensen; a look back at how the Church in Kenya has progressed in a remarkably short period of time from its' formal recognition of the Church to now the eve of the dedication of its' first temple in Nairobi (it is now just past 1:00 AM Sunday, so the single-session dedication will commence in less than 9 hours); principles of family leadership were taught by BYU-PW President Brian K. Ashton and his wife during a devotional held yesterday; how tomorrow's message during "Music & the Spoken Word", by Derrick Porter will echo messages given by his three immediate predecessors, Elder Richard L. Evans of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Brothers J. Spence Kinard and Lloyd D. Newell; and a summary of teachings from Sister J. Anette Dennis, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, and GA Seventy Elder Steven R. Bangerter to a YSA conference in Pocatello Idaho (Elder Bangerter is currently the First Counselor in the North America Central Area, but on August 1, he will transition to other assignments at Church headquarters). My thanks once again to you all.