Stokes Sounds Off: BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Church President Russell M. Nelson Will Dedicate the Syracuse Utah Temple

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Monday, June 2, 2025

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Church President Russell M. Nelson Will Dedicate the Syracuse Utah Temple

Hello again, everyone! A short time ago, the Newsroom provided an official update indicating that President Nelson will preside at the upcoming June 8 dedication of the Syracuse Utah Temple. I had projected that he would do so, but now we have official confirmation of that feeling on my part. The prophet will be accompanied at the dedication by Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who is a native of nearby Cache County here in Utah.

The temple's sole dedicatory session will take place at 4:00 PM MDT, will be carried live to all stake centers in the temple district, and will be rebroadcast at 7:00 PM MDT, again to all stake centers in the temple district. While this is huge temple news, I do not believe it will be the only major temple construction update we will get today. So stay tuned here during the 2:00 PM MDT hour for my coverage of whatever additional updates we may get.

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  1. James G. StokesJune 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM

    My theory about additional major temple construction news obviously did not pan out the way I hoped it would. But I am pleased to share this report, confirming the information I outlined in my above post. The Church News also shared a few additional updates: study helps for the April 2025 General Conference talk by Elder Sergio R. Vargas, some analysis on the temples announced for Roanoke and Norfolk Virginia and Greenville North Carolina, Elder Ronald A. Rasband met with the Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast, a young Church service missionary with stage 4 cancer shares what brings him hope, and a BYU scholar's thoughts about how to see the Savior in the Doctrine and Covenants. There are no additional updates from the Newsroom today, so if there are any other temple construction updates, those will be posted here ASAP. In the meantime, my thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesJune 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM

      My document showing temple dedications during President Nelson's prophetic tenure has been updated in view of today's news about President Nelson presiding at the upcoming Syracuse Utah Temple dedication. My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesJune 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM

      The Newsroom's announcement of new temple leaders for 2025 has been updated to reflect yesterday morning's announcement about the first leaders for the Cleveland Ohio Temple. The updated release now shows 79 new couples who will begin serving later this year. My thanks once again to you all.

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