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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

BREAKING PERSONAL NEWS: I Have Started My YouTube Channel

Hello again, everyone! The purpose of this post is to advise those who are interested that I have started my YouTube Channel. That channel will allow me to share the updates I have customarily shared here. I do not expect that the creation or operation of this channel will impact my ability to share my reports as usual here. This will just allow my analysis of such updates to reach a wider audience. Stay tuned for more information on my YouTube channel as I get more content added to it. 

And, as always, also 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. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. 

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  1. James G. StokesJuly 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM

    The Church Office Building is now 50 years old. The Church continues to renovate that building as part of the ongoing renovation of the Salt Lake Temple. My thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesJuly 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM

      Construction status updates have been noted for the Yorba Linda California and Smithfield Utah Temples. My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesJuly 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM

      On this Thursday, a new Church News video recognizes the historic 5,000th episode of "Music & the Spoken Word". My thanks once again to you all.

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    3. James G. StokesJuly 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM

      Also, we are roughly one week away from Utah's state holiday, Pioneer Day. Usually, the Church appoints one of its' general leaders to serve as the Grand Marshall of the "KSL Days of '47 Parade", but there has been no word on who that will be yet this year. Just wanted to note that, FWIW. My thanks once again to you all.

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    4. James G. StokesJuly 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM

      The African Newsroom and the Church News have shared the names, ages, and for the adults, the branch callings, of those who died in that tragic accident in Lesotho that I previously mentioned. My thanks once again to you all.

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    5. James G. StokesJuly 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM

      The Church News has published this supplemental article to go along with this week's Church News podcast episode. My thanks once again to you all.

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    6. James G. StokesJuly 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM

      And the Canadian Newsroom shared a report one week ago today that was covered by the Church News today. My thanks once again to you all.

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