Hello again, everyone! In the Newsroom today, it was reported that ground was broken for the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple this morning. This was a surprise, as this groundbreaking had not been announced in advance. The history of that temple is available via the links shared above.Elder Michael A. Dunn, First Counselor in the North America Southwest Area, presided over the ceremony, I gather it was not announced in advance because the approval of that temple had been fought at every governmental approval level and even litigated in the courts, although a recent court complaint about the approval for that temple was dismissed for what I understand was a lack of legal standing.
This groundbreaking marks the 16th such ceremony conducted this year. On Saturday (2 days from now) ground will be broken for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple. With those and the other two recently announced groundbreakings for the Kumasi Ghana and Cape Town South Africa Temples, the 2025 groundbreaking total through late October now rises to 19 total before the end of October. I think it is highly likely that other temples will have groundbreakings confirmed soon, based on where some of them are in the current temple construction approval process.
The latest such updates will be available to view in my end-of-third-quarter 2025 temple construction overview which will be provided about 5 days from now. I am grateful to have learned about this latest temple update and for the opportunity to share that information with you all here. I invite you all to 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.
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It's unusual for a midweek groundbreaking. And I agree with you I think they had No announcement for a groundbreaking and put it on the middle of the week to reduce any kind of attention and controversy. I wonder how many other Temple groundbreakings we've had to have not been on a Saturday. And how many temples have actually begun construction without a formal groundbreaking?
ReplyDeleteI can think of Paris but I think there was one other.
The mid-week groundbreaking is unsual, but it's not unusual for a temple construction announcement to come on a Thursday, though, which used to be the standard day for major temple construction announcements before President Nelson's tenure as prophet. The last time I know of this happening was for the Cody Wyoming Temple last year. There was a groundbreaking for the Paris France Temple, but it wasn't publicly acknowledged as having occurred on any specific date until the temple dedication was announced.
DeleteOn my YouTube channel, someone confirmed the existence of the national opposition group that is pursuing every legal avenue to stop temple construction in the United States. But those actions have almost always been discussed for lack of standing. It's a pity that the Church has had to temporarily halt construction on the Heber Valley Utah Temple yet again simply because of a handful of residents spurred on by the national group. Hopefully the Utah Supreme Court will decide in favor of the Church and is just hearing the appeal to drive one final nail in the coffin of efforts there. The judge who said temple construction could go forward felt even after issuing the stay that her prior ruling was still correct, and that the approval of the temple was legal. So hopefully the Utah Supreme Court will favor the Church on this issue as well. Just some additional thoughts for whatever they are worth. Chris, thanks for taking time to comment. I always appreciate our longtime friendship and your longtime readership, and I always enjoy the chance to address your comments.
The Church News has also covered this groundbreaking. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteOther Church News updates include: new parenting resources from the Church, Elder Patrick Kearon provided perspective on how the Salt Lake Temple renovation correlates to healthy relationships between global faith leaders at the 8th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman and Sister Amy A. Wright, First Counsleor in the Primary General Presidency, taught the rising generation in the Europe Central Area about the power of their potential, and new GA Seventy Elder Wan-Liang Wu spoke at BYU-Hawaii about the importance of lifelong discipleship.
DeleteMeanwhile, from the Newsroom comes one other report. My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has shared another inspiring report. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Friday, the Newsroom and the Church News have both published articles highlighting the latest updates on the ongoing renovation of the Salt Lake Temple. The Newsroom also shared coverage of the conclusion of the Pacific Area ministry of Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson. And yesterday, the Newsroom shared a report that I somehow missed: the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders visited Church headquarters, where he met with President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Elders Anthony D. Perkins and Adilson de Paula Parrella, the respective President and First Counselor in the Eurasian Area Presidency. He also met later that day with Elder Gerrit W. Gong, also of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and toured Welfare Square at Church headquarters. He was invited to return in 2027 for the open house of the Salt Lake Temple and indicated he would do so.
DeleteTurning now to the Church News, we have the latest edition of "This Week on Social", which featured social media content from the following General Church leaders:
Elders David A. Bednar (from whom two posts were shared), Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, Ronald A. Rasband, Gary E. Stevenson, Gerrit W. Gong, and Ulisses Soares, all of whom are members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson and her Second Counselor, Sister Kristin M. Yee; and Sister Amy A. Wright, First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency.
The Church News also reported on a gathering of the descendents of the first Church pioneers from Italy; the aforementioned Sister Amy A. Wright spoke at a BYU Conference for the 30th anniversary of "The Family: A Proclamation to the World", where she taught four fundamental truths from that Procolamation; and the Church announced plans to publish the Nauvoo journals of early Latter-day Saint William Clyaton.. My thanks once again to you all.
With the Grand junction Colorado Temple the above article talks of initial opposition and the growth of the church in that area. https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/lds-church-suffered-initial-opposition-then-prospered-in-mesa-county/article_4f661cba-b7d8-4fe9-8f91-4f1ea84df0d1.amp.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information, Chris! I always appreciate hearing from you.
DeleteOn this Saturday, the Newsroom and the Church News reported on the groundbreaking for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple. The Newsroom also shared one other report, which speaks for itself. The Church News also shared coverage of the ministry of Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson and Sister Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency, in the Pacific, in addition to the text of the message that was given by Brother Derrick Porter during tomorrow's "Music & the Spoken Word".
ReplyDeleteThe Church News also published this report on the aforementioned Newsroom release taking us behind-the-scenes of General Conference, this editorial by Church News editor Jon Ryan Jensen, and provided this introduction to Brother Sean R. Dixon, the new Second Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency. My thanks once again to you all.
In temple news, today marked the final day of the open house for the Grand Junction Colorado Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe church has announced the passing of President Nelson
ReplyDeleteI saw that news not long after it broke. I have covered my thoughts on this in a new post. It'll be interesting to see what happens from here. Thanks, Scott Shipley! I appreciate hearing from you.
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