Hello again, everyone! In the latest update on the Temple Square renovation, the precise dates have been released for the open house of the Salt Lake Temple. That open house will run from Wednesday, April 7, through Friday, October 1, and for the first time in open house history, the tours will run 7 days per week, Sundays included. It's wonderful to have this information confirmed.
We do not yet know when the temple will be rededicated, but I anticipate that the dedicatory sessions may be held for at least a week, and that there will be enough dedicatory sessions for each apostle to conduct at least one. Based on information available to me, my newest projections for that dedication window are Sunday, May 21, to Saturday, May 27, 2028.
Again, that's just my personal estimate, based on what I have been able to ascertain on my end. Nothing official has been confirmed, nor will it be until closer to when the open house either begins or ends. Until official sources confirm, correct, or clarify this, that is no more and no less than my own personal estimate, based on known factors.
I will be interested to see what happens as we get closer to the open house for the Salt Lake Temple. 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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The Church News has also covered the latest update on the Salt Lake Temple.My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Newsroom has provided one additional update. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteIt's my understanding that the Washington DC temple eventually held open house tours on Sundays fue to demand prior to its recent rededication.
ReplyDeleteHey, Scott! Thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts. I have scoured the sources I could find on the most recent open house for the Washington D.C. Temple and have found nothing to support this. Do you have a source for the information in question? Thanks.
DeleteI can't remember where I saw it. I tried looking for it too. Regardless I think it was a change towards the end, not over the entire open house. Do you really think the dedication won't happen until 8 months after the open house? I was assuming December or January. If it is pushed out further, maybe April 6th.
DeleteThe Salt Lake Temple and associated buildings will need to receive a final cleaning before the rededication takes place. That will take time. And given the fact that open house tours will go on for six full months, the amount of preparation involved preceding and for a rededication of those Temple Square buildings will almost certainly take 8 months at a minimum. And given what may need to be coordinated worldwide for this temple's rededication, having that occur almost a year after the tours in question conclude is perhaps an underestimate rather than an overestimate. I'd love to be proven wrong on that theory, but I don't believe I will be. Thanks, Scott.
DeleteOn this Saturday, the Church News has published a few new reports: Scott Taylor revisits the miracle of the rain in Africa; new Relief Society videos offer helpful counsel on discussions, counseling, and ministering; the Church has officially endorsed its' first female chaplain in Canada; the text of the message that will be offered by Brother Derrick Porter during tomorrow's 5,036th episode of "Music & the Spoken Word"; and the First Presidency and Elder Gérald Caussé met with the ambassador of Thailand. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteI am pleased to be able to report that full-scale construction is now underway for the João Pessoa Brazil Temple, which had its' groundbreaking a couple of months ago. There are now only 8 temples for which full-scale construction is currently pending. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News just published this explanation of what solemn assemblies are, when the last one was held (April 2018), and how the voting by Quorums and groups proceeded. Based on the fact that the last two Solemn Assemblies were conducted by the Second Counselor in the First Presidency, I am projecting that President Christofferson will lead the April 2026 Solemn Assembly, which I suspect will be separate from the sustaining of other general Church leadership changes. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAside from the update I noted above,in the early morning hours of this Sabbath Day, one other report has been provided thus far. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe latest edition of "In Case You Missed It: Week in Review" shares the top 10 developments reported in the Church News within the last week. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteAnd I somehow didn't realize that the status of the Lehi Utah Temple has been updated. Given where that temple status now stands, I am cautiously optimistic we might get word of a groundbreaking for this temple sooner rather than later. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOur "Come, Follow Me" study this week will center on Exodus 1-6. See what Church leaders have said about these six chapters. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Davao Philippines Temple media day was held on Monday (it is now early Tuesday morning there). The Philippines Newsroom and the Church News have covered that. But I do not believe that will be the only major temple construction update we get today. Stay tuned here at 2:00 PM MDT to see if that theory is correct. My thanks once again to you all.
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