Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency has released an updated exterior rendering for the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple. The size, parameters, and temple site location remain unchanged. I do not have much personal insight into what has changed with the updated rendering due to my personal visual perception issues, but if any of you have any insights on that, I'd welcome your comments. No reason was given for the changes in question, so that's largely up for debate, unless the updated rendering will lead to a swifter approval for the temple in question, which will be built within an existing building.
It appears there is no other temple news for this week, which I find unusual, but not necessarily unsettling or concerning. So we will await the next major temple construction announcement next week.
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. 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 has also covered today's update. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteIt appears that the main difference in the rendering of that temple was the steeple size and design style.
ReplyDeleteAfter taking a closer look at the two designs. There are some slightly other designs aesthetically to the temple rendering. But the both renderings appear to be of similar size and shape for the most part. If you go to Rex Temple site under that temple and select the photograph gallery and then click on official You can look at both renderings.
DeleteHey, Chris! Sorry for my belated acknowledgement of your comments. I appreciate the insights you shared, and you are, of course, correct,t that the Church Temples site has pictures of both renderings. That same site features both renderings on the news page. And that temple's status has been updated to reflect recent legal action the Church took in response to a lawsuit halting the approval of the temple. I am not sure how the temple's redesign fits into that matter, but it is interesting. Thanks, as alwys, for sharing your insights, Chris! I always appreciate hearing from you.
DeleteYesterday, I missed reporting on the latest edition of "Latter-day Saints Around the World", which featured updates from Fiji, Liberia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines and Taiwan. Then this afternoon, the Church officially confirmed that President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, will preside over the dedicatory session for the Lindon Utah Temple, which will be held at 11:00 AM (most temple dedications have occurred at 10:00 AM recently). That information has been added to my document tracking current apostles' temple dedications during President Oaks' prophetic tenure. We know from coverage of the Burley Idaho Temple dedication that President Nelson invited his two counselors to self-assign the dedication of one temple. It is unclear whether or not that is true for the Lindon temple, but hopefully we find out this weekend, which also marks the dedication of the Davao Philippines Templ by Elder Dale G. Renlund.
ReplyDeleteMore news updates will follow in a new comment below. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
Other Church News update reported were the latest edition of the Church News podcast. Additional Relief Society videos released by the Church focus on building emotional resilience. The Church continues food donations across America for its' 205th anniversary this year. And in the latest BYU-Idaho devotional, BYU-Idhao President Alvin F. "Trip" Meredith III highlighted the importance of peacemaking. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church Temples site has reported that furnishings are being installed at the Smithfield Utah Temple. where major construction is nearly completed. It is unclear how long it will take until major construction is completed for that temple, and more particularly, how long it may take for a dedication to be announced. We still have 5 temples ahead of Smithfield in the construction queue, any or all of which may have dedications announced in the relatively near term. As for Smithfield, I would anticipate its' dedication being announced in 3-4 months, with that dedication possibly occurring before the end of the year. And, as we know, official details of the Church
Deletes plans to renovate the Manti Utah Temple are anticipated to be made public after the Smithfield Utah Temple is dedicated.
Beginning in October of this year or April of next year, we may find out more about the rededication plans for the Salt Lake Temple, which would take priority, but we do know that the plans to renovate the Logan Utah Temple have been in the works since 2018. So it will be interesting to see what happens. My thanks once again to you all.
On this Wednesday, the Church News has reported on what the second hour changes to the Sunday meeting block mean for Relief Society meetings. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteTop leaders from the Czech Republic and from Kazhkstan have recently visited Church headquarters, where they met with top leaders of the Church. Presidents Henry B. Eyring, D. Todd Christofferson, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, and Elder Gary E. Stevenson met with representatives of the Czech Republic, and on the same day, Elder Patrick Kearon greeted government leaders from Kazakhstan. This report may suggest that Elder Stevenson now has apostolic oversight of the Europe Central Area, while Elder Kearon may have apostolic oversight for the Middle East/Africa North Area, both of which were assignments most recently held by Elder David A. Bednar, who is now second in seniority in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. It is relatively common for senior members of the Quorum of the Twelve to have less demanding assignments (including the oversight of fewer areas) since they have unique responsibilities relating to the leadership of that Quorum. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has published another update that speaks for itself. My thanks onceagain to you all.
DeleteThe Church News posted this additional update, wh ich covers an evening address to MTC missionaries by Sister Amy A. Wright, the outgoing First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency, who serves on the Missionary Executive Council until her August 1 release. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has shared one other report. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church Temples site has noted updates on the Natal Brazil, Lethbridge Alberta, and WInchester Virginia Temples. Additionally, the latest status update on the Colarado Springs Colorado Temple (with photograph updates courtesy of Matthew Martinich, who owns and operates the Church Growth Blog) sends that temple nearly to the top of the list of those that may soon have a groundbreaking (I have the Lehi Utah and Fort Bend Texas Temples ahead of Colorado Springs). My thanks once again to you all.
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ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome, Chris! Thanks for your longtime friendship & readership.
DeleteThe Church News has covered the recent visitors to Church headquarters fromr that were reported by the Newsroom yesterday. The Church News is rnow available in French, or, as the French say it, "en francais". As someone who has had a longtime affinity with French (I took 3 years of it in High School), I am ecstatic about this milestone. And Sister Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency, taught about the power of Christ's light in a keynote address at the BYU Women's Confernece, which is underway for the next few days.
ReplyDeleteWith nothing new from the Newsroom, I am surprised, pleased, and stunned to share that the Church will have a supplement to the Church magazines that will mainly highlight President Dallin H. Oaks, but will also feature articles about his two First Presidency Counselors. Here's the amazing thing that blows me away, though: none of the 3 feature articles has been written by the apostles. The feature on President Oaks comes courtesy of Richard E. Turley, Jr., a former assistant Church Historian and Recorder who was commissioned by the First Presidency to write a biography of Joseph Smith. And the articles about the two First Presidency counselors were written by Michael R. Morris, a Church magazines staff writer. And those two articles about the First Presidency counselors are relatively short, while the article about President Oaks is feature-length. My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News shares one update while another was shared by the European Newsroom My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Friday, the CHurch News has provided a couple new reports about the BYU-Provo's Women's Conference, which spans 3 days: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The most recent reports share summaries of teachings by Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson, and Sister Sheri L. Dew, executive vice president and chief content officer of Deseret Management Corp (who also formerly served on the Relief Society General Presidency). My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Newsroom has reported on a full-circle moment in which Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was given an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Utah several decades after he left the institution to take a job with the Huntsman Corporation. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has also covered Elder Rasband's honorary degree, in addition to providing the latest edition of "This Week on Social, which included social media content from the following general Church leaders:
DeleteChurch President Dallin H. Oaks; Elders David A. Bednar, Neil L. Andersen (from whom multiple short posts were highlighted), Gary E. Stevenson, Ulisses Soares, and Gérald Caussé of the Quorum of the Twelve Aapostles; Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson; Sister Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency and the outgoing Primary General Presidency (President Susan H. Porter and Sisters Amy A. Wright and Tracy Y. Browning), who posted via Primary Worldwide; and each member of the outgoing Primary General Presidency (on their individual social media accounts).
My thanks once again to you all..
The Newsroom and the Church News both reported on the addresses given by Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Susan K. Bednar, at the BYU-Provo Women's Conference. The Church News shares <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/05/01/young-adult-interfaith-event-arthur-c-brooks-addresses-meaning-crisis-happiness-harvard/: >one other update</a> that speaks for itself. My thanks once again to you all.
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DeleteThe Church News has shared this update in advance of Sunday's dedication of the Davao Philippines Temple. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Saturday, Church News staff writer Joel Randall introduces us to new GA Seventy Elder Christian C. Chigbundu, who distinctively comes to this calling after only a year as a mission president. As we know, Elder Chigbundu will serve asBrother Randall also wrote about seeing God's hand through times and seasons. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News just introduced the first leaders of the Wichita Kansas Temple. That information has been added to my document for temples that have or may have new leaders named. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has shared the text of the message that was written and will be given by Brother Derrick Porter during tomorrow's 5,042nd episode of "Music & the Spoken Word". My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteChurch News staff writer Valerie Walton has been covering the biographies of newly called mission and temple leadership. As a result, a new article on the Church News highlights 62 temples for which new leaders have been called this year. Some of those counted were accounted for in my document for new temple leaders in 2025, and I don't believe we've seen the last of the 2026 temple leader announcements. Stay tuned here for coverage of that and anything else. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church has shared an FSY study plan to prepare youth worldwide for their new "For the Strength of Youth" curriculum that will be used starting September 6. If the youth study one chapter a week between tomorrow and September 6, they will be ready for the new curriculum.
DeleteAdditionally, right now, due to the time difference between the Philippines and Utah, it is now 2:17 PM Sunday in Davano, meaning that the temple's single dedicatory session likely ended a couple of hours ago. And the single dedicatory session for the Lindon Utah Temple will be held in roughly 9.5 hours (at 11:00 AM). With the dedicaion of the Lindon Utah Temple, it will be the 216th operating temple of the Church. And if the Church makes a goal to have a minimum of 300 operating temples dedicated in the 3.93 years between today (Sunday, May 3) and Saturday, April 6, 2030 (which will mark the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Church),=, that could be done if roughly 21.37 temples are dedicated per year, And it looks as though temple dedications will be picking up over the next couple of years, so that average could go down further as time goes on. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
On this Sabbath Day, the Philippines Newsroom reports on the dedication of the Davao Philippines Temple by Elder Dale G. Renlund, in addition to President Henry B. Eyring dedicating the Lindon Utah Temple. And Elder Gary E. Stevenson and his wife, Lesa, spoke at tonight's Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults, which originated from the the Orson Pratt Observatory at Brigham Young University and the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City.
DeleteMeanwhile, from the Church News comes the reorganizations of 21 stake presidencies around the world. The latest edition of "In Case You Missed It: Week in Review" covered the top 10 developments shared by the Church News this week. And with our "Come, Follow Me" study this week centering on Numbers 11-14, 20-24, and 27 (10 chapters in all), the Church News shares what Church leaders have taught about those chapters.
And of course, the Church News also covered the dedications in Davao Philippines and Lindon Utah, in addition to the Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults. Our apostles have been busy.
Given that the Church News and Newsroom covered both temple dedications today, I don't believe that will be the only temple news we get this week, especially since we have 5 temples awaiting dedication announcements and a number of temples waiting for groundbreakings, exterior renderings, and/or site confirmations. Whatever might happen in that regard, stay tuned here during the 2:00 PM hour for my coverage on that. For now, my thanks once again to you all.