CORRECTION: Temple Dedications Announced in 2017

Hello again, everyone! I am posting very briefly tonight to note a self-correction of a previous assertion made on this blog. Earlier today, I had noted that tomorrow (January 30) would mark one year since the final three temple dedications of 2017 were announced. A double-check of the facts on my part verified that the announcement of those three events (for Tucson Arizona, Meridian Idaho, and Cedar City Utah) were actually announced on January 26, so it has been over a year since that time.

It could very well be that it was easier for the First Presidency to determine last year that all three US temples most recently dedicated were making sufficient enough progress to allow the announcement of the final two over three-quarters of a year prior to their actual occurrence than it would be to gauge how soon temples outside the US might be ready. We also saw the Jordan River Utah Temple rededication announced in early August last year, even though that will not occur until mid-May.

With all of that in mind, I would hope that we will be seeing a few future temple events for this year officially announced in the near future, but there are no hard and fast set rules about when that could occur. I will do my best to bring you the latest developments in that regard and will be sure to pass along any updates as I become aware of them.

That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

Update Provided on Raleigh North Carolina Temple

Hello again, everyone! Although I somehow managed to overlook reporting this when I originally became aware of it a few days ago, I wanted to post again now and pass along an update on the renovation process for the Raleigh North Carolina Temple.

The update shows that that temple has had its steeple and entrance canopy removed, and that the temple's exterior marble cladding is coming down. It is good to have found out about this, and I am grateful I can now pass that along to you.

That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

Updates Provided on First Two Temples Anticipated to be Dedicated This Year

Hello again, everyone! I am back, this time with an update on the status of the first two new temples anticipated to be dedicated next year. For the first, the nature of the update is a slight tweak in the wording of its' status. For the second, it has made somewhat significant progress. So let's get right into that.

I had reported over the weekend that, with the exterior stone cladding completed and with interior work progressing, bushes and flowers were being planted in the perimeter gardens of the Concepcion Chile Temple. Today when I looked at the sources I had available for temple-related information, the specific reference to the bushes and flowers going in was taken out an replaced by a simple statement that the planting of the perimeter gardens continues. As I noted above, it is just a minor wording adjustment, but seemed significant enough to report.

Meanwhile, reports have come in that indicate that the Barranquilla Colombia Temple is progressing as well, with the installation of art glass, an irrigation system, and driveway pavers well underway. Additionally, as with the Concepcion Chile Temple, it has been reported that perimeter gardens are being planted on the temple grounds.

Since the updated status of these two temples share certain elements, I am more convinced than ever that their dedications will likely take place fairly close together. As of yesterday, I advanced the idea that the Concepcion Chile Temple could be dedicated in mid-August, and that the Barranquilla Colombia Temple might only be dedicated in mid-October, with the rededication of the temple in Frankfurt Germany occurring between the two, in September.

Based on how similar the status of these two new temples happen to be, it could be that the Church may opt to have the two dedicated a few weeks apart, rather than letting a couple of months pass between the two.

Regarding the future time-frame for temple-related events, I took the time to refresh my memory on the particulars, and tomorrow will mark one year to the day when the Church announced the details of the last three temples dedicated last year (Tucson Arizona in August, Meridian Idaho in November, and Cedar City Utah in December).

With that in mind, and recognizing that there may be more to scheduling such events for temples outside the US, it would not surprise me at all if we were to hear within the next couple of months (perhaps sooner rather than later) the announcement of temple dedications that will be held before the end of this year.

On that subject, it appears that the new First Presidency has hit the ground running, since the first temple-related news released by them (the renovation of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple) was announced three days after their introduction to the media, and five days after the reorganization occurred.

So it seems safe to assume that there will likely not be a very long wait in terms of when we can expect the next temple news from our new leadership. And while it may be a while after that before we hear of the timing for the final temple events of this year, it will be interesting to see how soon any such news actually is announced.

Whatever might occur in that regard, you can depend on my bringing news of it to you all as soon as I am able to do so after learning of it. So stay tuned for that in the near future. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.