Hello again, everyone! In a previous post, I referenced the fact that President Nelson has made several stops in Canada recently because these were quick trips his staff could arrange while he continues to prepare for General Conference. In this article from a newspaper in British Colombia, it was mentioned that President Russell M. Nelson, along with his wife, Wendy W. Nelson, and his Second Counselor, President Henry B. Eyring, will be making another such trip this weekend to speak at a member devotional in Langley, British Colombia.
Here's how recent this development is: I happened to hear of it before the news was ever covered by the Church News website. This continues another leg of President Nelson's World Ministry Tour, which is ongoing. I was pleased to hear of this news.
Now, I just wanted to interject a word here about potential future temples: Until the extent of President Nelson's temple-building plans are known (whether those are detailed more fully in either the October General Conference or at other points in the remaining 3.5 months of this year), I am not assuming, as I once did, that every city to which President Nelson pays a visit is in the running for a temple in the near future. I am working on trimming down my personal list for next October to a more reasonable amount, and time will tell how thoroughly, to what extent, and within what kind of timing those plans will be implemented.
As always, I continue to monitor any Church news and all temple developments and will do my best to bring word of those to you all as I become aware of it. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel feel to subscribe. 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.
Thursday, September 13, 2018
BREAKING NEWS: President & Sister Nelson, President Eyring to Visit Langley British Colombia
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
Media Interview President Nelson and Elder Renlund/First President Called for the Lisbon Portugal Temple
Hello again, everyone! I am pleased to be able to report two major Church news developments which have come to my attention within the last hour or so. First, while President Nelson and Elder Renlund were in the Caribbean Area, they made themselves available for an interview with different media outlets. The Church News shares this article highlighting the answers the two apostles gave in the interview done by the Church News.
The other major development is that the Church has once again announced the first president for a new temple anticipated to be completed next year. This week, the Church announced the identity of the first president of the Lisbon Portugal Temple, a man born and raised in the country. This brings the total number of temples which have had a new president called this year to 65, and the only temples remaining on my personal list are Fortaleza Brazil (for which a first president will likely be called in the near future) and Washington D. C. (although that temple is currently closed for renovation, the Church announced earlier this year a new president for the Asuncion Paraguay Temple, which is also closed for renovation, and which, as far as I know, has not had that process begin yet).
Given the number of new presidents that have been called over the last 4-6 weeks or so, I wanted to again share my full list of those temples which have had a new president announced. Before doing so, I did want to note one thing: Although it is fantastic that the Church has announced the first presidents of all temples anticipated to be dedicated next year (except for the Fortaleza Brazil Temple), unless something is occurring for each which no one knows about, it is more likely than not that none of those temples will be dedicated any sooner than previously indicated. As a refresher, I include a list of the latest general estimates I have available for the time-frames within which temples anticipated to be completed next year will be dedicated (or rededicated, for those that have been closed for renovation):
Kinshasa DR Congo, Fortaleza Brazil, Frankfurt Germany (rededication): Early-to-mid 2019
Port-au-Prince Haiti, Lisbon Portugal, Oklahoma City (rededication), Memphis Tennessee (rededication): Mid-2019
Durban South Africa, Baton Rouge Louisiana (rededication), Raleigh North Carolina (rededication): Mid-to-late 2019.
Oakland California (rededication): Late 2019-early 2020
I would anticipate that, at least for the Kinshasa and Fortaleza Temples, their dedications may be announced within the next 4-6 months, with the same being true for the likely rededication of the Frankfurt Germany Temple. I continue to monitor all of this and will pass along any updates to previously-offered estimates, whether general or more specific, as that becomes necessary.
In the meantime, my updated list of temples that have or may yet have a new president announced follows below. So as not to disturb the flow of that information, I will end here as I always do. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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.
The other major development is that the Church has once again announced the first president for a new temple anticipated to be completed next year. This week, the Church announced the identity of the first president of the Lisbon Portugal Temple, a man born and raised in the country. This brings the total number of temples which have had a new president called this year to 65, and the only temples remaining on my personal list are Fortaleza Brazil (for which a first president will likely be called in the near future) and Washington D. C. (although that temple is currently closed for renovation, the Church announced earlier this year a new president for the Asuncion Paraguay Temple, which is also closed for renovation, and which, as far as I know, has not had that process begin yet).
Given the number of new presidents that have been called over the last 4-6 weeks or so, I wanted to again share my full list of those temples which have had a new president announced. Before doing so, I did want to note one thing: Although it is fantastic that the Church has announced the first presidents of all temples anticipated to be dedicated next year (except for the Fortaleza Brazil Temple), unless something is occurring for each which no one knows about, it is more likely than not that none of those temples will be dedicated any sooner than previously indicated. As a refresher, I include a list of the latest general estimates I have available for the time-frames within which temples anticipated to be completed next year will be dedicated (or rededicated, for those that have been closed for renovation):
Kinshasa DR Congo, Fortaleza Brazil, Frankfurt Germany (rededication): Early-to-mid 2019
Port-au-Prince Haiti, Lisbon Portugal, Oklahoma City (rededication), Memphis Tennessee (rededication): Mid-2019
Durban South Africa, Baton Rouge Louisiana (rededication), Raleigh North Carolina (rededication): Mid-to-late 2019.
Oakland California (rededication): Late 2019-early 2020
I would anticipate that, at least for the Kinshasa and Fortaleza Temples, their dedications may be announced within the next 4-6 months, with the same being true for the likely rededication of the Frankfurt Germany Temple. I continue to monitor all of this and will pass along any updates to previously-offered estimates, whether general or more specific, as that becomes necessary.
In the meantime, my updated list of temples that have or may yet have a new president announced follows below. So as not to disturb the flow of that information, I will end here as I always do. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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.
New presidents have been called for the following
temples:
1.
Manaus Brazil
2.
Boise Idaho
3.
Denver Colorado
4.
The Hague Netherlands
5.
Oquirrh Mountain Utah
6.
Helsinki Finland
7.
The Gila Valley Arizona
8.
Brigham City Utah
9.
Stockholm Sweden
10. Palmyra
New York
11. Accra
Ghana
12. Papeete
Tahiti
13. Sao
Paulo Brazil
14. San
Jose Costa Rica
15. Albuquerque
New Mexico
16. Provo
City Center
17. Recife
Brazil
18. Cardston
Alberta
19. Payson
Utah
20. Porto
Alegre Brazil
21. Brisbane
Australia
22. Kansas
City Missouri
23. Oaxaca
Mexico
24. Regina
Saskatchewan
25. Cebu
City Philippines
26. Boston
Massachusetts
27. Colonia
Juarez Chihuahua Mexico
28. Billings
Montana
29. Houston
Texas
30. Sydney
Australia
31. Guatemala
City Guatemala
32. Hermosillo
Sonora Mexico
33. Montevideo
Uruguay
34. Indianapolis
Indiana
35. Laie
Hawaii Temple (the new president of this temple is the older brother of General
Authority Seventy Elder Donald L. Hallstrom)
36. Las
Vegas Nevada
37. Atlanta
Georgia
38. Buenos
Aires Argentina
39. Redlands
California
40. Draper
Utah
41. Tijuana
Mexico
42. Sacramento
California
43. Monticello
Utah
44. Bountiful
Utah
45. Freiberg
Germany
46. Oakland
California
47. Villahermosa
Mexico
48. Manti
Utah
49. Suva
Fiji
50. Vancouver
British Columbia
51. Tegucigalpa
Honduras
52. Fukuoka
Japan
53. St.
Louis Missouri
54. Trujillo
Peru
55. Asuncion
Paraguay (not anticipated)
56. Cordoba
Argentina
57. Taipei
Taiwan
58. Kinshasa
DR Congo (first president)
59. Concepcion
Chile (first president)
60. Barranquilla
Colombia (first president)
61. Rome
Italy (first president)
62. Durban
South Africa (first president; not anticipated)
63. Port-au-Prince
Haiti (first president)
64. Veracruz
Mexico
65. Lisbon
Portugal (first president)
The first presidents will likely be announced for the
following new temples:
1.
Fortaleza Brazil
New presidents may also be announced for the following
temples:
1.
Washington D. C. Temple (Note: The Church may
opt to wait on calling a new president for this temple until 2020 when it is
rededicated)
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Additional Church News Reported
Hello again, everyone! Though the big news for today was the temple updates which I provided in the last post, I wanted to pass along some additional Church news stories which have been reported within the last 12 hours. Let's dive right into those.
First and foremost (in indirect relation to the six-part series of articles the Church News published covering the ministry of our apostles), the Church News shared these quotes from each member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles about the prophetic calling and ministry of Church President Russell M. Nelson.
Second, although the Church maintains political neutrality in terms of candidates running for office, Church leaders continue to monitor issues facing the Saints around the world, and often contribute support, thoughts, and perspective about such issues. Because Utah is facing an issue on the ballot this November that would legalize the use of medical marijuana, the Church has joined a coalition which has among its' members leaders of other faiths, prominent politicians, and doctors.
The coalition, which (in my opinion) correctly observes that legalizing marijuana for medical use is not the problem, but the wording of the ballot initiative as it now stands is (as there is nothing which would prevent people from using it as a loophole to use the substance in a non-legal recreational way), has three Church leaders on it: Elder Craig C. Christensen (who serves as president of the Utah Area (which is, as I previously noted, a singular term, though the state has previously been three separate areas)), Elder Jack N. Gerard (who was sustained as a General Authority Seventy last April and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Church Public Affairs Department), and Sister Lisa L. Harkness (who was sustained First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency last April).
The three leaders recently participated on a radio show to more fully illuminate the reasons the Church has weighed in on this issue, and to explain why the initiative as it now stands would prove problematic to the citizens of Utah. They also reiterated the fact that, if the problems with the current wording of the initiative were resolved, the Church could (and probably would) get on board to support such a measure. You can read more about that here.
And finally, Elder Kevin J. Worthen, an area seventy here in the Utah Area who also serves currently as president of BYU-Provo, offered some thoughts in the first devotional held by the school this semester, in which he explained 3 ways each of us can more fully recognize that we are not spiritually tone-deaf, and may be receiving more revelation than we might realize and recognize at times.
I continue to monitor any and all Church news and temple developments and will do my level best to pass word of those along to you all as I become aware of such updates. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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.
First and foremost (in indirect relation to the six-part series of articles the Church News published covering the ministry of our apostles), the Church News shared these quotes from each member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles about the prophetic calling and ministry of Church President Russell M. Nelson.
Second, although the Church maintains political neutrality in terms of candidates running for office, Church leaders continue to monitor issues facing the Saints around the world, and often contribute support, thoughts, and perspective about such issues. Because Utah is facing an issue on the ballot this November that would legalize the use of medical marijuana, the Church has joined a coalition which has among its' members leaders of other faiths, prominent politicians, and doctors.
The coalition, which (in my opinion) correctly observes that legalizing marijuana for medical use is not the problem, but the wording of the ballot initiative as it now stands is (as there is nothing which would prevent people from using it as a loophole to use the substance in a non-legal recreational way), has three Church leaders on it: Elder Craig C. Christensen (who serves as president of the Utah Area (which is, as I previously noted, a singular term, though the state has previously been three separate areas)), Elder Jack N. Gerard (who was sustained as a General Authority Seventy last April and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Church Public Affairs Department), and Sister Lisa L. Harkness (who was sustained First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency last April).
The three leaders recently participated on a radio show to more fully illuminate the reasons the Church has weighed in on this issue, and to explain why the initiative as it now stands would prove problematic to the citizens of Utah. They also reiterated the fact that, if the problems with the current wording of the initiative were resolved, the Church could (and probably would) get on board to support such a measure. You can read more about that here.
And finally, Elder Kevin J. Worthen, an area seventy here in the Utah Area who also serves currently as president of BYU-Provo, offered some thoughts in the first devotional held by the school this semester, in which he explained 3 ways each of us can more fully recognize that we are not spiritually tone-deaf, and may be receiving more revelation than we might realize and recognize at times.
I continue to monitor any and all Church news and temple developments and will do my level best to pass word of those along to you all as I become aware of such updates. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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.
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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