BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Locations Identified for Kumasi Ghana and Oslo Norway Temples; Rendering Released for Oslo; Renovations Coming to Toronto Ontario Temple

Hello again, everyone! The latest temple announcement has just been released. Locations have been confirmed for the Kumasi Ghana and Oslo Norway Temples. Additionally, a rendering has been released for the Oslo Norway Temple. And renovations are coming to the Toronto Ontario Temple. Let's get right into the details: The two-story 22,750 square-foot Kumasi Ghana Temple will be built at Y11 Suntreso Rd, Bantama, in Kumasi on a 2.08-acre site  

As some of you might recall, the African Newsroom shared a report on December 1, 2021, highlighting a visit from Elder Larry S. Kacher, then First Counselor in the Africa West Area presidency, to the king of the Ashante people of Kumasi. During that visit, a rendering, purportedly of the Kumasi Ghana Temple, was presented. If that rendering proves to be official, hopefully with the release of site information about the site announcement, the release of the exterior rendering could follow soon.

Moving on to Oslo Norway, not only do we have a site confirmation, but an exterior rendering as well. A single-story edifice of approximately 10,800 square feet will rise in Hvalstad, Norway, on an 8-acre site at the corner of Smedsvingen and Ravnsborgveien roads. Based on the exterior rendering, it seems likely that modular components could be used. Both the Oslo and Kumasi temples were announced in April 2021. 

In view of today's announcement, official information has been announced for all but 3 of the 20 temples originally announced during the April 2021 General Conference. And now, the number of announced temples that have not had any official information confirmed is down to 49. That brings us to the announced renovation of the Toronto Ontario Temple. 

The renovation closure will only last around 9 months and is set to begin in October 2023. So this may be a similar situation to the San Diego California Temple, where the work needed is sufficient enough to close the temple, but not sufficient enough to require a long-term closure. A nine-month closure beginning in October 2023 means that the Toronto Ontario Temple could be rededicated (whether publicly or privately, and whether in one or multiple sessions) in August or September 2024.

I am grateful to have learned of all of these updates and to be able to pass them along to you all here. I continue to monitor all such updates in addition to Church News and Newsroom updates and will bring word of those to you all here as they cross my radar. 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 the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines.

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BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Exterior Rendering Released for Montpelier Idaho Temple

Hello again, everyone! On March 6, the Church announced a groundbreaking for the Montpelier Idaho Temple, but a rendering for it had not been released. Per a new update on the Church's home page for 2023 temple news, that news release has been updated to show an exterior rendering for the Montpelier Idaho Temple. 

So we now officially have a rendering for that temple. I am pleased we at least got this update. I continue to monitor all other temple construction, Church News, and Newsroom updates, and will be sure to pass those along to you all here as I become aware of 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 the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

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BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Renovations Coming to the San Diego California Temple

 Hello again, everyone! As I mentioned at the tail end of my previous post, the Newsroom officially confirmed the dedication of the Okinawa Japan temple would occur, as specified in the Japanese Newsroom release. It also specified that  Elder Gary E. Stevenson will preside at that temple's dedication. That is fitting and proper since Elder Stevenson served his mission in Japan, later served as a mission president in that same nation, and came back again to Japan following his 2008 call as a General Authority Seventy when he served in the Asia North Area presidency and later as the president thereof.

But in addition to that, the Church's Newsroom release also indicated that renovations are coming to the San Diego California Temple, which will close in July 2023. That temple was originally dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the First Presidency to President Ezra Taft Benson. The dedication occurred on April 25-30, 1992. 

Though no other details of this renovation are available, I wouldn't be surprised if electrical, mechanical, and ancillary systems are updated, and it's possible that some of the furnishings and fixtures will be replaced, that rooms could be reconfigured or that parts of the temple could be altered for greater efficiency and durability. An estimated completion and open house and rededication arrangements will be provided at a later time.

I am grateful for this unexpected announcement. I continue to monitor all Church News, Newsroom, and temple construction updates and will pass those along to you all here as I become aware thereof. 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 the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. Please subscribe if you liked what you read here and would like to be informed of newly-added posts and comments. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.