BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Site Location Confirmed for the Tacoma Washington Temple

Hello again, everyone! Today, the First Presidency officially confirmed the site location and details for the Tacoma Washington Temple. Let's break down this announcement. A multi-story temple of 45,000 square feet will rise on an 11.6-acre site at approximately 1405 South 364th Way, Federal Way, Washington. An accompanying utility building will also be included in that project. 

The temple, originally announced in October 2022, will be the fifth such edifice in Washington state. As a result of today's announcement, there are now 45 announced temples for which no official information has yet been announced.  I am grateful for this announcement. Stay tuned here for 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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BREAKING NEWS: Next Batch of New Hymns Released

Hello again, everyone! Per an email that I received from the Church last week, the next batch of new hymns is expected to be released today. I am not sure how many hymns that will be, or what they might be. But I look forward to finding that out for sure. But today, I am also undergoing gallbladder surgery. So my analysis of the newly-released hymns will be delayed until further notice. But I look forward to providing my thoughts on that announcement ASAP. In the meantime, my thanks once again to you all.

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple Open House Begins; Groundbreaking Held for the Wichita Kansas Temple; Groundbreaking Scheduled for the Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple

Hello again, everyone! The latest temple news was shared this afternoon. The Newsroom has covered the start of the public open house for the San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple, confirmed the groundbreaking for the Wichita Kansas Temple, and set the groundbreaking for the Tarawa Kiribati Temple. Since the first two updates speak for themselves, all that remains is to cover the groundbreaking for the Tarawa Kiribati Temple.

The groundbreaking will occur on Saturday, November 2, 2024, with Elder Jeremy R. Jaggi, who serves as Second Counselor in the Pacific Area Presidency, presiding. Prior to today's announcement, the Tarawa Kiribati Temple was the temple for which its site had been confirmed for the longest period without a groundbreaking announcement being made. Given the fact that this groundbreaking was scheduled for just under two months from now, I think we will see other groundbreakings set to occur between now and then.

I also wanted to take a look at how this changes temple groundbreakings in 2023 vs. 2024. As you can see, there will be 12 groundbreakings (if nothing else is scheduled between now and then)  this year in roughly the same amount of time it took for the Church to have 8 groundbreakings last year. So that's significant.

I will just add here that I was a little surprised that there was no site announcement for the Tacoma Washington Temple as I had previously reported, so the information I received about that was clearly in error. I apologize if I misled anyone to believe something that didn't turn out to be true.  

Stay tuned here for 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. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe for the applicable updates. 

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