Articles of News 6.30.2022
- Find The Cultural Hall on Instagram
- What people are saying about The Book of Mormon videos #spoilers
- Sample of an old Book of Mormon video
- Is Night Shift really helping you sleep better?
- How flooding in Yellowstone is affecting Latter-day Saints
- Josh Coates has a tank!! plus more
- RootsTech 2023!! In person and online
- A few changes in Come Follow Me 2023
- ‘Book of Mormon’ on Broadway marks 4,000 performances
- McKay Coppins’ thoughts on Under the Banner of Heaven
- McKay Coppins Episode 384
- How to be a Patreon Saint
- Church cuts water usage in the West
- Nauvoo pageants continue! What to know before going
- What’s wrong with Prius drivers?
- 3 countries have more than half the stakes in Europe
- Julianne Hough opens up about being queer and ‘Mormon’
- Derek and Julianne Hough ‘Step Into…the Movies’
- Footloose (2011)
- Brandon Flowers shares his testimony
- Brandon Flowers, ‘I’m a Mormon’
- Changes to Tithes and Offerings categories
- Minerva Teichert: A pioneer in painting
- Mark Chapman, accused of doing bad stuff
- Moray man jailed for waving replica gun
- Primary teacher pleads guilty to sex abuse
- Letter emphasizes safety in activities
- BYU’s first ever approved LGBTQ demonstration
TEMPLE TICKER
- Groundbreakings
- Smithfield Utah
- June 18
- Quinton L Cook & Gary E Stevenson – both grew up in Cache Valley
- 2nd temple in the Valley and the fourth temple that will have two baptistries.
- (81,000 sq ft)
- Farmland – House that was on the property was burned down for fire training.
- Yorba Linda California
- Meetinghouse Demolished
- Steeple height reduction
- New rendering released
- Perhaps inspiration from Stanford University Hoover Tower, Boise Train Depot. South Salt Lake Columbus School.
- First temple of this floorplan to have a forward steeple
- (30,000 sq ft)
- June 18 – Mark A Bragg – Southern California Native & president of the North America West Area.
- “Outside of Utah and Idaho, there is not another county in North America that will have two temples within its borders.” (Church news updated his quote)
- He Forgot Maricopa County AZ (3)
- Other Counties
- Madison ID (2)
- Ada ID (2)
- Washington (2)
- Sanpete (2)
- Cache (2)
- Davis (3)
- Salt Lake (5)
- Utah (7)
- Meetinghouse demolition
- Open Houses
- Washington DC
- Final Guest count – 350,000
- Rededication Concert on June 11/12
- Visitors Center reopening on June 17
- Cut-out model
- Dedications
- Praia Cape Verde – #173
- June 19th – Elder Anderson
- 10,000 visitors including the president of Cabo Verde
- Two Sealing/Endowment Rooms that can change
- Four Stakes, one District
- ““We do not have small temples,” Bednar said in a news release. “A temple is a temple. The covenants and ordinances are exactly the same in every temple, regardless of size.”
- Hong Kong Rededication (#48)
- June 19th – Elder Gong
- Rededication streamed to members in temple district
- Four temples planned for South Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, India, Singapore)
- Limited coverage from church media Newsroom with only two interior photos.
- More interior photos published on church website
- I updated my article on This Week in Mormons
- Construction updates
- Greater Guatemala City Guatemala Temple Name Change
- “Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala City Temple”
- Named after the nearby commercial area. (Really located in the Roosevelt Neighborhood).
- Rexburg Idaho North Temple name change
- “Teton River Idaho Temple”
- Teton Dam Disaster
- Located 1.5 miles from the temple site
- Located 3 miles from Rexburg Temple (Both on 2nd East)
- Angel Moroni on Urdaneta Philippines Temple
- Temple announced in 2010
- Anticipated to be completed in 2023
- Two More Moroni statues
- Salta Argentina
- Puebla Mexico
- Construction Update Photos
- Best Resource: https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/
- Construction status tab – regularly updated photos
- Social media accounts as well.
- Best Resource: https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/
- “Teton River Idaho Temple”
- Greater Guatemala City Guatemala Temple Name Change
- Praia Cape Verde – #173
- Washington DC
- New rendering released
- Smithfield Utah
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