Temple Ticker
- Temple Open House Begins
- Columbus Ohio Temple
- Media Day – April 24th
- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine was the VIP
- Interior Photos Released
- New Exterior (Better Climate controls)
- Better building acoustics
- More/bigger windows for natural light
- Magnolia flower motif
- Moroni and Murals were kept!
- Temple was closed in August 2020
- Was able to open for 3 weeks during pandemic after the closure in March 2020
- Over 100 people were able to go for the first time
- Was able to open for 3 weeks during pandemic after the closure in March 2020
- Open House: April 29 – May 13
- Rededication: June 4th by M Russell Ballard
- Media Day – April 24th
- Columbus Ohio Temple
- Temple Groundbreaking
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple
- Peter F. Meurs presided on April 22
- A group of 18 men walked the 100km Kokoda Track to be at the groundbreaking
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple
- Temple sites and/or renderings released
- Montpelier Idaho Temple
- Two-story, 27,000 square feet
- Bronze Pyramid, Mini Orem temple?
- Groundbreaking scheduled for June 17
- Kumasi Ghana Temple
- 2.08 acre site next to the Bantama 1st/2nd ward meetinghouse
- Across from a Seventh Day Adventist and Pentecostal Church.
- Two-story, 22750 sq ft temple with an arrival center. (No rendering)
- 2.08 acre site next to the Bantama 1st/2nd ward meetinghouse
- Oslo Norway Temple
- 8 acre site in Hvalstad (In between Oslo and Drammen)
- On a hill overlooking a highway interchange, replacing some greenhouses (Basil, Tomatoes, Flowers, Peacocks)
- One-story, 10,800 sq ft temple with patron housing and arrival center.
- Gray-silver version of the Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple
- Missionary work started in 1850, most early converts moved to the U.S.
- Fourth temple in the Nordic countries (not Scandinavia, Newsroom)
- 8 acre site in Hvalstad (In between Oslo and Drammen)
- Montpelier Idaho Temple
- Temple Renovation Announced
- Toronto Onterio Temple
- Closing in October 2023 for nine month extended closure
- Why so short? Will there be an open house?
- Dedicated in 1990 by Gordan B. Hickley
- Closing in October 2023 for nine month extended closure
- Toronto Onterio Temple
- Construction Progress
- Stockholm Sweden Temple
- Closed at the end of March for reconstruction and expansion.
- 16k sq ft to 31k sq ft
- Four ordinance rooms to two with 40 seats each.
- Anticipated to take 3 years
- Closed at the end of March for reconstruction and expansion.
- Heber Valley Utah Temple
- Wasatch County Lighting Code Amended to Allow Uplighting
- Code requires that lights not shine directly into the night sky and instead must be captured by the building
- Bulbs must be shielded so that those that are off property can’t see the bulb shining
- businesses must turn lights off an hour after sunset or after they close, whichever comes later
- Church didn’t get all that it wanted
- The final ordinance requires a softer level of light than the faith initially sought.
- Wasatch County Lighting Code Amended to Allow Uplighting
- Burley Idaho Temple
- Former mayor files lawsuit against Burley City
- Anderson alleges the city did not allow a competitive bid process when they allowed the church to build the sewer extension that will eventually connect with 1500 new neighboring homes.
- City said it didn’t make sense to split up the sewer extension among other builders, and having the church’s contractor do it is cheaper. (The church did the bidding for the project already)
- Former mayor files lawsuit against Burley City
- Stockholm Sweden Temple
- Elder Bednar Video/Podcast interview
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