- Temple Dedication
- Saratoga Springs Utah Temple – #179, #18 in Utah.
- August 13th presided by Henry Eyring
- Saturday YSA Fun Run preceding the dedication
- Saratoga Springs Utah Temple – #179, #18 in Utah.
- Temple Open House Begins
- Feather River California Temple
- August 19th to September 9th
- Focus on religious diversity of Yuba City
- Sikh sold the property to the church
- Interior Photos Released
- Arch theme seen in Windows, ceilings, veil, outside plaza
- 100 year old olive trees transplanted to the site
- California Poppy, almond blossoms, cherry wood themes
- Another fancy chandelier in the brides room
- McAllen Texas Temple
- August 25th to September 9th
- Spanish Speaking Missionaries Came to the Rio Grande Valley in the 1920’s
- More Spanish Speaking Congregations than English ones.
- Three Stakes on Texas Side, Four stakes on Mexico side.
- Interior Photos Released
- Spanish Colonial Style: citrus blossoms, barbed quatrefoils, scrolls and ribbons.
- blues, golds and greens — reminiscent of bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas
- Bangkok Thailand Temple
- September 1st to 16
- First Temple in Southwest Asia, Announced in 2015
- 375 Young Single Adults were the first to tour the temple with Elder Gong and had a devotional in the meetinghouse.
- Elder Gong leads media day
- Governor and former governor of Bangkok speak
- Interview with the construction manager that joined the church
- Salt Lake Tribune piece by Peggy Fletcher Stack
- History of missionary work, including the Buddha desecration indecent in 1972
- Interior Photos Released
- Central spire surrounded by eight smaller spires (250 feet tall)
- Reminiscent of the Wat Arun
- Christus Statue in courtyard
- diamond shapes with lotus flower elements
- herringbone pattern, evoking woven palms
- Central spire surrounded by eight smaller spires (250 feet tall)
- September 1st to 16
- Feather River California Temple
- Temple Renovation Announced
- Manhattan New York Temple
- Closing in 2024 for 3 years
- Exterior and steeple will be changed
- Art deco design of gold columns and colorful stained glass
- Larger golden steeple and Moroni Remains!
- Meetinghouse on 3rd floor will be “upgraded”
- Rendering shows a Cristus statue in the view of the entrance
- Manhattan New York Temple
- Temple Sites announced
- San Jose California
- 4.73-acre site on Fremont Avenue in Sunnyvale, California
- single-story temple 30,000 square feet and a distribution center.
- Current meetinghouse will be demolished, property is zoned for a temple
- La Paz Bolivia
- 3.8 acres Located in the Calacoto Neighborhood of La Paz
- 18,850 square feet
- Teresina Brazil
- 3.6 acres on close to the Poti River
- 25,420 square feet
- Natal Brazil
- 5.53 acres located in Nova Parnamirim
- single-story temple of approximately 19,800 square feet
- San Jose California
- Government Approvals
- Cody Wyoming Temple – Approved!?
- Planning and Zoning Board votes to approve temple
- Church agrees to lighting restrictions on lumens, hours of output, motion sensors
- Church proposed to lower the building height to 85 feet, but no height restriction was passed by the board. Was the deal scrapped?
- Cody Mayor holds issuing building permits
- Confusion over if the board knew what they were voting for
- City Council is waiting for the church’s lawsuits to get a hearing
- Permits needed to begin construction
- Continued concern over height
- Neighborhood Group adding a lawsuit against the city for temple approval
- Want the judge to reverse the board’s decision
- Planning and Zoning Board votes to approve temple
- Provo Utah Temple
- Provo City Design review committee reviewed the plans for the Provo Temple replacement.
- The grounds of the temple will be made more level, reducing the slope to walk up to the temple.
- New temple will be taller, but more or less the same size.
- Cody Wyoming Temple – Approved!?
- Temple Reopens
- Yigo Guam Temple
- Reopened after two months of water damage removal after typhoon Mawar
- Yigo Guam Temple
- Upcoming Open Houses
- Tickets Available for the St. George Utah temple
- Others coming soon: McAllen, Bangkok, Okinawa, Lima Los Olivos, Orem
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