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    769 Salt Lake Temple Ticker

    By Richie TFebruary 21, 2024Episodes
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    • Temple Open House begins
      • Red Cliffs Utah Temple
        • Open to the Media – January 29th 
          • Led by Hugo Martinez and Tamara Runia
        • Interior Photos Released – Saratoga Springs Twin
          • Featuring the endangered plant, Dwarf Bearclaw Poppy
          • Also Indian paintbrushes, cottonwood leaves, pomegranates and succulents
          • Colors: Coral, purple, green, gold. 
        • Open House – through March 2nd
    • Temple Groundbreaking
      • Knoxville Tennessee Temple
        • January 27th Ceremony – meeting held in a meetinghouse.
        • Local Television segment
    • Temple Dedication Announced 
      • Casper Wyoming Temple (Tentatively #196, 10th in 2024)
        • Open House: August 29 to September 14, 2024
        • Dedication: October 13th by Quentin Cook
    • Temple Rededication plans announced 
      • Manti Utah Temple
        • There will be one rededicatory session at 5pm on April 21st.
        • Congregations within the temple district will have church services as normally held. 
        • No dedicatory authority announced, therefore, it is likely open for Russell Nelson to come (family connections in the area). 
    • Temple Renovation announced
      • Orlando Florida Temple
        • Will close in July 2024 for extensive renovations.
        • Dedicated in 1994
        • Now a temple in Fort Lauderdale, Close to finished in Tallahassee, and announced in Tampa and Jacksonville.  
    • Temple Groundbreaking Announced and Rendering Released
      • San Luis Potosí México Temple
        • March 9, 2024 by Sean Douglas (Mexico Area Presidency)
        • Spanish Colonial design, off-white exterior and terracotta cupula. 
          • Very similar design to the Cali Colombia Temple
    • Temple Renderings Released
      • Natal Brazil Temple
        • Light colored Granite modern design single story temple with diamond shapes spire. 
      • Teresina Brazil Temple
        • Light colored Granite modern design two-story temple with arched window and trumpet shaped spire. 
    • Temple Sites Announced 
      • Cusco Peru Temple
        • 2.5 Acre Site, 9,950 square feet temple
        • Hillside close to the center of the city of Cusco, Santa Ana neighborhood 
        • Close to the Plazoleta Santa Ana and Cuesta de Santa Ana. 
        • Great view of the city, Adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn Cusco
      • Iquitos Peru Temple
        • 1.75 Acre Site, 20,000 square feet temple
        • Site of the Secoya Ward meetinghouse, close to a military base
    • Construction Updates
      • Salt Lake Temple
        • Highest steel pyramid beam placed on the top of the temple
        • A traditional commemoration when a building tops off its height
        • Usually topped out with a flag or a pine tree
        • Steel pyramid will eventually support the capstone and Angel Moroni
      • Stockholm Sweden Temple
        • Demolition of the temple underway, closed in April 2023.
        • New temple with similar design and larger Square footage will be constructed.
          Preview of the fate of the Provo Temple, and eventually the Anchorage Alaska Temple
      • Heber Valley Utah Temple
        • Signature gathering to put referendum on ballot fails
          • Group of 79 people gathered 2,724 (2,402) of the needed 3,235 signatures.
        • Promises to pursue other means to push back against county’s decision 
          • Two lawsuits pending 
      • Cody Wyoming Temple
        • Judge Denies the request to stay the construction approval
          • The neighborhood group failed to prove irreparable harm if construction proceeds. 
          • Temple can still be demolished in the event the lawsuit prevails.
          • Judge wrote that “concerns about the temple are based on nothing more than their individual subjective opinions” that come from “just the claims of a few neighbors.”
          • The Church will experience irreparable harm if there is a stay due to the expense of delaying construction, storing the modules, and the impinging of religious liberty if church members can’t worship freely. 
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