- Temple Dedications
- Puebla Mexico Temple – #191,
- Presided by Gerritt Gong on May 19th
- 20 stakes and 3 districts assigned to the temple district.
- First of 8 temples that will split up the Mexico City Temple district
- 14th of 25 in Mexico
- Dedicatory Prayer
- Reminiscences of temple trips to Mesa Arizona.
- Taylorsville Utah Temple – #192
- Presided by Gerritt Gong on June 2nd
- 38 Stakes assigned to the temple district.
- Leaves Jordan River with only 30 Stakes
- 20th of 30 in Utah, 5th in Salt Lake Valley
- Dedicatory Prayer
- Baptistery Modesty glass
- Puebla Mexico Temple – #191,
- Temple Groundbreaking
- Cleveland Ohio Temple
- June 1st, presided by Vai Sikahema
- Foundation excavation is already underway
- Remarks about Kirtland
- Teton River Idaho Temple
- June 1st, presided by Ricardo Giménez
- Remarks about the harsh winter that pioneers and residents endure
- Teton Flood engulfed the temple site: “I wonder … if perhaps that flood cleansed this location for a future temple”
- Smallest city to have two temples (40K pop.), 9th in Idaho
- Cleveland Ohio Temple
- Temple dedication Announced
- San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple
- Dedication: October 13, 2024, presided by Dale Renlund
- Open House: September 12th to 28th.
- Same day as Casper Wyoming temple – #198 & 199
- Tentatively pushes Salvador Brazil to #200 on Oct. 20th
- San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple
- Temple Groundbreaking Announced
- Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple
- June 22nd, presided by Joni L Koch
- Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple
- Temple Renderings Released
- Maceió Brazil Temple
- NOT a single-story temple of 19,000 square feet as previously announced
- Two story temple of around 25,000 square feet (similar to Teresina).
- Located next to Statue of Liberty replica
- Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple
- Gleaming white Spanish colonial style
- single-story temple 10,787 square feet
- Maceió Brazil Temple
- Temple Approvals
- Lone Mountain Nevada Temple
- After a Six hour, standing room only meeting, Las Vegas planning commission approves temple. Will advance city council
- Hundreds of Church members showed up in Blue shirts, handed a petition with 10k signatures. Opponents gathered 5k signatures.
- McKinney Texas Temple
- The Planning and Zoning Committee votes to recommends city deny permit. City Council will make Final decision.
- 87% of comments were opposition. Green “Fairview United” T-shirts
- Church representatives and members emphasized religious symbolism and the spire that points to heaven. Insisted it is protected by federal legislation.
- At least one church member commented that steeple height is not part of religious doctrine.
- The Mayor of McKinney wrote a letter to Farivew to voice support for the temple.
- June 4th meeting: church asked for an extension to leave the comment period open for a few months.
- City will delay the vote to August and allow the church to return with a proposal more reasonable in size.
- Bakersfield California Temple
- Lone Mountain Nevada Temple
- Construction Updates
- Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
- Refurbished Angel Moroni placed on top of the temple on May 14th
- Provo Utah Temple
- Salt Lake Temple
- Confirmation that the large Christus statue will be placed in the West Pavilion on the south side of the temple.
- Replicas of ordinance spaces will be in the lower level.
- Additional statues will be placed on the grounds in the coming months
- Church News Podcast
- Working towards a specific date in 2026
- Ephraim Utah Temple
- San Diego California Temple
- Exterior refurbishments finished
- Temple has been closed for 10 months
- Singapore Temple
- Jurong Ward has moved out of the building in preparation for construction
- General contractor selected but no groundbreaking announced
- Anchorage Alaska Temple
- Foundation work on the new temple next to the existing one.
- No groundbreaking necessary
- Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
- Apostle Visits
- Elder Christofferson visits Angola, Mozambique, and Madagascar, where temples have been announced.
- Elder Cook visits Kiribati.
Brent Robers: construction skills not found on the island, no crane on the island. Church is shipping a crane and modular units to the island.
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