871 Temple Ticker 200th Temple

• Temple Dedications
  • Deseret Peak Utah Temple – #200
    • November 10th by 100 year-old Russell Nelson 
    • 23rd temple in Utah, 31 are planned
    • Dedicatory Prayer
    • 12 Stakes and 1 district assigned 
      • No Elko stakes?
• Temple Dedication Announced 
  • Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple
    • Dedication: May 25, 2025 presided by Ronald Rasband 
    • Open House: May 1st-17th, Media Day on April 28.
    • Announced in 2015 by President Monson 
    • 6.5 year construction (7th longest)
    • 7th in Africa, 28th planned announced.
• Temple Groundbreaking
  • Tarawa Kiribati Temple 
    • November 2nd, presided by Jeremy Jaggi
    • Kiribati President Taneti Maamau also spoke
      • 1 in 6 citizens are church members 
    • Temple will serve Kiribati and Marshall Islands, who currently travel to Fiji or Tonga to attend the temple.
• Temple Groundbreaking Announced
  • Grand Rapids Michigan Temple
    • December 7th, presided by Mathias Held
    • NEW Rendering released with the announcement 
      • Previous rendering had a center steeple
• Temple Rendering Released
  • San Jose California Temple
    • Mission revival architecture, common in Stanford University
• Temple Locations Revealed
  • Missoula Montana Temple
    • 5.08-acre site located at the corner of Old Bitterroot Road and Lower Miller Creek Road in Missoula.
    • Single story, 19,000 Sq. ft. temple
  • Colorado Springs Colorado Temple
    • 18.6-acre site on the south corner of Flying Horse Club Drive and Barossa Valley Road in north Colorado Springs, Colorado
    • Single story, 45,000 Sq. Ft temple (New Floorplan?)
• New Temple Leaders
  • Burley Idaho Temple
    • President and Matron announced
      • Live in Paul, Idaho. Americans with Japanese heritage.
• Temple Approvals 
  • Wellington New Zealand Temple
    • Former Porirua deputy mayor Liz Kelly spoke in favor during comment period. 
  • Lone Mountain Nevada Temple
    • Las Vegas Planning Commission approved easements for road, drainage, and sewer access
    • Residents were frustrated they weren’t notified as they filing a law suite.
  • McKinney Texas Temple
    • Fairview and Church begin non-binding mediation meetings with a third party.
    •  Mayor insists he won’t let the church bully their town. 
• Construction Updates
  • Salt Lake Temple
    • New and returning statues installed
  • Modular temple construction updates 
    • Helena Montana
      • First to use Modular Pieces
    • Casper Wyoming 
      • Dedication on Sunday 
    • Cody Wyoming
      • Foundation progressing, modules on site  
    • Cleveland Ohio Temple
      • Unfinished Modules installed
    • San Luis Potosí México Temple
      • First modules to go outside the US
    • Port Vila Vanuatu Temple
      • Modular installation happening
    • Wichita Kansas Temple
      • Foundation progressing
    • Tarawa Kiribati Temple
      • Church bringing in construction crew, crane and modular units. 

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