Temple Rededication St George Utah Temple – #1Presided by President Jeffery Holland on December 10th. Joined by Son, Matthew Holland, Gerald Causse, Kevin Duncan, and Brian TaylorPresiden Holland was baptized in the temple baptismal font, as well as endowed and sealed to the late Patricia Holland. Rededicatory prayer – All temple dedicatory prayers are published in the Church News. Look up specific ones the dedicatory prayers of every temple at churchofjesuschristtemples.org Temple Dedications Announced Urdaneta Philippines TempleOpen House: March 15-30, 2024Dedication: April 28th by Dallin OaksThird in the Philippines, 10 more are planned.Announced in 2010, It took 13 years, 6th months to compete5th longest temple to complete. Puebla Mexico TempleOpen House: March 29th to April 20, 2024Dedication: May 19th by Gerrit Gong14th in Mexico, 9 more are planned. Layton Utah TempleOpen House: April 19th to June 1, 2024Dedication: June 16th by David Bednar20th in Utah, total of 28. Temple Sites Announced McKinney Texas TempleAnnounced in October 2022 as the Prosper Texas Temple8.16 acre site on Stacey Road in Fairview TexasLocated across the street from the City of Allen.Stiffed Mayor in Prosper and Fairview? Multi-story temple of 44,000 sq. ft. Will likely be sandwiched between two christian churches Vacant property on the corner owned by Twin Creeks Church of Christ – who has a church in Allen close to an LDS chapel. Antananarivo Madagascar Temple10 acre siteMeetinghouse for the Ambohijanahary and Ambohimanarina Wards.Located next to the U.S. Embassy10,000 sq. ft. single level Temple with a Patron housing and Arrival facilitiesCagayan de Oro Philippines Temple5 acre site on Rosario Limketkai AvenueDown the road from the Limketkai Center MallChurch has posted signs on the site since at least september 2022Site Clearing as occurred this year 18,499 sq. ft. two-story temple (Similar to Davao)Announced in April 2018 (First batch of announcements by RMN)Birmingham England Temple2.7 acre site in Birmingham (Royal Sutton Coldfield)Site of a the Wylde Green meetinghouse and England Birmingham Mission Offices10,000 sq. ft single story temple (Small for the UK)Temple Renderings ReleasedLondrina Brazil Temple & Ribeirão Prêto TempleTwin looking modern designs with granite exteriorSlightly different steeples and detailsBakersfield California TempleSpanish Mission style of cream color stone with terracotta roofSimilar style as McAllen, Yorba Linda, Fort Worth, Tampa. Temple Groundbreaking Announced Knoxville Tennessee TempleJanuary 27, 2024Elder Shayne M. Bowen PresidingNew Missionary Training Center Campus AnnouncedThailand MTC in BangkokLocated within the Annex Building located behind the new Bangkok Thailand TempleMissionary Training in Thai, English, and Russian. MTC will be one of 10 operating MTCs. Construction UpdatesSalt Lake Temple and Temple SquareNew Areas opening and Closing Opening:January 6th: Full Church office Building Plaza, North Main street Plaza, Northwest plaza (north of tabernacle, new restroom building) Full Main Street Plaza (February)92 Flag poles, with 91 flags from the official U.N. Recognized countries. (rotating every three months placed alphabetical)ClosingAssembly Hall limited renovation.Bonus: Church confirms authenticity of leaked ambitions Temple Square concept plans to the Salt Lake TribuneManagua Nicaragua TempleLocal Media coverage the construction progress of the temple. 10 minute segment detailing the temple construction and the church in Nicaragua. Heber Valley Utah Temple Dark Skies group attempting to gather 3,200 signatures over 40 days to bring the issue onto the ballton next november.Cody WyomingJudge denies including additional email evidence in lawsuit. Says the emails are not required to further their argument based on the application of legal tests. Temple Vandalism Provo Utah TempleScheduled to close on February 24th. Last Minute attempt to save the Space Age design. Additional Christmas CelebrationsMexico City Idaho FallsYear in ReviewDedications: 11Rededications: 2Groundbreakings: 8Announcements: 35 (Same as last year)Look at 20246 Dedications, 1 rededication scheduled13 Nearing Completion (14 teed up for 2025, 20+ for 2026+)3 renovations scheduled48 temple sites announced, 48 waiting site announcementsBonusApostle Prediction Sheet and StatsThe post 759 Temple Preview 2024 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.
