759 Temple Preview 2024

Temple Rededication  St George Utah Temple – #1 Presided by President Jeffery Holland on December 10th.  Joined by Son, Matthew Holland, Gerald Causse, Kevin Duncan, and Brian Taylor Presiden 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 Temple Open House: March 15-30, 2024 Dedication: April 28th by Dallin Oaks Third in the Philippines, 10 more are planned. Announced in 2010, It took 13 years, 6th months to compete 5th longest temple to complete.  Puebla Mexico Temple Open House: March 29th to April 20, 2024 Dedication: May 19th by Gerrit Gong 14th in Mexico, 9 more are planned.  Layton Utah Temple Open House: April 19th to June 1, 2024 Dedication: June 16th by David Bednar 20th in Utah, total of 28.  Temple Sites Announced  McKinney Texas Temple Announced in October 2022 as the Prosper Texas Temple 8.16 acre site on Stacey Road in Fairview Texas Located 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 Temple 10 acre site Meetinghouse for the Ambohijanahary and Ambohimanarina Wards. Located next to the U.S. Embassy 10,000 sq. ft. single level Temple with a Patron housing and Arrival facilities Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple 5 acre site on Rosario Limketkai Avenue Down the road from the Limketkai Center Mall Church has posted signs on the site since at least september 2022 Site 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 Temple 2.7 acre site in Birmingham (Royal Sutton Coldfield) Site of a the Wylde Green meetinghouse and England Birmingham Mission Offices 10,000 sq. ft single story temple (Small for the UK) Temple Renderings Released Londrina Brazil Temple & Ribeirão Prêto Temple Twin looking modern designs with granite exterior Slightly different steeples and details Bakersfield California Temple Spanish Mission style of cream color stone with terracotta roof Similar style as McAllen, Yorba Linda, Fort Worth, Tampa.  Temple Groundbreaking Announced  Knoxville Tennessee Temple January 27, 2024 Elder Shayne M. Bowen Presiding New Missionary Training Center Campus Announced Thailand MTC in Bangkok Located within the Annex Building located behind the new Bangkok Thailand Temple Missionary Training in Thai, English, and Russian.  MTC will be one of 10 operating MTCs.  Construction Updates Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square New 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) Closing Assembly Hall limited renovation. Bonus: Church confirms authenticity of leaked ambitions Temple Square concept plans to the Salt Lake Tribune Managua Nicaragua Temple Local 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 Wyoming Judge 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 Temple Scheduled to close on February 24th.  Last Minute attempt to save the Space Age design.  Additional Christmas Celebrations Mexico City  Idaho Falls Year in Review Dedications: 11 Rededications: 2 Groundbreakings: 8 Announcements: 35 (Same as last year) Look at 2024 6 Dedications, 1 rededication scheduled 13 Nearing Completion  (14 teed up for 2025, 20+ for 2026+) 3 renovations scheduled 48 temple sites announced, 48 waiting site announcements Bonus Apostle Prediction Sheet and Stats The post 759 Temple Preview 2024 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.