769 Salt Lake Temple Ticker

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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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