815 Temple Ticker “Sanderland”

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Temple Groundbreaking Announced
  • Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple
    • June 22nd, presided by Joni L Koch
• 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
• 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
    • Efforts on hold.
• Construction Updates
  • Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
    • Refurbished Angel Moroni placed on top of the temple on May 14th
  • Provo Utah Temple
    • Gone!
  • 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
    • Cupula placed on top of the 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
• 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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