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



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