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Because you mentioned Cove Fort (which ...@Unknown <br /><br />Because you mentioned Cove Fort (which I hadn't heard of), I added it to my analysis of Millard County as a possible future temple site. <br /><br />Here it is for your viewing pleasure: <br /><br />https://www.dropbox.com/s/go8r5twtdc438xn/Temple%20Predictions%20by%20Utah%20County%20-%20Oct%202019.docx?dl=0Johnathan Reese Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271748150823074792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-31676960430051543272019-10-03T11:19:33.038-06:002019-10-03T11:19:33.038-06:00If I had to chose a top 10, it would be as follows...If I had to chose a top 10, it would be as follows:<br /><br />1. Freetown, Sierra Leone<br />2. Buenos Aries, Argentina -- 2nd Temple<br />3. Smithfield/North Cache County, Utah -- 2nd Temple<br />4. Vina del Mar/Santiago/Valpariso, Chile -- 2nd Temple<br />5. Kaohusiung City, Taiwan<br />6. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea<br />7. Colorado Springs, Colorado<br />8. Jacksonville, Florida<br />9. Dubai, Abu Dhabi<br />10. Singapore City, Singapore<br />Captain Jack Sparrow Liveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070965923316619439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-46946148564933434502019-10-03T11:09:56.094-06:002019-10-03T11:09:56.094-06:00Lots of good thoughts here, but I think there are ...Lots of good thoughts here, but I think there are several in my top 20 that are missing. Here are my top 20.<br /><br />1. Smithfield/North Cache County, Utah -- 2nd Temple<br />2. Vina del Mar/Santiago/Valpariso, Chile -- 2nd Temple<br />3. Colorado Springs, Colorado<br />4. Jacksonville, Florida<br />5. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea<br />6. Freetown, Sierra Leonne<br />7. Kirtland, Ohio<br />8. Edinburgh, Scotland<br />9. Austin, Texas<br />10.Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia<br />11.Antananarivo, Madagascar<br />12.Kaohusiung City, Taiwan<br />13.Buenos Aries, Argentina -- 2nd Temple<br />14. Pusan, South Korea<br />15. New Delhi, India<br />16. Dubai, Abu Dhabi<br />17. Oslo, Norway<br />18. Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Bolivia<br />19. Singapore City, Singapore<br />20. Guatemala City, Guatemala (2nd Temple)<br /><br />These would be my top 20 based on a wide variety of research factors. <br /><br />Cheers.Captain Jack Sparrow Liveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070965923316619439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-24301181888973052902019-10-01T11:36:26.203-06:002019-10-01T11:36:26.203-06:00Worldwide Temple Locations -
Not sure where to st...Worldwide Temple Locations -<br /><br />Not sure where to start, so lets start in Europe. I am not a world traveler but have spent some time in Europe. Barcelona, Vienna, Milan, Warsaw, Oslo, Dublin, Scotland (not sure if Glasgow or Edinburgh) would be on my list. Not sure which list. Top 50 World??<br /><br />What are the possibilities of a temple in one of the Baltic countries, Latvia, Estonia or Lithuania? <br /><br />What about a temple in far southern Spain; Malaga or Seville? I dont know how easy it is to travel from Morocco to Spain? I dont know the number of members in northern Africa or their ability to travel. Just a very basic idea to serve (mostly in the future) members from northern Africa. <br /><br />Philippines - I have no real knowledge, but based on overall membership, lets just say five potential locations based on membership and distance to current temples. I would let some of the others on this blog narrow down those locations. I checked a list I made in April and I had written down Angeles and Bacolod. <br /><br />Oceania - Port Vila, Vanuatu is very high on my list. A second temple for Western Samoa on Savai'i. Port Moresby, PNG; Marujo, Marshall Islands; Christchurch, NZ; Kiribati all have potential. <br /><br />Asia - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is in my overall top 10. Osaka, Japan and Jakarta or Singapore, maybe top 50. I would include Vietnam. I dont know which city. <br /><br />South America - Bahia Blanca and Ushuaia Argentina are both strong possibilities. BB would be in my World top 15. Iquitos, Peru is also in my World top 15-20. I would also include Osorno and Vina del Mar, Chile; Cali, Columbia; La Paz, Bolivia and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tabago. Brazil is like the Phillipines for me, far under-served. Pick any five large cities and I would be fine with that decision. Checking my older list, I have Natal, Teresina and Jaoa Pessoa.<br /><br />For Mexico, I have Torreon and Cuautla. I would not be surprised if there were up to three more announced for Mexico before the end of 2020. <br /><br />Africa - Lets just add 10 right now to try to catch up with the growth curve. I have Antananarivo, Madagascar; Lubumbashi, DRC; Kampala, Uganda; Benin City, Nigeria; Cape Coast, Ghana. In my top World Top 5 are Freetown, Sierra Leone and Monrovia, Liberia. What are the possibilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania? Max Tenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07590630276207856870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-45280010825690992802019-10-01T10:32:40.417-06:002019-10-01T10:32:40.417-06:00I was too long winded. I was over the character l...I was too long winded. I was over the character limit....<br /><br />Here are the rest of my North America thoughts:<br /><br />Temple Size -<br /><br />The smallest temples I have attended recently are:<br /><br />Newport Beach, CA - 17,800 sq ft<br />Gila Valley, AZ - 18,500 sq ft<br />Star Valley, WY - 18,600 sq ft<br />Vancouver, BC - 28,100 sq ft<br />Hartford, CT - 32,00 sq ft<br /><br />Star Valley has a beautiful temple. You have to make reservations for all ordinances. I am fine with that. Locker room area is where it feels small. Gila Valley did not feel as small and they have my favorite baptismal font. I have attended a few (Monticello and Redlands) of the 2000 era smaller temples. All of the temples listed above feel much larger than any of those smaller temples.<br /><br />Eastern US -<br /><br />Jacksonville and Pensacola are in the US top 20. Pittsburgh, and Augusta Maine need to be considered. Portland Maine may be more likely than Augusta. I said Augusta just because it is in between Portland and Bangor. <br /><br />I think Savannah, Georgia should be on the list based on location between temples. I don't know any specifics for membership in the area. <br /><br />Rogers, Arkansas is in the US top 5. Has appeared on many lists on this blog and I agree with all those that have included points for inclusion.<br /><br />Distance and weather can still limit temple attendance. For me, Ordinance Ready has been a game changer for temple attendance. I live 30 minutes from my assigned temple. Once I learned about Ordinance Ready, I have felt more connected to my ancestors and I have attended way more often. I can see the number of temples approaching 500 worldwide in less than 20 years. <br />Max Tenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07590630276207856870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-12137755144199656792019-10-01T10:22:32.162-06:002019-10-01T10:22:32.162-06:00"Long time listener, first time caller."..."Long time listener, first time caller." I have been a fan of this blog for about three years. I enjoy all facets of the posts, but the temple announcement posts are my favorite. This is the first time I have added to the conversation. <br /><br />I have a bunch of random thoughts and ideas. I am just going to let it rip. <br /><br />Canada<br /><br />I don't see any additional temples being located in western Canada. In eastern Canada, Ottawa, Quebec City, Fredericton, NB and St. Johns, NFLD would all be possibilities, but still not cracking the top 50 or even top 100 worldwide. Members in NFLD have the longest trip to a temple of any group of members in North America. St. Johns is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in North America. Only one branch in St. Johns. Halifax is still a long car and ferry ride or an expensive flight. Ottawa would be intriguing as it is Canada's capital city. <br /><br />Western US<br /><br />Elko, NV is also an interesting thought. Two strong stakes in Elko. 250 miles from SLC Temple. Many dedicated Temple Workers make the trip several times a week. I could see a Star Valley, WY sized temple located in Elko. <br /><br />What about Las Vegas? Arizona only had one temple until the Snowflake Temple was dedicated in 2002. Just since 2010, the Gila Valley, Gilbert, Phoenix and Tucson Temples have all been dedicated to serve the large population of members in AZ. I could see the same thing in the Las Vegas area, a jump from one temple to 3 or 4 in a short period of time. A temple in the western suburb of Summerlin, maybe a temple to the south in Henderson? Maybe North Las Vegas? I have no knowledge of temple attendance at the LV Temple. <br /><br />Missoula and Bozeman are strong possibilities. I think Tacoma, WA and Eugene, OR would also be on my top 20 for the US. <br /><br />Fairbanks, AK would be on my list. Not sure if it would be US top 20 or not, but close. <br /><br />Back to Arizona. Flagstaff is a city we have heard about a lot on this blog. Would be in my top 10 US. Have also heard the San Tan Valley (SE of Gilbert Temple) as strong possibility as well. I have been to the Gilbert Temple several times in the last few months. With the Mesa Temple closed for its major renovation, the Gilbert Temple is packed all the time. I had to wait 90 minutes just to start Initiatory. It is always a mass of humanity coming in and out. The giant parking lot is almost full, no matter what time of day, or time of the week I can get there. I was at the Payson Temple last weekend. Similar size as Gilbert and it was a ghost town comparatively. <br /><br />I have also heard a western suburb; maybe Surprise or Goodyear. Surprise is interesting because the Church has extensive property holdings along the 303 corridor that are beginning to be developed. <br /><br />I have relatives in Arizona. My grandparents were ordinance workers at the Mesa Temple in the late 80s and early 90s. Some other OW came from Albuquerque and El Paso as well as all over Arizona. My great grandparents were ordinance workers in Mesa in the 60s and 70s when members would attend from Dallas, Denver, Atlanta, Mexico, Central and even South America. <br /><br />Farmington, NM would be a logical choice for the Four Corners Area, but what about a temple on the Navajo Nation? I could envision a hogan inspired temple in the Window Rock or Chinle communities.<br /><br />Las Cruces, NM or El Paso would be be on US top 20. <br /><br />Colorado Springs is at the top of my US list. Rapid City, SD has merit for being included.<br /><br />For California, I would include Bakersfield, Santa Barbara (area) and maybe San Clemente or Temecula for the members between San Diego and Newport Beach. <br /><br />What about a temple in Cove Fort, UT? Not in any community, but close to Beaver, UT. Any other Church related sites (outside of Missouri) where a temple could be a possibility? <br /><br />Thanks for letting me jump in.Max Tenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07590630276207856870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-81473938093632448422019-10-01T04:39:50.489-06:002019-10-01T04:39:50.489-06:00@Ben H.
I like your ideas about the Montana and W...@Ben H.<br /><br />I like your ideas about the Montana and Wyoming Temples.<br /><br />I'd be glad for a 2nd Temple anywhere in Montana, but especially in Missoula. :)Johnathan Reese Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271748150823074792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-81400574250238454322019-09-29T23:07:39.486-06:002019-09-29T23:07:39.486-06:00Ben, I really like your idea of a temple in Lovell...Ben, I really like your idea of a temple in Lovell, Wyoming. It would be similar to some of the recently announced Western U.S. temples such as Yuba City and Moses Lake that are filling in the longer distances between temples in more urban areas. I think we are going to see many more of those similar type announcements in the coming years, especially in the Western U.S. Other cities such as Elko, Farmington NM come to mind. Eric S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10166885374836645257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-58279458140218571682019-09-29T22:52:04.639-06:002019-09-29T22:52:04.639-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.coachodeepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168822498180000486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-55674400908033705482019-09-29T22:50:17.299-06:002019-09-29T22:50:17.299-06:00I know I am late to the party on this one, but her...I know I am late to the party on this one, but here are my thoughts on upcoming temple announcements.<br /><br />I believe there will be 12-15 temples announced. The following are most likely to be announced:<br /><br />Bo or Freetown, Sierra Leone<br />Benin City, Nigeria<br />Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea<br />Tarawa, Kiribati<br />Indonesia or Singapore<br />1-2 possible in the Philippines (Bacolod, Angeles)<br />Belo Horizonte, Brazil<br />Santa Cruz, Bolivia<br />Kingston, Jamaica<br />Heber Valley, Utah<br />Colorado Springs, Colorado<br /><br />Other high possibilities:<br />Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia<br />Antananarivo, Madagascar<br />Monrovia, Liberia<br />Port Vila, Vanuatu<br />Iquitos, Peru<br />Kingston Jamaica<br />Punta Arenas, Chile<br />Rogers, Arkansas<br />Texas (El Paso or McAllen)<br /><br />I have others as a third group that seem less likely.coachodeepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168822498180000486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-15143080237579842902019-09-29T13:15:20.909-06:002019-09-29T13:15:20.909-06:00I would add the following, I served in the Montan...I would add the following, I served in the Montana Billings mission a few years ago. You have the Missoula Montana Temple, but I would change it as follows:<br /><br />Missoula Montana temple, but it only serves 4 stakes rather than all of Western Montana; Missoula, Stevensville, Frenchtown and Kalispell.<br /><br />I would respectfully add:<br /><br />Helena Montana Temple to serve the following States: Butte, Helena, Great Falls, Great Falls East and Bozeman. Eventually, there may be temples in both Great Falls and Helena, but Helena is more central to this area.<br /><br />With these two temples, Miles City would be the only stake center in Montana more than 1 hour away from a temple.<br /><br />Lovell Wyoming Temple to serve the Cody, Lovell, Riverton and Worland Stakes. There has been talk of creating a stake in Powell from wards currently in the Cody and Lovell stakes. Lovell is likely the highest percentage of active LDS in the entire state of Wyoming.<br /><br />If you then build temples in Evanston, and Casper, there would no stakes in Wyoming more than 2 hours away from a temple.<br /><br />This would leave the Billings temple to serve 4 stakes and one district, which would probably be just fine.Ben Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07736587179996308368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-67211655593938099432019-09-20T19:12:57.268-06:002019-09-20T19:12:57.268-06:00I thought through this more. When someone gets the...I thought through this more. When someone gets their own endownment either the member of the temple presidency or the matronacy if they are a female on duty speaks to them before doing so. Also at the Detroit Temple, and even at the Toronto Temple, a member of the temple presidency always speaks briefly to youth groups before they do baptisms, or that was at one point the case. The methods and rules connected with doing baptisms for the dead have changed often.<br /><br />I do not remember such happening at the Provo Temple. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-68292806002907616662019-09-17T21:50:39.862-06:002019-09-17T21:50:39.862-06:00JPL, I have no first-hand knowledge on either the ...JPL, I have no first-hand knowledge on either the Detroit temple or any of the smaller ones and can thus only speak from my own frame of reference, which may not be applicable at all in the two scenarios to which you referred. I will try to keep that in mind in the future.<br /><br />But I do get how much smaller some temples are than others, as I have regularly studied such things as part of my own analysis on temple subjects.<br /><br />So I cannot speak to the extent of the involvement of temple presidency members anywhere else in the world. But relating to my service at the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, I can confirm that at that temple, it is fairly common for any of the temple presidency to officiate regularly at weddings, to ensure that the ordinances are being correctly performed, and to even step in and help at times when that temple is at peak activity levels during busy hours. Don't know if that happens elsewhere, but there you go.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-75299769603528054552019-09-17T20:07:23.837-06:002019-09-17T20:07:23.837-06:00When small temples were inaugurated the 2nd counse...When small temples were inaugurated the 2nd counselor was to be the engineer. James I think you really do not get how much smaller the operation at some temples is than what is seen at Detroit.<br /><br />If I understand how Detroit operates now building engineering is carried out by a Brother who is also over engineering for many local Church buildings. However he is only there when needed.<br /><br />I do not think we have any separate security. You do not have to bring your only initiatory workers and we do have a couple who runs the baptistry.<br /><br />While a member of the temple presidency is to be present whenever the temple is opened, I am wondering if they could do other things. They don't normally do ordinances other than dealings in Detroit, but I am trying to determine if they could be a veil worker or officiate in the endowment. I am not sure. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-74675523127020003502019-09-14T17:47:15.701-06:002019-09-14T17:47:15.701-06:00Sorry. I apparently overlooked your note about rec...Sorry. I apparently overlooked your note about recorders and other ordinance workers. But I'd still anticipate security, engineering, the temple presidency member and his spouse, and perhaps one or two spare male and female ordinance workers assigned to each shift the temple is open to cover anything else in case of emergencies, which would cap it off at around 10 or so. Sorry.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-60427113243358436932019-09-14T17:39:54.532-06:002019-09-14T17:39:54.532-06:00Pascal, what you said above about the number of te...Pascal, what you said above about the number of temple workers for endowment sessions may be correct, but if the recommend desk brother officiates for the endowment session, someone else would need to monitor the recommend desk, and you may also not be accounting for the workers (make a needed for initiatories and the baptistry, in addition to those who would be on hand working as recorders, in security, and for engineering. With that in mind, the total number of workers needed at smaller temples may actually be closer to 2 dozen or so during operational hours, after adding in those called as shift leaders and trainers for those working each shift and the member of the temple presidency and his wife who are on duty each shift, unless some of those positions are neither needed or in existence for the smaller temples, which may or may not be the case. Hope this comment is helpful to the ongoing discussion. Thanks.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-31922547030495356462019-09-14T17:22:04.079-06:002019-09-14T17:22:04.079-06:00Sorry. In my latest reply to John Pack Lambert abo...Sorry. In my latest reply to John Pack Lambert above, the word "commitment" was inserted by autocorrect. I meant "comment" instead. My apologies.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-41242464898482314832019-09-11T23:18:40.687-06:002019-09-11T23:18:40.687-06:00JPL, although the eventual dedication of the Sarat...JPL, although the eventual dedication of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple may not directly impact the composition of the current Provo Utah Temple district, it may have an indirect effect. In 2015, with the then-scheduled dedication of the Payson Utah Temple, stakes in Orem were reassigned from the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple district to that of the Provo Utah Temple.<br /><br />Upon completion of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple, the current Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple district is anticipated to be cut roughly in half. If that is the case, then to relieve the burden on the Provo Utah Temple, which reportedly remains one of the busiest (if not very busiest) temples of the Church, the Orem Utah stakes could be again reassigned to the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple district.<br /><br />I might be entirely wrong about this, but it is a possibility. One other thing: within the last few days, I know I have responded several times to many of your prior commitments on this thread. I hope you know that I do not intend any such comments in a disrespectful way, and I have a high respect for the earnest comments you have made. My only objective was to bring to light things which may not have factored into your prior comments. And if they have come across as anything other than that, I sincerely apologize. I mean no offense to you, JPL, or anyone else who reads my responses or who has responded here.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-79189045997832640852019-09-11T17:04:07.619-06:002019-09-11T17:04:07.619-06:00JPL, slight correction to what you said above. The...JPL, slight correction to what you said above. The current Utah Area President, Elder Craig C. Christensen, was first called as a GA Seventy in October 2002, with a change in Quorum affiliation announced for him in April 2008.<br /><br />More recently, the call of Brook P. Hales as a GA Seventy was announced in May of last year and sustained in General Conference last October.<br /><br />And between the last 3 October General Conferences, at least 5 new area seventies have been sustained.<br /><br />But it is true that the bulk of new GA and area seventies have been sustained every April.<br /><br />Whether or not the released mission president might be sustained as an area seventy remains to be seen. But I wouldn't rule out the possibility either way.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-33977663736975420682019-09-11T05:43:41.985-06:002019-09-11T05:43:41.985-06:00Unknown, the temple in The Hague (where I've b...Unknown, the temple in The Hague (where I've been going these last couple of years) is one of the smallest in the world, and the staffing needs are actually very minimal. During the busiest times, I would be surprised to have more than 10 workers there, but usually it's less. <br /><br />The brother who checks your recommend is usually the one who also performs several parts of the endowment (names, officiating, working at the veil, and recording), and usually, there is just one pair of veil workers per gender in each session. There are no supplementary services of any kind (clothing rental, dedicated recorders, workers in the changing rooms, someone who plays the piano in the chapel - because there is no chapel, etc.), and for any ordinance that isn't an endowment, you need to bring your own workers with you. Doors and recommend desk are also open only during the half hour before each endowment session. So, this temple can operate properly with four workers (three male and one female), and I assume it does so quite often. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com