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Just thought I’d share an update on the Calgary temple. The last day of the open house was yesterday. Just over 100 000 visitors.
No it’s not finished inside yet. There is a special fast today to aid in the completion before next week’s dedication.
There will be a youth cultural celebration next Saturday. Pres Monson will be in attendance. It will be broadcast on LDS.org.
On a side note: our ward had 445 people in Sacrament meeting last week (our Elders quorum has 88 members now). I hope they reorganize the ward soon. We are larger than the 3 smallest wards in our Stake combined.
Wow. That’s a large ward. 😮 Old-Timer wrote:Wow. That’s a large ward.
😮 Yah, it’s huge. My son is one of the dozen deacons (yes dozen) that pass sacrament each week and it still takes 20 minutes to get it done.
I attended the UNLV college ward at a time where it was one huge ward with 3 Elder’s quorums (something about the size of a quorum in the D & C and also the desire to give more leadership opportunities). By the time I had returned from my mission, they had split it into 3 wards. I wonder how many of the 100k visitors were repeats. They didn’t mention a special fast to complete the finish work to us, but there is a lot left to do. Reflexzero wrote:I wonder how many of the 100k visitors were repeats. They didn’t mention a special fast to complete the finish work to us, but there is a lot left to do.
I’m sure at least 1/3 were repeats, if not more. In regards to the fast, our Bishop sent out an email to the ward last week so maybe it’s just a stake thing (unless you are in the Calgary West stake, then it must be a ward thing).
It has been interesting to hear from my in-laws who live in the Edmonton region. Apparently a number of saints in the north are disappointed/bitter that their temple doesn’t have the same high level of decour (i.e. a room with a mural, sealing rooms with 12ft stained glass windows, etc) as the Calgary temple. Having lived in both Edmonton and Calgary, this whole intercity rivalry is just ridiculous.
We’ve had a few people from Calgary in our ward here… Canucknuckle wrote:I’m sure at least 1/3 were repeats, if not more. In regards to the fast, our Bishop sent out an email to the ward last week so maybe it’s just a stake thing (unless you are in the Calgary West stake, then it must be a ward thing).
It has been interesting to hear from my in-laws who live in the Edmonton region. Apparently a number of saints in the north are disappointed/bitter that their temple doesn’t have the same high level of decour (i.e. a room with a mural, sealing rooms with 12ft stained glass windows, etc) as the Calgary temple. Having lived in both Edmonton and Calgary, this whole intercity rivalry is just ridiculous.
Well, sorry to resurrect an old thread, but Edmonton’s temple is a product of the McTemple building spree. I guess people get wound up on the optics. It still serves the same purpose. The buildings I have attended on the last ten years aren’t lookers either. Poor design, crummy HVAC, stained burlap walls. But I’ve also had church meetings in places that had no building, so we met in a rented hall or someone’s living room. I think it helped me to understand that church isn’t buildings and humongous conference centers, reams of manuals and all that stuff, it is the people, the community.
I was a little embarrassed hearing the missionaries shrug off comments on how much money the church spent on the temple during the open house. The visitors would comment that such a vast amount of money would really help the poor.
The missionaries would say something like: yeah it is a lot of money, but that is how we show our dedication to God.
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