Duncan

Yeah! I have only seen photos of the temples in England but they are very, very beautiful! I heard that story from a former Preston Temple President. I know someone who is from Newcastle and I guess that makes him a "geordie" and he said that in England, A&W Root Beer is hard to find (or at least was) and if you did find it it was expensive. He said though that at the Preston Temple they have a drink machine and for some reason they had A&W root beer there and it was cheap! and so when his youth group would go they would load up on root beer!

I know when the Preston Temple first opened up, the daughter of the or a previous land owner threw mud at the recommend desk and area. I guess she wasn't happy with the sale and so she chucked mud in the foyer area but they cleaned it up quickly!

you might be interested in the UK site for the Church as well. The Birmingham England temple just got approved so when it's constructed they have an open house that you may find interesting to do a tour. They announced temples in Dublin and Edinburgh but haven't picked sites or anything like that yet https://uk.churchofjesuschrist.org/?fbclid=IwY2xjawG9iN1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbF6hh0Je0ASymxVN8bOK6_28q6kuTWcmh6SEYtyv3UMO93859fG75BYPA_aem_bRTjA30FdUFOOiokyxjJ6A

so you can take them all off the list as well

Leon Reuterström transitioned after they were in hockey, so you can take them off the list

if you didn't receive the sealing power from someone who has it then you can't seal anyone. It's more likely the sealers in a temple were already bishops or Stake Presidents, Mission Presidents, it's rare though that someone is a Bishop after receiving the sealing power. I can think of three people who had that situation. So, here the first temple presidency received the sealing power from the temple president in another temple district but were set apart for their callings by an Area 70 (who didn't have the sealing power)

The only people who can seal is those holding the sealing power and so that is who the temple president would have doing it. If a person wants to seal someone outside the temple district they have to get permission to do so.

oh nice! I know someone from there, she's a member but lives in Southern England now. Also Ulverston is the home of Stan Laurel!

What part of England are you from?

There is or was a former member on here who was a singer with the Choir! There is the main site as well https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/?lang=eng They also have a youtube channel as well

Someone else died in 1961 and so we aren't talking about them. The sister in question, if you read the article, only died a year ago (2023). The Bishop has absolutely nothing to do with reinstatement of someone's membership via temple proxy-that's why it's bumped up to the First Presidency and local Temple President, they have the keys and not the Bishop

The First Presidency contacts the local temple president and says that the ordinance is to be done and how and all that and so in this case it seems like a matter of courtesy. The First Presidency or Temple President could have informed the son that it was happening and when or the son could pick a day. If the son wanted a female friend to act as proxy and he could have at least been in the room when it happened

I know a guy (who was newlywed at the time) who was told he would be released from the Bishopric when his wife got pregnant Only marry people in the church

We have a fairly new building and even the temple has a single use washroom in addition to separate washrooms, so they have three washrooms in the buildings

Our ward had a trans woman, so the policy was when they wanted to go to the washroom, they just needed to be alone and not have anyone else in there-mind you the assumption being that trans people are pedophiles and molesters. Given though that you can't trust Bishoprics, Stake Presidencies, Mission Presidencies basically anyone interviewing anyone is assumed to be a pervert and would do something in the office. Everyone is suspected now ETA-I do know that the Church is cracking down on the video training for people working with children, basically if you don't do it you can get released from your calling.