Church News: Colorado Springs Colorado Temple groundbreaking date set
By Joel Randall
A Sept. 12 groundbreaking date has been set for the Colorado Springs Colorado Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Elder Karl D. Hirst — a General Authority Seventy and member of the United States Central Area presidency — will preside over the ceremony.
Information about the groundbreaking, announced by the First Presidency, was first published in a July 27 news release on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
As previously announced, the Colorado Springs temple is planned as a single-story building of approximately 45,000 square feet.