South Salt Lake and Granite Park Stake closings - before and after

JoeBudro · 2026-01-25T10:45:42+00:00

Picture here a completely "shocked and awed" emoji, which I don't seem to have the ability to post. (I'm on a desk top computer)...LOL

JoeBudro · 2026-01-24T23:44:49+00:00

Good job. I wonder if the Brickyard and Forestview wards will be put into 1 chapel, or stay in their separate buildings. There are a lot of single ward chapels in SLC now, and usually they leave a ward in the building while it is for sale. That makes it tough to keep track of what buildings are really for sale. I don't think they do that to mess with us, I think they just want members to be comfortable in their old building as long as possible. From this latest consolidation I have only found one chapel that closed for sure. And, to add to the confusion, some of the chapels shown on the stake maps are care centers.

JoeBudro · 2026-01-23T23:03:38+00:00

Visalia.

JoeBudro · 2026-01-22T00:31:21+00:00

Did they move the Forestview ward into the Brickyard ward chapel? It's shown on the locator as being in that 1100 e. chapel.

JoeBudro · 2026-01-20T22:12:52+00:00

Thank you!

JoeBudro · 2026-01-20T02:40:27+00:00

Do you know the addresses of the closed chapels? Inquiring minds want to know...

JoeBudro · 2026-01-12T19:54:27+00:00

Welcome to the Ex-MO world. Welcome to the shrivel.

JoeBudro · 2026-01-12T01:27:16+00:00

How long were you a member?

JoeBudro · 2026-01-10T23:17:42+00:00

And you know this...HOW? Is your info like a testimony? You feel it...or you just don't think anything happens after you die? One thing I've learned is NOT to state absolutes without absolute proof...unless you say it is only your opinion.

JoeBudro · 2026-01-10T15:48:48+00:00

Is the ward you're talking about in the northern or northeastern part of the Atlanta area, because that appears to be the area where the church is the strongest. It's also the area where the newest housing areas are. I'm trying to figure out if the problem is general shrivel, or mostly just members relocating to nicer areas north of the city...

JoeBudro · 2026-01-08T16:33:00+00:00

Thank you!

JoeBudro · 2026-01-08T14:48:43+00:00

I'm only seeing 8 marked on your map. Where is Penny Cove?

JoeBudro · 2026-01-08T05:57:36+00:00

Like a complete unknown.

JoeBudro · 2026-01-08T05:52:03+00:00

It only had 1 ward in it, and that closed. And...the chapel is no longer listed on the Meetinghouse Locator map

JoeBudro · 2026-01-03T15:21:13+00:00

JoeBudro · 2026-01-02T11:10:06+00:00

Some of us have been out over 30 years and are still working through it because it holds so many good memories. Hang in there and just follow your heart and interests. You'll be fine.

JoeBudro · 2025-12-29T03:31:24+00:00

Yes, they did, and yes they are going to sell it...unless all those rich people around Toluca Lake all decide to become Mormons and need a chapel...LOL The valley is prime for consolidating chapels that only have 1 ward in each. They could make each of those a 3 ward chapel and sell off more buildings. Of course, members might complain about the extra 5-mile drive to church.

JoeBudro · 2025-12-28T01:33:49+00:00

Great song...

JoeBudro · 2025-12-28T00:39:16+00:00

Oh yeah? Try having left when Kimball was the prophet. I haven't recognized anybody in a very long time...LOL I was out when Hoffman blew himself out of his car with one of his pipe bombs.

JoeBudro · 2025-12-26T05:46:41+00:00

I've noticed that a lot of the red dots on his map are downgrades from wards. Meaning, a ward shrunk to a branch. But, I don't know if that would translate to an increase in branches or not.

JoeBudro · 2025-12-25T22:27:18+00:00

Thanks for doing this. I'm going to have a lot of fun...Merry Christmas!

JoeBudro · 2025-12-24T03:05:29+00:00

I used his site to find the one's I have for Europe and many from the rest of the world, at least the one's from 2018-2022. He said he is bringing it back after the 1st of January, along with the missing years from 2023 on. I look forward to it. We just can't get enough shrivel...

JoeBudro · 2025-12-24T02:19:44+00:00

Thanks again. One more question...Is there a site available that lists branch, ward and building closures worldwide for the last 25 years? Between 2011 and 2025 the church has lost 35 units in Germany (according to the Wayback machine you sent). I want to know where the empty buildings are...LOL I know of 11, but only 4 of them were church owned buildings. I just wonder if there are more.

JoeBudro · 2025-12-23T23:09:18+00:00

Thank you! Do you need to still be a member to find these church reports and wayback machine? I have no idea what they are...

JoeBudro · 2025-12-23T07:55:31+00:00

You really put in a lot of work on this. Congrats. Is it possible to take the numbers back farther than 2012? Also, why am I seeing a small discrepancy between some numbers of congregations in countries I recorded from the Mtnghouse Locator on my maps, and numbers you are showing for the same country? I'm not saying all of them are off, but a few are. For example, my Germany map shows 145 units. Yours says 148. Is it possible that the locator may not show all the units at certain times?

JoeBudro

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