Single Adult, Relief Society President | A How I Lead Interview with Angela Okada

Angela Okada earned a Bachelor of Arts from BYU and a Master of
Arts from the University of Utah, both in Speech Language
Pathology. She worked as a speech language pathologist in a
northern Virginia school district lived for six years before moving
back to Utah, where she continues to work as a school-based SLP.
Angela has four nieces and a nephew who she absolutely adores, and
she enjoys reading, watching college sports, and trying new
restaurants with friends. She has served as a missionary in the
Georgia, Atlanta mission, a Young Women counselor, temple ordinance
worker, and as a Relief Society counselor and president in both a
young single adult ward and a geographic (family) ward. Links There
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Introduction to Angela. We need more content for single adults in
the Church, not just young single adults 4:30 Getting called as
Relief Society president and getting started in a new calling 7:50
Angela talks about her feelings on getting called as Relief Society
president as a single adult in a family ward. 9:15 The principles
of effective leadership are the same whether you are single or
married. 11:00 Angela would love to hear more ideas on how building
connections relate to sisters that are married. Start with things
that you have in common Listening builds connection and then forms
a friendship 13:25 Angela shares how they assigned ministers in the
ward. It’s important to mix up the sisters. Young and old. Single
and married. 15:00 Creating relief and refuge in the Relief
Society. How do you do it? 18:00 Mothers Day can be a hard day and
create anxiety for some. Angela shares a message that she sent out
to the sisters in her ward. 21:00 It's hard to find a balance to
make sure that single sisters feel included. But also how can we
also focus on strengthening husbands and wives? Focus on Jesus
Christ. Whether you are married or single, Jesus is the one that
strengthens us through his Atonement. 23:30 More ideas on including
singles more in the ward while still balancing the focus on
families and strengthening husbands and wives. Angela shares how
her ward was only having husbands and wives speaking month after
month. We sometimes unintentionally exclude people. 26:50 Working
together with the bishop and elders quorum. What has worked well?
28:20 How do you balance work life and church service? 29:20
Angela’s church service has expanded her heart to love people that
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