Building Bridges and Ministering in Your Community | An Interview with Jodi Taylor

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Jodi Taylor lives in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband and children, where they both work in real estate development. She is currently Coordinating Council Director of Public Affairs in the area. The coordinating council is responsible for building bridges in our communities, taking the ideas of ministering outside and into our neighborhoods to expand how the church works with community groups. Highlights 7:20 Jodi explains what the church is like in Anchorage. 8:35 Role of stake public affairs to help the stake leaders—but not just within their own boundaries. The coordinating council is there to help the stake public affairs to meet their goals. The public affairs department are the opinion leaders for the area. 10:10 She presents some general principles on how we can be involved in our communities 11:10 Jodi presents a story of stake and community involvement as a family and their coordinating council. She encourages all to find ways to be involved—find a need and fill it. 13:50 How we can find common ground and how the coordinating council helped with the evolution of discussions and changes within the LGBT community and legislation. Importance of knowing key people who can get to know you and trust you. She describes relationships built and a summit that was held to bring experts together. 24:15 It is important to have a dialogue. There are ways to bring our beliefs in the Savior into the activities we are involved in. We all have the ability to make change by doing what matters to us and what matters to others. 25:50 Find an issue that matters to someone else 28:20 We must talk openly about our faith 30:20 Jodi shares story of her teenage daughter who got involved to cause change. We can help make change no matter our age. Utilize social media. 38:55 How you bring something up to others will determine if they will listen. We should acknowledge pain/hurt and concerns—they will listen. The time to be involved is NOW. 42:30 Jody addresses public affairs and politics 45:30 Everyone should get involved. God has designed a role for each of us to add light to our communities. We shouldn’t just pray for the Lord to provide opportunities but we should actively seek them out. 46:45 "It has expanded my understanding of my brothers and sisters and I appreciate the good that each person brings."

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0:00.0	Hey 2019 is upon us and that means you need to go to leading Saints.org and get the
0:05.6	2019 ward calendar. This is a huge wall calendar that shows every day of the year
0:11.3	and does a fantastic job in the Bishop's office, in the Ward
0:15.2	the Clerk's office, or even on the Ward bulletin board. Go check it out at leading
0:19.8	Saints.org and Order 1 today.
0:29.8	My name is Jared Goodat and I am from Rexburg Idaho. I think I first came across the leading LDS organization on my Twitter feed.
0:34.8	Through those leading LDS Twitter posts, I became a quick follower of the leading LDS content.
0:40.9	Whether it's a social media post or the website content or even podcast episodes my
0:46.1	leadership life in the church has been enriched by the leading LDS organization.
0:50.5	For example there have been several specific podcast episodes that have influenced me in positive ways with regard to how I interact with members of my ward.
1:00.0	I remember a specific leading LDS blog post even that helped me understand the differences between conservative Mormons and progressive Mormons which I hadn't considered before and several comments from a leading LDS website article that help define my approach to helping
1:14.8	repent and church members with taking or even not partaking of the sacrament.
1:18.8	Leading LDS often adds what I would consider practical applications to the Church's Handbook of Instructions
1:24.7	and Ministering Resources.
1:26.8	And the leading LDS organization has been a blessing in my life and as I serve faithfully
1:31.3	in the LDS Church.
1:32.7	Remember, be a leader, not a calling.
1:38.3	Welcome back to the Leading Saints Podcast.
1:40.2	My name is Kurt Frankham and I will be your host.
1:42.7	Now if you're new to leading Saints, this is a podcast where we come together,
1:46.4	bring the experts and talk about all things leadership in the context of the Church of
1:50.3	Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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