Summary: Interview transcript available below.<br> <br> Julie Bangerter Beck served as Relief Society General President from 2007-2012. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah with nine siblings in Granger and Alpine, Utah, and in Sao Paulo, Brazil where her father served as mission president. She is a graduate of Dixie College (now Dixie State University) and Brigham Young University. Before her service as Relief Society General President, she served on the Young Women general board, as First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency, and with her husband, Ramon, at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. Sister Beck is currently vice-chair of the Board of Trustees of Dixie State University. She also serves on the executive committee of the BYU Alumni Association. Her new book <a href="https://deseretbook.com/p/joy-in-covenant?variant_id=159459-hardcover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy in the Covenant</a> shares deep-seated feelings and beliefs and draws heavily from her own experiences, the lives of her parents, and the lessons she learned from them.<br> Highlights<br> 5:40 Sister Beck's father and his service in the church<br> 7:00 Sister Beck's parents' leadership examples<br> 7:30 Advice from her parents as she served in leadership callings<br> 8:30 Lessons from her father<br> 9:10 The Lord builds his church through building people<br> 9:40 Experience working with a general Young Women board member<br> 13:20 Delegating in callings<br> 15:00 Delegating as General Relief Society President<br> 16:50 Her role as General Relief Society President- Agent of the Prophet<br> 20:15 Relief Society President is an agent to the bishop and serves under his keys<br> 22:35 Relief Society President's keys when set apart/Daughter's experience as Relief Society President<br> 25:30 How to navigate the relationship between a Relief Society President and the Bishop<br> 29:10 How to measure success in leadership/ Preach My Gospel pages 10-11<br> 32:00 Sister Beck's experience being called as General Relief Society President with President Hinckley<br> 34:00 President Hinckley's counsel and emphasis that presidents choose their own counselors<br> 37:30 Counselors help the president be the best they can be<br> 40:45 Best practices for a sister that sits on a ward council<br> 44:00 What was her first day like as General Relief Society President<br> 51:00 How being a General Relief Society President has made her a better follower of Jesus Christ<br> Links<br> <a href="https://deseretbook.com/p/joy-in-covenant?variant_id=159459-hardcover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy in the Covenant</a><br> Interview Transcript<br> [00:04:00]<br> Kurt: Today, I’m in downtown Salt Lake City in a room with sister Julie Beck. How are you?<br> <br> Julie: I’m doing great. Thank you.<br> <br> Kurt: Good. Well, this is quite an opportunity. I’ve seen you on TV a lot but never in person, so this is a great opportunity.<br> <br> Julie: People look different in person.<br> <br> Kurt: Right? You’re a little more blonde than I think I remember you.<br> <br> Julie: It’s called being outside and sun-bleached hair.<br> <br> Kurt: Nice, okay. Good. You recently poured your heart and soul into a book project that you recently released called Joy in the Covenant. What was the impetus for this book project?<br> <br> Julie: The impetus was that I had been preparing messages for a number of events and things, and I wanted to share them with my family. But in today’s world, you can’t just send out an email, and I decided I needed to protect those messages, and they needed some refinement.<br> I wanted them for my family and friends, people who have been asking me to share. So I thought, “We’ll see if we can collect these into something that would [00:05:00] be a book. And I am quite pleased with it, how it turned out.<br> <br>
