{"id":1368,"date":"2020-09-17T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitable-distribution.flywheelstaging.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T19:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T19:47:35","slug":"jana-strukova","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/themaryandmartha.com\/jana-strukova\/","title":{"rendered":"Jana Strukova"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1368\" class=\"elementor elementor-1368\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e5585e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e5585e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0277b75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0277b75\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4262cd6 e-con-full 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Restorative care embraces hope and the inner reservoir of strengths and virtues that every individual has been endowed with. In this model, people who come to health providers for healing are not failing in the sense of personal deficiency (although one must admit that in a strictly mechanistic view of the human body, their organs might not be performing at medically expected levels). Restorative care does not see people\u2019s behaviors as problems (despite not conforming to behavioral standards for what constitutes normalcy), and therefore it does not engage in an asymmetrical relationship between a fixer (a health care professional) and an object (a patient) who needs fixing and recalibrating.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/p><p>Jana dives deeper into this concept, the backstory, and the manifestation of this nonprofit within her book Befriend: Taking Care of Community through Nonprofit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9d2a section-scholar-missionary e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9d2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-881f4c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"881f4c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f854f8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"f854f8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\nbody.elementor-page .elementor-widget-menu-anchor{margin-bottom:0}<\/style>\t\t<div id=\"jana\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3787134 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3787134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jana as a <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e4dbd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e4dbd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Public Scholar and Missionary<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaf5ae3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eaf5ae3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f27a9e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f27a9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jana comes to this field of work as an academic, teacher, author, and missionary.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db3eaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7db3eaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In her first two publications, Jana\u2019s scholarship revolved around youth and their Christian spiritual formation. In her third publication, she builds on her entrepreneurial experience with running a nonprofit in mental health services. Befriend: Taking Care for Community through Nonprofit was launched in December 2023. The book represents an interdisciplinary analysis of community, nonprofit, health care, friendship, holistic, and others. It offers strategies and practices for building healthier and more connected communities. Churches, faith-based nonprofits, mental health providers, and institutions of theological studies can benefit from this publication.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c14b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c2c14b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d08126 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2d08126\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1449ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1449ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Global Missional Work<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e9fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13e9fa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Currently, Jana is working on researching care for displaced communities due to war conflicts. Her initiative involves learning about war-initiated traumas of women in Liberia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, mainly Ukraine. Jana has been traveling to her home country, Slovakia, to help the Ukrainian refugees, compile stories of Ukrainian families, and learn about the dynamics of living in host countries. As an immigrant herself, Jana&#8217;s personal and professional efforts highlight displaced people&#8217;s struggles and offer a compassionate presence through her teaching and mission trips.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89fbc34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89fbc34\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3336c96 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3336c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158b675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"158b675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trips and Educational Events<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b21f01 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b21f01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In partnership with the UMC of Western North Carolina and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., Jana Strukova will lead a trip to Eastern Europe in May 2024.<\/p><p>Being a Church with the Displaced: Missions with Ukrainian Refugees represents an educational trip and a class for credit (for those who choose so) to visit Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary from May 13-26, 20024. Registration will open in January, and all interested persons can return to this website for more information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1420fb3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1420fb3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e5ad8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e5ad8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de1002 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2de1002\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e34fd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e34fd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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