“A gare ka, ya Ubangiji, na ɗaga raina. Ya Allahna, gare ka na dogara.” (Zabura 25:1-2a).
Mary Jo Flory-Steury, mataimakiyar babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers kuma babban darekta na Ofishin Ma'aikatar Denomination, ta rasu a safiyar yau a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Hershey (Pa.).
An kwantar da ita a asibiti kuma an yi mata tiyata bayan da ta sha jini a kwakwalwarta a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu. A lokacin, ita da mijinta Mark Flory Steury suna tuki gida zuwa Elgin, rashin lafiya, bayan ziyarar da suka kai a gundumar Shenandoah tare da dangi a Pennsylvania. .
Abokan aikinta a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices sun hallara domin yi mata addu’a a safiyar yau, kuma a cikin wannan yanayin ne suka samu labarin rasuwarta.
“Ya ci gaba da addu’a ga Markus, [’ya’yansu] Joshua, da Jessica, da kuma abokai da abokan aiki da yawa da hidimar Mary Jo ta taɓa su suna godiya,” in ji roƙon addu’a daga babban sakatare na wucin gadi Dale Minnich.
Jagora mai ƙarfi a cikin ikilisiya
A tsawon rayuwarta Flory-Steury ta rike mukaman jagoranci da yawa a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa kuma ta kasance mai taka rawa a cikin manyan ayyuka a cikin darikar. Ta kula da ofishin ma'aikatar, mukamin da ta rike tun 2001. Nadin ta a matsayin mataimakin babban sakatare ya zo a 2011.
Ayyukanta sun haɗa da kula da Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista - haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Cocin 'yan'uwa da Bethany Theological Seminary, da kuma sashen albarkatun ɗan adam na darikar. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da tallafawa shugabannin gundumomi da ofisoshin gundumomi, musamman taimaka wa gundumomi da ɗaukar ma'aikata, da horar da ma'aikatar, ba da takaddun shaida, da sanya fastoci, da ci gaba da buƙatun ilimi, da dai sauransu. Har ila yau a cikin aikinta akwai shirin Hidimar bazara na Ma'aikatar, horar da ma'aikata ga fastoci a cikin majami'u 'yan'uwa a Haiti da sauran wurare, da hidima a matsayin haɗin gwiwar ma'aikata na Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Raya da Fa'idodi.
Kwanan nan ta jagoranci ci gaban wani babban bita ga tsarin jagoranci na ministocin darikar, wanda taron shekara-shekara ya amince da shi a shekarar 2014. Ta kuma ba da bita ga takardar da'a a ma'aikatar dangantakar da aka yi a shekara ta 2008. Ta kasance cikin wani taron shekara-shekara. kungiyar da ke aiki kan sabon littafin minista da 'yan jarida za su buga.
A cikin shekarun da suka wuce ta taimaka wajen gudanar da wasu manyan tarurruka da shawarwari game da yanayin jagoranci a cikin coci, ciki har da taron shugabannin 2012 da aka gudanar a arewacin Virginia, da kuma wani abu na musamman da ke nazarin rawar matasa a cikin jagorancin coci. Ta kuma taimaka wajen shirya tarurrukan ja da baya ga matan malamai.
Mary Jo Flory-Steury tare da limamin coci a kasar Sin yayin wata balaguron da ta yi a shekarar 2010 na bikin cika shekaru 100 da fara aikin likitanci na kasashen yamma zuwa lardin Shansi da 'yan'uwa masu wa'azi na likitanci suka yi.
Ta ɗauki himma sosai ga ƙoƙarin mishan na ɗarikar, kasancewar an haife ta a Indiya ga iyayen da suka yi hidima a mishan na Cocin ’yan’uwa a China da Indiya. Tun tana matashiya, ta koyar a makarantar Hillcrest da ke Najeriya. A shekara ta 2003 ta kasance cikin wata tawaga daga Cocin ’yan’uwa da suka ziyarta a Indiya, suna yin aikin da ya kai ga amincewa da ’yan’uwan Indiya a hukumance. A shekarar 2010 ta je kasar Sin tare da wata kungiyar da ta ziyarci asibitin Ping Ding, inda ta yi bikin cika shekaru 100 da zuwan magungunan yammacin kasar a lardin Shansi da 'yan'uwa 'yan mishan na likitanci suka kawo. A cikin 2012 ta kasance a cikin wata tawagar ecumenical zuwa Isra'ila da Falasdinu, balaguron da ya taimaka sabunta sadaukarwar 'yan'uwa zuwa wuri mai tsarki ga al'adar bangaskiya, kuma ta yi kira ga nuna ƙauna ga dukan mutanen da ke da hannu a gwagwarmayar tashin hankali da ke gudana a Gabas ta Tsakiya. .
Ayyukan sa kai da ta yi wa darikar sun hada da wa’adin aiki a tsohuwar hukumar daga 1996-2001, a lokacin ne aka nada ta a matsayin shugabar.
Ayyukanta na farko sun haɗa da wasu shekaru 20 a matsayin fasto a Ohio. Ta yi aiki aƙalla ikilisiyoyin biyu a Ohio: Prince of Peace Church of the Brother in Kettering, da Troy Church of the Brothers.
Ta kasance 1978 ta kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) kuma ta sami digiri na biyu na allahntaka daga Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany a 1984.
Ta rasu da mijinta, Mark Flory Steury; ɗa, Joshua (Stacy) Bashore-Steury da jikanya Olivia Grace; da 'yar, Jessica (Logan) Strawderman da jikan ana sa ran isa a makonni masu zuwa.
Shirye-shiryen sabis na tunawa da damar kyauta don ƙwaƙwalwar Mary Jo Flory-Steury za a raba yayin da bayanin ya samu.