Hearts for Jesus

Each year, the Minnesota South District education committee chooses a project to support with their prayers and offerings throughout the school year. Hearts for Jesus is a wonderful opportunity for Lutheran schools and centers to support a designated mission outreach ministry.

During the 2025-2026 school year, your school is invited to choose their own Hearts for Jesus project!

Past Hearts for Jesus projects

2024-2025 World Vision
2023-2024 Garuna Christian (Lutheran) School #8 in Siem Reap, Cambodia
2022-2023: Ukrainian Refugee Support
2020-2022: School choice - Local ministry partners
2019-2020: Helping Hands Eastern European Ministries (previously Helping Hands Bulgaria)
2018-2019: School choice
2017-2018: Lutheran Special Education Ministries (LSEM)
2016-2017: Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)
2015-2016: Camp Omega
2014-2015: Rebecca’s Garden of Hope
2013-2014: School choice
2012-2013: Children’s Christian Concern Society
2011-2012: Orphan Grain Train
2010-2011: India Evangelical Lutheran Church
2009-2010: Giving Gardens from Wheat Ridge Ministries
2008-2009: Children’s Bibles for Southeast Asia
2007-2008: The Servant’s Heart—Coins for Kids
2006-2007: Samuel’s Gift—Russian Bibles for Children
2005-2006: Helping Hands Bulgaria / Eastern European Ministries
2004-2005: Dirt Biking and Teaching God’s New Shepherds in Togo, West Africa
2003-2004: Educating Missionary Children—LCMS & Kenya’s Children Fund
2002-2003: Mission India’s Rice Bag program
2001-2002: Hope for China from Wheat Ridge Ministries
2000-2001: Lutheran Special Education Ministries (LSEM)