Thank you for wishing to support this ministry!
We send out thousands of free prayer cards and support products each year and your financial contribution will help us cover the cost of printing, postage, and mailing out these prayer cards and support products. It will also help with other various costs associated with this ministry, such as resources needed to send out our daily surrender novena/prayer email and produce our podcast. We thank you for your generosity!
What do Financial Contributions* Include?
“Financial contributions” include any contributions given (either by credit card, cash, or check) via our Support Page, for the prayer cards we provide, such as the Surrender Novena, Litany of Humility, or Rosary of Our Lady of Tears, or when someone orders our Care Products.
“Fine print: Please note that this ministry is not a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, so your financial contribution to this ministry is not tax-deductible and we cannot provide a tax-deductible receipt. We thank you for your generosity!
How to Give a Financial Contribution to This Ministry
We thank you for your generosity! You can contribute in the following ways:
Pay via Credit Card
Mail a check/money order made out to “Healing Heart of Jesus” to our *new address*:
Healing Heart of Jesus
PO Box 70
Seadrift, Texas 77983
Fine print: Please note that this ministry is not a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, so your financial contribution to this ministry is not tax-deductible and we cannot provide a tax-deductible receipt. We thank you for your generosity!
You can also learn more about the mission and purpose of our ministry here.
Gift of Prayer
We are incredibly grateful to the many people who have and continue to pray for this ministry. We know the importance and power of prayer, and we are immensely thankful for all the people who support this ministry in this way.
When we pray and fast for others, we not only gift the give of our prayers, but we receive in return as well. That is the beauty of prayer. Each moment, if lived in the presence of God and love for him and our neighbor, is a prayer.
This is how we pray for you. In our daily moments, as we work on this ministry and spend time with Jesus in prayer. We are always keeping you in our hearts and asking Mary to bring your hearts and intentions to Jesus to provide healing, hope, and peace. We ask for your continued prayers, and may you receive the blessings we have received from God through your prayers in abundance.
Financial Contribution (Monthly)
If you wish to support our ministry through a monthly financial contribution, you and do so through our Patreon membership page where we have various levels of monthly giving available, such as $5, $10, $15, or $20. You can also choose a custom amount. We thank you in advance for your support and generosity!
*Please note Healing Heart of Jesus is not a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, so your financial contribution to this ministry is not tax-deductible, and we cannot provide a tax-deductible receipt.
Is Healing Heart of Jesus a non-profit?
Healing Heart of Jesus is not a registered 501c3 non-profit organization. Any financial gift to this ministry is not tax-deductible, and we cannot provide a tax-deductible receipt.
Turning this ministry into a non-profit is something we have prayed about but do not feel called to do now. Practically, we do know it would take a lot of time and effort to create a new organization and file for 501c3 status.
We believe at this time God would instead have us focus on writing, creating, producing resources, and spreading His love in the way He is currently calling us to do. However, this is an area of continual discernment for us, and if God calls to reorganize this ministry at any point, we know He’ll provide the means to do so. We do want to note that while this ministry is organized as a for-profit business, each year, we generally break even. Any small profit made is put back into running this ministry. Even though Laura runs this ministry full-time, we do not receive any personal income from this ministry.
Why does your ministry offer all resources for free or at a minimal cost with an option to offer a financial contribution?
When this ministry first began providing physical prayer cards and books in 2018, we charged a set price for each product.
During Advent of 2019, Laura felt a call to pull back from active involvement in the ministry. After this period of rest, she discerned she was to continue with the website and daily emails but to refrain from social media – personally and with the ministry. During her hiatus, she realized being on social media created a great deal of agitation in her heart, whether engaging with others or just scrolling. Even though social media is a great marketing tool, the benefits did not outweigh the cost. So, she left social media behind, trusting God would bring the people He felt needed this ministry in His way.
In January 2020, a friend shared with Laura the Surrender Novena. It became life-changing for her. In March, she changed her daily prayer email to a daily perpetual Surrender Novena email. Right about that time, the initial COVID shutdown occurred.
In the summer of 2020, Laura felt a call to begin sharing the Surrender Novena in a printed card – for free. She made this card available upon request and an option for people to request one to be sent to a friend or loved one on their behalf. This “call to share freely” eventually expanded to all the resources available through this ministry. John and Laura do not want cost to be a factor for people who want or need them. They trust the Lord will provide in His perfect way and time.
What do Financial Contributions cover?
By the grace of God, this ministry continues to grow. And of course, with that growth, costs increase to not only pay for the physical products and general business costs but also the expenses need to pay for online services and resources, such as website, email program provider, and podcast.
A breakdown of costs this ministry incurs includes:
· Printing physical products, such as cards and books, notecards, ministry cards, materials to laminate cards, etc.
· Postage, shipping, and packaging materials, such as mailers, shipping tape, labels, envelopes, and shipping service fee
· Website fees (domain, hosting, eCommerce fees, and credit card processing fees)
· Email program subscription fee. Regular email is free but sending daily emails to a growing number of people requires subscription fees. Because as we send out daily emails and the number of subscribers grows each day, the cost increases.
· Video/audio and design software and production, media assets, and ministry partners (designer, copyeditor).
· Our personal touch. There may be areas we could cut corners and use resources that cost less, and we could also reduce the amount of time spent on preparing and shipping the prayer cards and resources we mail out. However, that would take away from the mission and purpose of this ministry. Here’s why:
Most websites that discuss anxiety, depression, and emotional wounds mirror the difficulty of those topics in the visuals (imagery, colors, etc.) on their website and resources. From the beginning, we felt Jesus ask us to do something different. We knew the topics He was calling Laura to write prayers and reflections about were difficult, but that didn’t mean the visuals on our website had to mirror those feelings those topics evoked. Instead, we felt called for our visuals to reflect peace, beauty, love, a sense of calm, and purity. This purpose is to offset painful and negative feelings that can arise when dealing with these difficult topics. When people visit this ministry’s website and use our resources (either physical or online), we desire that they provide an experience of settling into a safe space, a place of refuge. We take the time to write handwritten notes along with resources we send out and use stamps, envelopes, and packaging to perpetuate the experience we hope others have when they visit our ministry site. And the audio recordings on the podcast are produced in such a way that we hope listeners feel a sense of peace and rest as they listen and pray with us.
Many people are hurting in this world, suffering from anxiety, fear, sadness, loneliness, and feelings of abandonment and rejection. We believe, hope, and pray that this personal touch we strive to provide to those who visit and receive resources from our ministry will allow them to experience how God sees them – a unique, special, chosen, beautiful, and cherished child of God. So, while we do our best to create our resources through free or inexpensive means and do most of the work ourselves, occasionally, the “personal touch” we feel called to provide costs a little more. Please know we only want to ensure the people who receive our resources are given the experience we feel we are called to provide – the experience of resting in the Heart of Jesus.
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