Joshua’s Hands is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 A Servant’s Heart Scholarship -- which was established to honor graduating seniors who truly understand the concept of serving others.  To date, we have awarded $27,000 in college scholarships.

The scholarship is essay based and expanded in 2008 to provide three scholarships.  A Servant's Heart Scholarship was established to honor graduating seniors who truly understand the concept of serving others. 

Emma wrote in her essay, “One of the biggest lessons that I learned about serving was to bring my growing love for God home and serve my family. I have found that it is really hard to humble yourself before the family you live with all the time – the people whose faults you know well.  In Bolivia, it was easy to help clean up after meals.  Our “fights” were over who got to serve and wash the dishes.  It was easy to give up space to my teammates.  But as I started to look at my Bolivian “family,” I realized that I was not as eager to serve my own family back home. God really challenged me to take the servant’s heart I had in Bolivia back to Virginia with me.”

Joshua's Hands was established in 1999 in memory of Joshua Guthrie, who was an enthusiastic community volunteer.  Joshua’s years of service were cut short by his death at the age of 16.  Joshua’s Hands seeks to continue to be his hands of service in the community and to encourage others to serve. 

The organization established A Servant's Heart Scholarship to reward a Loudoun County senior for community service.  In 2008, the award was expanded to a potential of three $1000 scholarships.