United Thank Offering
Reminder: No UTO Material Orders in June and New Process Going Forward
Just a quick reminder that we will not be shipping materials this month so that our Board and staff can focus on General Convention. However, you can place orders because our new ordering system is live! Please note that we are no longer shipping materials monthly but are shipping materials for the fall of 2024 in […]
Changes to the 2025 Grant Submission Process: New Double Deadlines for Grants
By the Rev. Rowan Larson, UTO Board Vice President for Grants For several years now, UTO has had a “double deadline” for the Anglican Communion (AC). That is, their deadline for grant application submissions has been a few weeks before the final deadline. This allows us to give staff attention to each AC grant and […]
UTO 2024 Bylaws Changes
By Sherri Dietrich, UTO Board President Every three years UTO reviews and revises all its governing documents to best reflect current operations and realities. The most recent revisions to our bylaws were approved by Executive Council at its April meeting and have gone into immediate effect. Most of the changes are simply “housekeeping” changes, such […]
3rd Annual UTO Virtual Training Day Rescheduled: June 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Eastern
By UTO Executive Committee Due to our staff person needing to have surgery last month, we have moved the training day to June. The training will be recorded for those who cannot make the new date; and for those who can now make it, please register. Register hereRegister by Wednesday, May 30, at 9 a.m. […]
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye
By Sherri Dietrich, UTO Board President This is my last month as UTO Board president and my final article for our newsletter. I’ve been thinking about my tenure on the Board (nine years!) and all the things that have changed in UTO and how much UTO has changed me. When I joined the Board as […]
Final Month to Order UTO Materials Before the System Changes
To order UTO materials, please visit https://dfms.formstack.com/forms/uto_orders May 20 is the deadline to order materials before we launch our new distribution model over the summer. We are no longer able to ship materials “on demand.” If you are in an emergency, please email Heather and she’ll be happy to help if she can. In June, we’ll launch […]
2024 UTO Grant Recipients Announced
The Episcopal Church Executive Council approved more than $1 million in United Thank Offering grants supporting 20 innovative mission and ministry projects during its April meeting. The funds come from the United Thank Offering’s yearly Ingathering, which includes monies collected in “blue boxes” at Episcopal churches, designated as thank offerings. This year’s total includes a […]
Ofertas de la UTO en español en la Convención General (incluido el pedido de material en español)
Por el Subcomité de Lengua Española Inscríbase en los eventos en español y/o solicite material aquíFecha límite para solicitar material: 15 de mayo. La Iglesia Episcopal ha cambiado muchas cosas debido a la pandemia, y quizás una de las formas más importantes en que ha cambiado se verá a través de la Convención General que […]
UTO at General Convention
By UTO Executive Committee The pandemic has changed a lot of things for The Episcopal Church; perhaps one of the biggest ways that it has changed is seen through the smaller scale of General Convention this summer in Louisville, Kentucky. For those of us at UTO, there is a loss: For the second time since […]
Practice Gratitude – Change the World
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer My kids participate in a program called KidStrong. For the past few months, one of the activities they’ve been learning about is how to order food. Now this might seem simple to those of us who have been ordering food for a long time, but most kids have their […]
