United Thank Offering
Lent 2024: 40 Days of Gratitude and Presence
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer This year our theme for Lenten materials is “40 Days of Grateful Presence” and a call to giving thanks for the many things in our lives we take for granted. Our hope is that during the 40 days of Lent we can all use gratitude to help us be […]
A New Year’s Resolution to Be More Present
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer I know that New Year’s resolutions come with a lot of opinions: Some people love them; others hate them. I tend to really like them and often find that the promise of a fresh start with a new year is a wonderful gift to evaluate an area of my […]
Reminder: Changes Coming to How UTO Distributes Printed Materials
As December unfolds around us, one of our big changes is underway, which is revamping how we distribute materials. During the month of December, you will not be able to order materials. If you have an emergency and need UTO printed items, please email Heather Melton before Dec. 15, and she will send items on Dec. […]
Giving Tuesday: Thank You!
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer Last week the United States marked “Giving Tuesday,” a movement that started years ago to encourage individuals to support nonprofits. (It grew as a response to Black Friday and Cyber Monday.) This Giving Tuesday we showcased 2023 grant sites on our social media sites and joined with Episcopal Migration […]
Updates on the 2024 UTO Grant Process
By Rowan Larson, UTO Vice President-Elect We are approaching the deadline for applying for a 2024 grant. Applications are due no later than Jan. 19. However, there are many important deadlines that precede the final deadline, including the deadlines for different kinds of application review. You can see all of the grant deadlines on our website. Importantly, the UTO office will […]
Lent Materials Available
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer If the title of this article shocked you, I apologize, but Lent is very early this year (it’s a Valentine’s Day/Ash Wednesday year again), and we want to make sure you have free resources to help ground your Lenten journey in gratitude. This year our theme for Lenten materials […]
Julia Chester Emery Feast Day Celebration
By Sherri Dietrich, UTO Board President Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m. EasternRegister here January 9 is the feast day of Julia Chester Emery, founder of the United Thank Offering, and this year we are celebrating the life and ministry of Miss Julia with Kristen Wheeler of Ministry of the Saints: Modern Iconography. Kristen created one […]
End of Year Deadlines for UTO Giving
By Maggie Noland, UTO Vice President for Finance and Archives Every year we have several folks who forget to send in their UTO funds and are disappointed that those funds cannot be counted towards the Ingathering for the year they were collected. Please take a moment and ensure that all UTO funds have been sent […]
Still time to order your 2023 UTO Christmas cards and A Note for Santa
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer First off, a big thank-you to everyone who has already ordered their UTO Christmas cards! We’ve been sending them out since October, and now there are just a few days left to download yours. Kristen Wheeler of Modern Iconographer has created the artwork for our cards and the inside has a […]
Preparing for Christmas and Remembering our Siblings in Christ in Jerusalem
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer In 2019 I was invited to go and visit the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East to see grant sites and to plan the UTO pilgrimage to Jerusalem. While there, Katelyn Kenney, the UTO intern at the time, and I spent some time touring some of the […]
