United Thank Offering
Moving from One in Three: Realizing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls – The Presiding Bishop’s UNCSW 64 Delegation and UTO
By Kathy Mank, UTO Board Financial Secretary During COVID-19, women seeking survival from gender-based violence have overwhelmed women’s crisis shelters and social justice agencies. Quarantining and lockdowns make it difficult to escape an aggressor who is an intimate partner. In 1991, Rutgers University initiated the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – the longest-running […]
Contribute to the 2020 UTO Annual Report
By the Rev. Canon Heather L. Melton, Staff Officer for the United Thank Offering 2020 was a year like no other. When we entered the first stay-at-home order here in New Mexico, I took some time to dig through the UTO historical materials in my office to try and see what the women did during […]
A Litany of Thanksgiving
From: The Reverend Canon Henry and Mrs. Male, The Reverend Ralph Moore, Diocese of Maine Leader: Let us remember before God and one another the ministriesof every member of the universal church, saying, People: “We remember and give thanks.” Leader: For missionaries and emissaries here and abroad; foundersand members of Episcopal religious orders; members and leadersof the Episcopal […]
The United Thank Offering and the Staff of the Reconciliation, Justice and Creation Care Team Present: The Gospel of Mark Weekly Zoom Bible Study as a Part of the 2021 Good Book Club
Join us as we work our way through the Gospel of Mark during Epiphany. On Thursday of each week, we will gather and talk about the history and context of the portion of the Gospel of Mark that we read the week prior. Everyone will be invited to share what stood out to them, and […]
Giant UTO Blue Boxes for Sale!
Many of you have been asking for a long time how to purchase a giant wooden Blue Box like the one UTO displays at General Convention. We have found an Episcopal artisan to create such boxes for use in local contexts. A perfect replica, in large stature, of the timeless UTO Blue Box is now […]
Giant UTO Blue Boxes for Sale!
Many of you have been asking for a long time how to purchase a giant wooden Blue Box like the one UTO displays at General Convention. We have found an Episcopal artisan to create such boxes for use in local contexts. A perfect replica, in large stature, of the timeless UTO Blue Box is now available […]
In Case You Missed It… August 2020
Deadline Extended! Prayer Booklet 2021 Call for Prayers Every three years, the United Thank Offering assembles a small book of gratitude-related prayers, one of the most popular items we give out at each General Convention/Triennial and afterward for as long as they last. We are looking for original prayers in the following categories: Gratitude, Guidance, Healing, Love […]
Webinar: Mystics, Mayhem, and Madness: Wisdom from Christian Spiritual Giants for a Time of Chaos
Thursdays in September and early October at 7 p.m. Eastern time (5 weeks, September 3–October 1) Christianity is no stranger to times of mayhem and madness. From the chaotic violence of the Crusades to the ravages of the Black Death to the infamous Spanish Inquisition, Christians have long confronted times when it seemed as though […]
The Inaugural Great EpisGOpal Race Results!
By: The UTO Board and Staff Thank you to everyone who participated in the UTO EpisGOpal Race, either by moving your body or by donating. We couldn’t have done it without you! We loved seeing pictures and videos of 297 Episcopalians skating, swimming, hiking, biking, doing aikido, and so much more. Together, we raised $1,305 for […]
Internship Year Two: Boston
By: Isabelle Watkins, Julia Chester Emery Intern Moving halfway across the country during a global pandemic? Sure, why not. While the circumstances, of course, are not ideal, I am ever grateful to continue my second year with UTO in Boston with the Diocese of Massachusetts and the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Boston is by far […]
