United Thank Offering
Monthly Sermon Series: Sermon Offering for Sunday, April 19, the Sunday After Easter
Please note: The sermon for April is for the third Sunday of the month because of Easter on the second Sunday. You can find all of the sermons, including some generic ones that can be adapted to any week of the lectionary, here. If you’d like to write a sermon for others to use, please […]
News for 2021 Granting Cycle
The 2020 granting cycle is moving into the next phase. Applications were due Friday, March 6 at 5 p.m. Eastern time. Now it is time for the board to roll up our sleeves and get to work reading your great applications. Our decisions will be difficult. Although we will celebrate with all of you who […]
In Case You Missed It…
2020 Lenten Calendar Announced by the Rev. Canon Michelle I Walker, Associate Staff Officer for the United Thank Offering One of the biggest rewards of being involved with the United Thank Offering is seeing the amazing work and lessons learned thanks to the blessings acknowledged through those little Blue Boxes. We are happy to share […]
In Case You Missed It…
2020 Grant Process Updates: SUBMISSION PROCESS!! by the UTO Grants Committee As the new year begins, we are coming closer to deadlines for the two grant processes. We are so excited to read about all of the amazing things you are hoping to do! Please read the following carefully for all of the upcoming webinars, […]
Registration Now Open for Scholars Conference with Diana Butler Bass, April 23-24, 2020
The Theology of Gratitude scholars conference that UTO is presenting in partnership with Bexley Seabury Seminary in Chicago on April 23-24, 2020 is coming together nicely. This conference will include keynote speaker Diana Butler Bass, author of Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks, and papers on gratitude presented by scholars in different fields of theology. The […]
UTO Grant Deadlines Approaching
The final deadline to turn in a UTO Grant application is Friday, March 6, at 5 p.m. Eastern time. The UTO Board highly recommends that all grant writers ask questions if they are not certain about something. Pay close attention to the “Helpful Hints” page that was issued with the applications to help guide you […]
2020 Lenten Calendar Announced
One of the biggest rewards of being involved with the United Thank Offering is seeing the amazing work and lessons learned thanks to the blessings acknowledged through those little Blue Boxes. We are happy to share some of those incredible stories with you again in this third year of the UTO Lenten Devotional Calendar! This calendar […]
Gratitude and the State of the World
Things fall apart – and these days, they seem to be falling apart around the world at an appalling rate. Global warming, political discord, rising inequality, and our inability to discuss any of these issues with civility are in the news and on our minds every day. Periods of dramatic upheaval have happened pretty regularly […]
Gratitude as Radical Self-Care
We hear a lot about the need for self-care in our society. It shows up in blogs, in newspapers, and often in the same breath as discussion of our physical and mental health. It appears in articles talking about corporations and countries who see an increase in productivity when they move to a four-day workweek. […]
2020 Grant Process Updates: SUBMISSION PROCESS!!
As the new year begins, we are coming closer to deadlines for the two grant processes. We are so excited to read about all of the amazing things you are hoping to do! Please read carefully for all of the upcoming webinars, staff assistance deadlines and application deadlines. January Webinars: There will be two webinars on […]
