United Thank Offering
Scholars Conference with Diana Butler Bass, April 23-24, 2020
Why be grateful? UTO has offered a steady stream of reasons to practice gratitude, and those of you who live with the spiritual discipline of gratitude know that it is life-changing. But what is the relationship between our faith as Christians/Episcopalians, gratitude and God? Why does God call us to be thankful so many times […]
2019 End of Year Reports – Coming Soon!
As a new year begins, we also know that this means many of you are looking for year-end items from 2019. We promise that those are in process! The Finance Department will give us the 2019 Financial Reports in February, which means the 2019 Annual Report, 2019 Ingathering Report, and the 2019 Memorial Trust Fund book […]
Bringing in the Light with Epiphany
This January marks not only a new year, but a new decade. I love when the calendar turns to a new year (decade, etcetera) because the new year is always about intentionality. It is about choosing to try something new, to become something new. In many ways, New Year’s is about bringing light into the […]
In Case You Missed It…
2019 UTO Grant Recipients Please be aware that your mid-year report is now due! Please be sure to email your report to Michelle at miwalker@episcopalchurch.org. Monthly Sermons Beginning in December (so the sermon will be for January), we are going to offer a sermon sample for the following month. Many of you have expressed a desire […]
News from You!
It’s not too late to support a UTO Grant site and get a great Christmas gift! In 2019, UTO awarded a grant to the Diocese of Mississippi for its companion project in Honduras called Teach Them to Fish. The project has set up an Etsy shop to sell the beautiful glass ornaments and jewelry its participants […]
Year-End Reminders
It is hard to believe that it is December already, which means that the days in 2019 are dwindling, as are your chances to give to support the work of UTO for the current year. Please be aware that December 10 is the deadline for mailing checks to UTO and December 31 is the deadline […]
UTO Reads! "Gratitude" by Oliver Sacks
“My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” —Oliver Sacks Gratitude is a […]
Epiphany and the Good Book Club
Once again, the United Thank Offering is happy to participate in the Good Book Club. This year, we will focus on reading the Gospel of John during the season of Epiphany. Resources are available now at www.episcopalchurch.org/uto. The program’s booklet is available in two formats: one you can easily print and fold to use each week […]
2020 Grant Process Updates
Special Webinar on the Definition of the 2020 Focus Many of you have expressed some concern about how to understand the definition of evangelism for the 2020 UTO Grant application process, so we want to give you a chance to ask your questions about evangelism! Please join us on Monday, December 9, at either noon or 8 p.m. […]
Scholars Conference with Diana Butler Bass, April 23-24, 2020
The United Thank Offering has been spreading the good news of gratitude for 130 years, but over the past decade, gratitude has become a phenomenon in both scientific circles and the popular press. Psychology research links gratitude and grateful behavior to improved physical and mental health, success, and of course, happiness. Christians have been singing […]
