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2019 UTO Annual Grants Announced!
The UTO Board is very happy to announce the 2019 regular UTO Grant recipients. We were able to award 33 grants this year. A list and description of each can be found at www.episcopalchurch.org/uto, and the brochures will be at the distribution center shortly. This year the focus was Go: Crossing boundaries created by race, culture, and […]
Rest, Learning, Jubilee
As you read this, I will be just a few days away from starting my sabbatical, which has been about a year in the planning and comes as I transition from my seventh year as the UTO staff officer into my eighth. A lot has happened in these past seven years (and just wait until […]
Journey to Palestine: St. Peter’s Elderly Home and Community Center
I was getting brunch with a friend yesterday, and the conversation turned to assisted living services. My friend was expressing how her family has gotten a lot of flak for putting her grandmother in such a facility, and I shared that I was familiar with the industry because my mother has been working in marketing […]
Memorial Trust Fund Fundraiser
Over the past few years, we’ve gotten a lot of requests for merchandise with the UTO logo to show your support for UTO. So, be on the lookout for a special UTO fundraiser with Custom Ink this month on Facebook! All proceeds will go toward the Memorial Trust Fund to support the work of our ministry. […]
Call for Suggestions for the Seventh UTO Prayer Booklet
One of the most popular resources that UTO offers each triennium is the UTO Prayer Booklet. In about a year, we’ll begin inviting submissions for prayers from throughout The Episcopal Church and beyond, but before that, we need your help. We would like to solicit your ideas on the structure for the seventh edition of […]
Changes and Growing Gratitude
April showers bring May flowers, but I’m afraid those flowers may be snowdrops this year in Maine. I like winter, but I confess that I had a hard time being happy about the beautiful half-foot of snow that fell in the middle of April this year. I’ve always lived in places with four very distinct […]
There are no bad guys, only good guys who make bad choices
Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he was going along and […]
In Case You Missed It…
Congratulations to Wendy P. from Rochester, New York! She’s the lucky winner in our Puzzle Design process! Thank you to everyone who submitted puzzles, puzzle ideas, and so forth. This fall, we’ll have new UTO games as resources available for you to use in your parish! 2019-2020 Internship Applications Now Available We are pleased to announce […]
Raising Grateful Voices: Spreading UTO and Gratitude in Your World
The UTO Board and staff are thrilled to announce Raising Grateful Voices, a new opportunity to gather together to learn, share, and experience UTO Grant sites. This triennium, UTO will be offering annual regional gatherings in conjunction with other complementary gatherings in The Episcopal Church in different regions of the country. This year, we are […]
In Case You Missed It…
1. 2019 UTO Annual Grant Process Timeline: The deadline has now passed for the 2019 Grant Process. Thank you to everyone who applied, who served on a screening committee, and who gave in 2018 to support the 2019 grants! With that said, please note the following important information about your application: If you are a grant […]
