United Thank Offering
Congratulations to Our Julia Chester Emery Contest Winners!
First off, a BIG thank you to everyone who participated in our special Julia Chester Emery birthday celebration! It was really hard to choose a winner for the photo contest, so rest assured, we’ll do it again. Thank you for being creative, silly, and celebratory with us! We hope that you enjoyed (and we know […]
Grant Site Update: Sewage Ditch and Sewage Disposal Tank Construction Work in Sandu Shui Ethnic Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, China
In Sandu Shui Ethnic Autonomous County in Guizhou Province, the local conditions are too poor to support steady development of the economy. As a consequence, the idea of environmental protection and sustainable development can’t be supported. This project is in the Banyin Village, where the local town government is located. The population density is comparatively […]
UTO Reads!
One of the things we get asked about most are resources for teaching gratitude to toddlers, children, and youth. At the last UTO Board meeting, we agreed to start a new segment of the e-newsletter featuring a review of a book that teaches about gratitude. Each month, we’ll have a review of a new book […]
New UTO Materials Available!
Over the past few weeks, a lot of new materials have become available on our website and in the distribution center. We wanted to make you aware of a few of them: 2018 UTO Cross – This handcrafted sterling silver Celtic Cross is modeled after one owned by Julia Chester Emery and recreated on her […]
Update from the UTO Coordinator in Puerto Rico
Here in Puerto Rico, we are all trying to help one another. Puerto Rico is devastated but slowly picking itself up, thanks first to the Lord and to all those who have arrived to keep order and all the humanitarians who are helping. Electrical posts and cables are being restored, and the armed forces are […]
Gratitude in Difficult Times
First off, my apologies: your e-news is coming out a little late this month because I was waiting for the Ingathering totals for September so we could announce all of the contest winners at once. Thank you to all of you who have called or emailed asking where your e-news was! It’s great to know […]
Contest Photos
Here are just a few of the photos we’ve received so far for the photo contest. Thank you to all of those who have submitted photos on Facebook, Instagram, or by email. The Board has decided to extend the deadline for submission to October 10, since many of you mentioned you had to do your celebration in October due to […]
Did you know?
While learning about Julia Chester Emery over the summer, the staff learned some interesting things that we didn’t know about our predecessor and we wanted to share them with you. Most people know that every weekday Morning Prayer and the Eucharist are held in the chapel at the Episcopal Church Center in New York. (You […]
UTO Changing Lives
This week you get to hear from the Presiding Bishop on why he thinks the United Thank Offering is so important. The story that he tells makes me think about a school on the banks of a river in Liberia – Bromley Mission and its main building, Julia Chester Emery Hall. Bromley is a girls’ […]
Dear People of God in the Episcopal Church
Dear People of God in the Episcopal Church: I love a good party, so I’m glad to have an excuse to throw one on September 24 when the Episcopal Church celebrates the 165th birthday of Julia Chester Emery, the founder of the United Thank Offering. Miss Julia, as she was called, is one of my favorite Episcopal […]
