United Thank Offering
Young Adult and Seminarian Grant Applications Now Available
On Friday, the UTO Board released the Grant Focus and Criteria for the 2018 Young Adult and Seminarian Grant application process. We hope you’ll share this information with your network! The UTO Board will continue to award up to 10 grants of $2,500 each to young adults and up to 10 grants of $2,500 each to […]
To the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement
I am inviting you to celebrate the 165th birthday of Julia Chester Emery, one of the most remarkable women in the history of our beloved Episcopal Church! The United Thank Offering Board is asking you to help celebrate Miss Julia’s birthday during the month of September with a special offering in recognition of her mission […]
Welcome to September and a Special Celebration of Julia Chester Emery!
I know that I promised all of you long ago that we would only send out one email a month, so I apologize for breaking that promise during the month of September. This month, you’ll get three follow up e-newsletters with just a quick spotlight on an idea to promote UTO and Julia Chester Emery’s […]
A Parish Speaks for UTO
How important is the United Thank Offering mission and ministry to individual Episcopal parishes? Certainly one sponsoring a successful application for a grant may place it high on its priority list in thankfulness to God. But what about other parishes that participate regularly in Ingatherings without the blessing of immediate reward? Although the founding of […]
Grant Site Update: Colorado Haiti Project
In a recent trip to Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, Haiti, I visited the grant site of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and School for their first agriculture festival. The UTO grant gave the Colorado Haiti Project, in partnership with several local people from St. Paul’s, the funding to hire an agronomist/teacher and build a garden that was capable of […]
Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) 2017 – Path to Peace
EYE is the triennial gathering of youth of The Episcopal Church. For this year’s EYE, 1,400 youth, clergy and lay adults, bishops, speakers, and volunteers gathered in July at Central Oklahoma University in Edmunds, Oklahoma. Wow! What a great way to spend a week, whether you are a youth in grades 9-12 or a lucky […]
The Importance of Birthdays
When my daughters were about to turn one, I was so relieved that we’d made it through their first year that I decided that we deserved a big birthday party to celebrate our surviving infanthood and to welcome the toddler years. I planned the party for months after choosing The Lorax as the theme; I […]
United Thank Offering – Why It Matters to Me
I grew up Baptist. We didn’t have the UTO or mite boxes like other churches had; we had the penny march. Every Sunday, the children would get up and march down the aisle of the church gathering pennies for mission. Fast-forward several years to a marriage and confirmation into the Episcopal Church, where I was […]
UTO needs your help
It is hard to believe that the current triennium is almost over. I am grateful for all of the loyal people who have contributed their time, talent, and treasure to further this important ministry. For those of you who have not attended general convention, we have a big ingathering service. Representatives from every diocese come […]
Necessity of Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. —President John F. Kennedy Over the past few months, more and more people have mentioned to me how important they think teaching and practicing gratitude is, and I couldn’t agree more. […]
