United Thank Offering
2023 Grant to Kondoa, Tanzania for Empowering Clothing: Sewing Project for Adolescent Girls & the Elderly
From the Final Grant Report “Our project is to equip girls with skills, abilities, and knowledge through sewing training and equipment, and to enable them to generate income for sustaining their essential needs, including clothing, and thus protecting themselves from various crimes and imprisonment. The beneficiaries of our project are a group of girls whom […]
Generosity: Thank You for Giving and New Acknowledgement Process for 2025
By the Finance and Archives Committee Thank you for supporting UTO in 2024! Although we don’t know the full extent of gifts to UTO in 2024 quite yet, we do know that each month checks, online donations, and more were given to support the important work of UTO. We know that our UTO leaders worked […]
Granting: Final Deadlines Approaching for the 2025 UTO Grant Process
By Rowan Larson, Chair of the UTO Grant Committee As VP for grants, and chair of the Grants Committee, I am excited to see what kind of innovative mission and ministry projects will be submitted to UTO this year. We are extending our dual-deadline system to all applications this year, not just those from the Anglican Communion. […]
Gratitude: Lent 2025
By Daria Condon, UTO Formation and Development Committee Have you enjoyed the multiple resources provided by the United Thank Offering over the past few months? I have enjoyed them, and I would love for you to join us for Lent. The materials are available to be ordered now. There are resources in English and Spanish, for […]
Surge, illuminare! Arise, Shine!
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer For those who know me, it likely comes as no surprise that a lot of my favorite Scripture comes from the prophets. As you’re reading this, we’ve just entered the season of Epiphany, and the vast majority of Epiphany sermons will focus on the arrival of the Wise Men, […]
2024 UTO Challenge Grant for Jerusalem Update: St. Luke’s Hospital-Nablus
By Sawsan Batato, Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem In a small village nestled between rolling hills called Burin, a 45-year-old woman named Fatima lived a simple life with her husband, Farid, and their five children—three girls and two boys. Farid was the sole breadwinner, and they had shared dreams and struggles as a family. But everything […]
Lent is Coming!
By Maggie Noland, UTO Board Vice President for Finance and Administration Although we are currently in Advent, and getting ready for Christmas, Lent will be here before we know it. The UTO website has a plethora of 2025 Lenten resources that are now available for ordering. This site can be reached in two ways. The […]
Final Open Office Hours for the 2025 Grant Process
By UTO Grant Committee Open office hours are a great chance to meet one-on-one with UTO Grant Committee members and/or staff to talk through your application or project ideas. If you’re not sure if your project fits the focus and criteria, come talk to us about it. Wondering if your budget is going to work? […]
Christmas Offerings & Update on Mailing Materials
By UTO Formation and Development Committee Gratitude might not be the first thing you think of when you consider Advent and Christmastime, but we hope it will be! There’s so much to be thankful for during the holiday season that we at UTO want to help you intentionally practice gratitude. We have some offerings to […]
Christmas Gratitude and an Invitation to Support EMM
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer When I was pregnant, I dutifully bought and filled out a baby book. One of the pages asked for a family tree for each parent. My husband easily filled his in, but there was a part of my family that I didn’t know much about, including how to spell […]
