United Thank Offering
End-of-Year Giving is Upon Us!
By UTO Finance and Archives Committee As we head toward the end of the year, we want to remind you to consider a year-end gift to UTO, and there are a variety of ways to give! Want to make a legacy gift to UTO this year? Consider donating to our Memorial Trust Fund. The Memorial […]
Thanksgiving Items from UTO
By UTO Formation and Development Committee Thank you to everyone who participated in our October gratitude program. We tried something new with the stories from the grant sites, so please let us know (you can email Heather) what you thought of those and if you’d like to see something similar next year. But don’t think […]
2025 UTO Grant Process: November Offerings
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 and talk to us about it. Wondering if your budget is going to […]
Put the Thanks in Thanksgiving this Year with UTO
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer Autumn came late to New Mexico this year, as I write this it is finally sweater weather and the cottonwood trees in the Bosque are just beginning to turn from green to gold. All of these subtle changes in the environment around us are ways my soul knows that […]
UTO Board Receives Doctrine of Discovery Training
By the Rev. Caroline Carson, UTO Province II Representative Recently, the UTO Board received a day of Doctrine of Discovery (DoD) training, sponsored by The Episcopal Church. Our teacher was the Rev. Paul Sneve, archdeacon in the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota. It is vital that we continue educating ourselves in areas such as this, […]
Custom Ink Fundraiser is Back!
By the Finance and Archives Committee Chair Over the summer, we launched a Custom Ink fundraiser, but the window the company set closed too quickly for many of you to place your order. Not to worry—we’ve set it up to run throughout October, with shirts shipping in time for Thanksgiving! You can order your shirts (available […]
2025 UTO Grant Process: October Offerings
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? […]
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UTO Fall Webinar: ‘Gratitude Comes Full Circle: A Conversation Between Grant Recipients Creating Welcome for the LGTBQ+ Community’ Join us for our fall webinar featuring two 2024 grant sites: Shepherd’s Table in South Dakota, and People are Made to Shine! from Recife, Brazil. This conversation will be hosted by Heather Melton, UTO staff officer, and moderated by […]
Curiosity: a UTO Board Core Value
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer A few years ago, the UTO Board did a lot of work around what the core values that guide the work of the UTO Board should be. We did this work with a fantastic Lutheran pastor, Sarah Ciavarri, who worked with us using a program called “Dare to Lead” […]
Board Member Published in Advent Book of Devotions
Formation Committee member and new Board member Kim Fox contributed to the new Forward Day by Day publication for Advent, “Show Me Your Ways, O Lord: Devotions on the Psalms of Advent”. Kim previously wrote for the Advent Word of the Day, “Fire,” in 2022. She was also the writer for the April 2023 meditations for […]
