UTO PRAYER:
“Gracious God, we come before you in the knowledge that although we are varied in our gifts, we are united as laborers of your harvest. With grateful hearts, we give thanks for the blessings and challenges that inspire the work of the United Thank Offering. May the offerings given to UTO as an expression of gratitude go on to address the needs of our ever-changing world. All this we ask through Jesus Christ, whose life is a blueprint we strive to
follow. Amen”
“This UTO box was made in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East. It was made by the Princess Basma Center which is a school and rehabilitation center for special needs children and adults. The adult clients made the boxes to work on their job skills. The Princess Basma Center gave these to the National UTO Board members as a gift for serving on the board. The Center also provides training for the parents of the children, so they can to do PT and OT types of things at home.”
Maggie Noland
Province IV UTO Representative
United Thank Offering:
The Mission of the UNITED THANK OFFERING (UTO) has remained constant: thankful offerings given for the everyday blessings of life to provide blessings for others. Individuals in each Parish take part spiritually by offering prayers of thanksgiving and by actively dropping coins in the “Little Blue Box”. These coins gathered at each church are united with others from all over the country. All UTO Ingathering money is used to award grants. Over the past 131 years, the United Thank Offering has collected and granted over $140 million dollars.
UTO Ingathering should take place twice a year in each Parish at a time arranged with the Rector and publicized several weeks prior. Please mail Parish Ingathering checks payable to ECW, marked for UTO to: ECW, Diocese of Alabama, 521 North 20th Street, Birmingham, Al 35203-2611.
UTO Supplies may be ordered by calling 1-928-729-5540 or going to the collections page located at:
http://shimaofnavajoland.com/collections/United-Thank-Offering.
UTO Grant application materials and information will be posted at www.episcopal- church.org/uto. This will include both general grants and the young adult/seminarian grants.
Please contact the Diocesan UTO Coordinator if you are interested in applying for a grant. Dates and times for grant submission will be posted on the website. All grants will be screened by the Diocesan UTO Committee. The committee selects the grant which best fits the Mark of Mission as designated by the National UTO Committee. The UTO Committee meets each year to determine grants to be sent to the Bishop and the National UTO office.
The UTO Alms Basin created by the women of the Diocese of Alabama can be used by any Parish during a UTO Ingathering. Please contact the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham to use the basin.
Our Province IV UTO Representative is Maggie Noland, the Diocese of Alabama, who can be reached at maggienoland@hotmail.com
