WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
Our Fall Ingathering for the United Thank Offering (UTO) will take place on Sunday, October 1, at both services. Special envelopes will be in the pews that day for your donations, and you can bring your Blue Boxes to church and place them in the basket at the back of the church. Our offering will join with those of others around the diocese at our Diocesan Convention on October 6-8 in Livingston, Montana.
Since 1889, the United Thank Offering has been collecting the offerings of Episcopalians that have been made in gratitude for the many blessings of this life. 100% of what is donated to UTO is used to fund vital projects in the U.S. and throughout the world. The United Thank Offering, in the spirit of Matthew 25, is focusing on areas of ministry that serve those who society has left out and left behind. The UTO grant focus for 2024 will be on “the stranger” Jesus mentions, offering welcome and inclusivity. This includes funding innovative mission and ministry projects that:
- Welcome people with differences that cause isolation (culture, life experience, disability, mental health, etc.) in new ways that are meaningful and deemed necessary by that community.
- Encourage truth telling, acknowledging historic trauma, and establishing a pathway towards healing.
