United Thank Offering

Practice

Gratitude

and change the world

UTO Online Shop is Live and Featuring Lenten Kits!

Order your UTO materials from formation kits to gratitude journals, all for free! We will not be shipping materials for the remainder of 2025. All orders placed for basic materials will ship after January 5, 2026. Lenten materials are now in the shop and will ship by January 30th, orders must be placed by January 16th for Lenten materials so we can order the correct quantity.

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Download Gratitude Resources for Christmas!

We have materials to add gratitude to your Christmas Celebration! Use the buttons below and download your free resources today.

CHRISTMAS RESOURCES

Join us for Julia Chester Emery's Feast Day!

Join us on January 10 at 11a Eastern time to celebrate the life of our founder, Julia Chester Emery. Click on the link below to read more about our presenter, the Rev. Erin Jean Warde, and the mini-training day that will follow.

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2025 Grants Awarded!

The United Thank Offering 2025 grants have been awarded! Check out the ways UTO is supporting innovative mission and ministry projects addressing water issues as mentioned in Matthew 25.

2025 Grant Brochure

Folleto de sub venciones 2025

2025 Grant List with Descriptions

Every UTO Grant Awarded since 1883

2024 Grant Recipients (2025 Coming Soon)

Diocese of Busan

Empowerment through Café Inclusion

This project aims to provide vocational training and opportunities for adults with severe developmental disabilities in Busan, South Korea.

Diocese of Bukavu

Multi-service Center for the Holistic Care of Women Victims of Violence

In response to the 2024 UTO focus area on “the Stranger”, the Diocese of Bukavu, heavily impacted by regional conflicts, plans to build a multi-service center.

Diocese of Bondo

St. Timothy’s Children’s Hope Center

This project will establish the Children Hope Center to meet the needs of vulnerable children, some who are orphaned and others from single mother households.

Diocese of Daejeon

Another Home, Another Family

There are 110 people in St. Mark’s neighborhood, and they need a lot of care, but no church is helping them. St. Mark’s aspires to help them settle into Korean society.

Multi-service Center for the Holistic Care of Women Victims of Violence

Our Work

The United Thank Offering (UTO) began in 1883 when the women of the church took up a thank offering to support innovative mission and ministry in The Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion that the church budget could not cover.

Today, UTO includes members of all ages and genders, and welcomes people regardless of church affiliation. UTO’s focus is still on promoting gratitude and supporting innovative projects that address compelling needs around the globe.

Gratitude

UTO invites individuals to embrace and deepen a personal daily spiritual discipline of gratitude. For gratitude resources, events, and information, visit our gratitude page.

Granting

UTO distributes 100% of thank offerings made to the Ingathering to ministries throughout The Episcopal Church and Provinces of the Anglican Communion.

Leading

UTO is made up of a collection of lay and clerical members across the world, and our organization is made possible through this wonderful, grass-roots leadership.

Generosity

We at UTO believe that a great stewardship campaign begins and ends with gratitude. Our resources begin by giving thanks for our congregation and the gifts shared within it and our communities.

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