Shortening Distances, Bridging Gaps: Labor Missionary Without Barriers This grant will create a new program to address food instability among the vulnerable and forgotten people of Cuba through the investment of five battery-powered vehicles to deliver food, supplies, and fellowship to those living in isolation due to road conditions, poverty, and racism. “Finding the path […]
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This week, we’re visiting with grant sites from Central and South America. The 2024 grants to this region of the world were awarded to diocese of The Episcopal Church as well as to our Covenant Partner, IARCA (The Anglican Church of Central America), and our Bilateral Partner, IEAB (The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil). Both
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Written by Linda Kennedy, UTO Board member A few years ago, I was involved in a conference entitled “Invitation to the Table.†Our speaker, the Rev. Mary Bea Sullivan, spoke at the conference about tables and the importance tables had played in her life and in the life of the church. Each story gave us
The Shepherd’s Table Shepherd’s Table seeks to be the place for all people to experience belonging and be welcomed at Christ’s table with no exceptions for who they are or who they love. Here, people will have a safe space to be fed physically, emotionally, and spiritually. “This UTO grant creates a sense of abundance
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Engaging Gender Complexity The Engaging Gender Complexity (EGC) initiative from the midwestern Episcopal province, Bexley-Seabury Seminary, and TransEpiscopal, was developed in response to the call from General Convention Resolution D-030 to welcome and support gender-diverse people and communities. The grant funds will be used to hire facilitators and coaches to support faith communities engaging in
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Community Based Accompaniment for People Seeking Asylum The Diocese of Chicago plans to use their UTO grant to hire a program coordinator to assist community-based ministries welcoming people seeking asylum. The program coordinator will serve as a resource to volunteers seeking to develop their housing and accompaniment ministries. Additionally, this grant will provide the startup
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Easton English School at Trinity Cathedral Trinity Cathedral recently piloted a free English as a Second Language (i.e. ESL) class for immigrants. This past grant cycle, they sought funds to hire a coordinator to advance the program into a full-fledged ministry known as the Easton English School at Trinity. The part-time, bilingual coordinator will manage
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Next up on our global journey, we’re visiting UTO grants given to Episcopal diocese within the United States. From the tidewaters of Maryland, through the Midwestern Province, to the Northern Great Plains of South Dakota, come explore these North American grant sites! Let’s take a look at how gratitude is expressed through our prayers, worship,
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Last week, we read about how participants and volunteers were equally grateful and transformed by their experiences at the project sites UTO funded in 2024. This week, as we learn more about the projects funded in Africa, we can also see that people who receive help want to then help others. Often, these grant sites
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An Inclusive Shelter & Empowerment Center Society’s silence in response to the rampant violation of the rights of vulnerable groups in Tabora, such as street children, house girls, and teen mothers, has raised this question: where is the church? The inclusive shelter project seeks to break the silence by demonstrating the Diocese of Tabora’s willingness
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