While today marks the end of our October program, it also is a chance for new beginnings. You’ve experienced stories of gratitude from around the globe this past month, each with unique perspectives on how gratitude can change our lives, our communities, and the world around us. It is our hope that you’ll take some […]
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Emery Trust Fund Grant This Emery Trust Fund project will allow for the continued preservation of records, archives, and artifacts detailing the work and historic contributions of the women of the Church for generations to come. “The Archives is grateful to be able to continue lifting up the under-represented history of the women of the
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Jerusalem Challenge Grant Each year, UTO awards grants through a category called “Historical Grants.†These awards do not fall within the focus and criteria for the year but rather within the wider scope of the UTO mission. Examples include challenge grants, which are fundraising efforts for specific projects to address an extreme need, and grants
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House of Love for the Chronically Ill This grant will build temporary housing for low-income people with chronic diseases, such as cancer, kidney problems, diabetes. The House of Love will provide these vulnerable individuals, many of whom are from indigenous communities, with a safe place to sleep, wash, and prepare their while they receive medical
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People are Made to Shine! The objective of the Project “People are made to shine!†is to advocate for and provide holistic assistance to the LGBTQ+ population in situations of extreme vulnerability in the city of Recife, especially homeless transgender people. “In Brazil, gratitude is expressed with hugs and smiles. This is a bodily form
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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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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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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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Another Home, Another Family South and North Korea have continued to have tense relations in the 78 years since the Korean War. There are currently 33,815 North Korean Defectors (NKDs) in South Korea, 110 of whom live in the Chungnam Academic District surrounding St. Mark’s, so parishioners have decided to provide for the gaps observed
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We’re starting our travels around the globe with two grant sites in South Korea. UTO first awarded a grant to the Province of Korea in 1958 to provide for buildings in the region. Our grant sites remind us this week of the good feeling we get when we share our gifts with others and join
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