THE UNITED THANK OFFERING:

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THE UNITED THANK OFFERING Past, Present, and
Future We will significantly impact the
lives of women and children because of Christs
love.
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UTO Mission

• The Mission of the United Thank Offering is to
  invite people to offer daily prayers of
  thanksgiving to God and outward and visible signs
  of those prayers which will benefit others.

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UTO PAST

• Since its beginning in 1889 with Julia
  Emery, the United Thank Offering has been
  looking for new ways to be a vibrant ministry
  throughout the Anglican Communion and the
  Episcopal Church.
• The UTO is looking for new ways to capture
  the life, energy and devotion of new generations.

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The UTO stands ready to continue its long
tradition of service.

• In 1910 Julia Emery said to the men of the
  Board of Mission that the UTO stands ready now,
  to welcome change, hoping earnestly that change
  shall mean growth to greater and better things,
  more ways in which weight of responsibility to
  serve, more, the giving of leadership in the
  different paths of service to those most
  competent to lead.

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• For the past 120 years, the mission and
  ministry of the UTO has contributed to the work
  of the church through many social and
  organizational changes, including
• 16 presiding bishops
• 1887
  2006
• The shift in the life and roles of women in the
  United States and around the world

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• Change in mission direction, structural change,
  and leadership changes within the church
• The explosion of the Internet and the global
  village that makes our world that much smaller
  and the demands for action that much greater

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• The work of the UTO is still demanding
• innovation and action to heal a broken world.

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• Men, women, young adults, and children seek
  the joy which comes from the abundance of Gods
  love in their lives, and give thankful offerings.

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• UTO began the new millennium by granting over 3
  million.

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UTOs Vision

• We will significantly impact the lives of
  women and children because of Christs love.
• To achieve this vision we will focus
  particularly on projects that implement
  significant change toward alleviating profound
  human suffering that the Millennium Development
  Goals address. Our work will directly impact the
  lives of women and children.

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Millennium Development Goals

• Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
• Achieve Universal Primary Education
• Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
• Reduce Child Mortality
• Improve Maternal Health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other Diseases
• Ensure Environmental Sustainability
• Develop a Global Partnership for Development

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UTOs Mission to expand the circle of thankful
people.

• To achieve this mission, we encourage daily
  prayers, offerings, and awareness of the
  abundance of God's blessings.
• Daily thanks improves daily life.

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UTOs Values

• THANKSGIVING for joy, blessings, and challenges
• GENEROSITY UTO offerings are over and above
• MISSION to expand the church
• MINISTRY to meet compelling human needs

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UTO Present

• The total ingathering for 2007 was 2,283,074.70.
  
• Combined with interest income and returned or
  rescinded grants, the total grant amount awarded
  for 2008 was 2,401,906.70.
• In 2008, the total ingathering from January 1,
  2008 to May 31, 2008 for the nine US provinces
  plus the Philippines and Uruguay is 529,884.01.

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UTO Contributions 2000 to 2007 Provincial and
Grand Totals
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Grant Funding From 2000-2008
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• For the 2008 United Thank Offering granting
  session, the UTO Committee received 198 grant
  applications totaling 7,923,979.05.

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• For 2008, the UTO awarded 17 international
  grants, amounting to 782,011.81.

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• For 2008, the UTO awarded 4 companion diocesan
  relationships grants, amounting to 84,200.00.

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• For 2008, the UTO awarded 70 domestic grants,
  amounting to 1,535,694.90.

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UTO Future

• Gods People Are Companions in Mission
• Companionship
• Witness
• Pilgrim
• Servant
• Prophet
• Ambassador
• Host
• Sacrament
• from An Ethos for Mission, in Companions
  in Transformation The Episcopal Churchs World
  Mission in a New Century (Morehouse Publishing,
  2004) a vision statement presented by the
  Standing Committee on World Mission to the 2003
  General Convention

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COMPANIONSHIPCompanionship is the central
characteristic that Gods missionary people are
developing in the Episcopal Church in the 21st
century.
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WITNESSWitness in word means sharing the story
of what God has done with us in light of the
story of what God has done in Christ Jesus.
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PILGRIMEpiscopal missionaries today see
themselves as pilgrims, which opens the door to
true mutuality in mission, where all are givers
and all are receivers.
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SERVANT Authentic servanthood is a crucial
counter to the assumptions we develop on the
basis of our extraordinary access to the power of
information, technology and money.
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PROPHET Episcopal mission pilgrims today often
find their views of political, racial, and
economic relationships in the world challenged
and transformed.
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AMBASSADORIn addition to witnessing in word and
deed as ambassadors of Christ, this calls for
living out the highest ethical standards in
personal honesty, respect for others, financial
transparency, and faithfulness in personal and
professional relationships.
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HOSTHospitality means that we listen to what
our companions say, offer them opportunities to
experience the breadth of our church, and care
for their needs for food, lodging, travel and
friendship.
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SACRAMENTAs the body of Christ, the church is a
sacrament of Christ, an outward and visible sign
of Christs inward and spiritual grace.
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