St. Paul’s Annual United Thank Offering Ingathering

St. Paul’s Annual United Thank Offering Ingathering (UTO) will be on May 18. This Sunday, please take a UTO Blue Box home to use for your UTO offerings throughout the year. An offering envelop will be provided at the time of the Ingathering.

According to the United Thank Offering Committee, the UTO Mission Statement is "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."

One example of what the offerings made by Episcopalians in the U.S. in 2007 funded: The Diocese of California, San Francisco General Hospital, for the Sojourn Chaplaincy. $9,069 to fund the development and 1st year of a training program in domestic violence diagnosis, referral, intervention, and prevention education for chaplains.