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As part of my responsibilities as the United Thank Offering representative for my diocese, I attended the 48th Annual Convention of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast from Thursday, February 14 to Saturday, February 16. My incredibly patient and understanding spouse did not bat an eye when I told him the dates of the convention fell on Valentine’s Day. It was a wonderful, Spirit-filled weekend with people I know from Episcopal communities throughout my diocese. Our theme f

[December 7, 2018] Applications are now accepted for the 2018 United Thank Offering grants. The application forms are available here. The focus for the 2019 United Thank Offering grants is Go: Crossing boundaries created by race, culture, and economics to create communities that listen deeply and learn to live like Jesus. More information is available here. “Boundaries divide us and encourage us see each other as more different than we are. Jesus was always crossing those ki

This September we want to invite you to join us in a special celebration in honor of the life of Julia Chester Emery and her work with the United Thank Offering. This September, Julia would have celebrated her 165th birthday. She is best known for the 40 years of her life that she gave in leadership and dedication to promoting the spiritual discipline of gratitude and for tirelessly supporting innovative mission and ministry. For this reason, we want to invite you to spend Se