By Kathy Mank, United Thank Offering Board Financial Secretary
Only 65 days until Christmas! My neighbor across the street decorates their house with a Snoopy countdown clock which is prominently displayed. By opening my front door in the month of December, I know exactly how many days, hours and minutes are left until Christmas Day. In our UTO world of FAQs, the question of deadlines for submitting year-end Ingathering offerings is in the top five behind grant process questions.
Here is a chart with deadlines, address, and a live online link:
| Notice, Give | Make | Bless |
| Ingathering Donations by Mail | Mail Checks by: Dec. 1, 2021 | The United Thank Offering DFMS – Protestant Episcopal Church PO Box 958983 St. Louis MO 63195-8983 |
| Ingathering Donations Online | Initiate Transaction by: Dec. 15, 2021 | Link from the UTO Blog: Give – United Thank Offering |
| Notice, Give | Make | Bless |
The UTO is supported by the offices of the Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, also known as The Episcopal Church. The offices close in mid-December for Christmas break. UTO deadlines are driven by the mid-December close. We are extremely grateful for the financial, communications and staff support from The Episcopal Church that makes our ministry possible.
Thank you for your year-end gifts and your Christmas gifts to UTO. They are an investment in gratitude manifested in grants to innovative and transformational ministries in the church. Communities throughout the Anglican Communion are blessed by your generosity for the long term.