UTO Spring Donations the highest in several years

The Rhode Island spring diocesan ingathering for the United Thank Offering reached $7, 292.05 due to increased participation of the parishes in the diocese.  This spring over 50%The Rhode Island parishes responded to Bishop Knisely's designation of the last Sunday in April as UTO Sunday.  His support recognizes the commitment the diocese has to mission and the important role that UTO has in funding projects throughout the world.  The Episcopal Church Women of Rhode Island is hopeful that parish participation will continue to increase in the future.  This year the United Thank Offering has provided 46 grants totaling over a million and a half dollars to assist projects ranging from soup kitchens to building schools and providing power and clean water to underprivileged areas.  The application period for UTO grants for 2014 will occur in the fall of 2013.  The ECW thanks everyone for their support of UTO either through saving in little blue boxes or by generous giving at the time of an ingathering.  Our change changes lives.