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United Thank Offering Grants
Offering a new review process to help applicants, the United Thank Offering Board announces the opening of its 2025 annual grants process, with a focus on projects that address water issues. Applications are due by 5 p.m. ET on January 10, 2025, for initial review. Applicants can then change reviewed applications before final submission by 5 p.m. on February 7, 2025.
More information—including criteria for applicants, sample budgets and timelines, and helpful hints—as well as application and other forms are available online in English and Spanish. The Grants Committee also posted Instructional videos online at Apply for a UTO Grant.
In addition, applicants can register to receive one-on-one support during monthly open office hours on the following dates and links:
- Thursday, November 14, 7-9 p.m. ET.
- Saturday, December 7, 9-11 a.m. ET.
This is the final round of a three-year United Thank Offering grant focus on areas of ministry based on Matthew 25:31-46. The 2025 grant focus is water, based on Jesus’ words, “I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink.” The grants are designed to fund projects around the following topics:
- Increase water awareness and that address water issues.
- Water needs of unhoused people.
- Health issues related to water quality.
The 2023 and 2024 United Thank Offering grants supported 42 projects related to the worldwide incarceration crisis and welcoming “the stranger.”
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Church of the Redeemer
Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.
Church of the Redeemer is at 6210 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.
The Episcopal Church welcomes you.
