I blogged earlier about Bishop Curry's address at the United Thank Offering Sharing Dinner last Friday.

On Sunday the UTO Ingathering was the focus of the Eucharist service.

Alice Freeman, our UTO Coordinator, represented the Diocese of NC during the traditional parade of the dioceses at the Ingathering (each provincial UTO rep calls the diocesan coordinator forward one by one, and they file across the stage/altar area to greet the Presiding Bishop and president of the House of Deputies.) Here's Alice in her UTO blue, waiting with other diocesan coordinators for the procession to begin.

On Tuesday, the national UTO Committee brought their grant recommendations to the floor of the ECW plenary for a vote of adoption. The delegates voted unanimously in favor of the recommendations. Then it was announced the offering collected at Sunday's Ingathering totaled $28,168.92, a 37% increase over the offering three years ago.

In all, 63 grants totaling $2,065,472.43 will be made this year.

And yes, the Diocese of North Carolina is on the list of grant recipients. However, I can't announce that information until formal notification has gone out.