UTO is very different from other groups. We are not fund-raisers and we do not collect contributions or donations. We do not think of UTO only once or twice a year.
Thanks through Prayer and Offering
What we do in the United Thank Offering is first to offer our prayers of thanks to God. This is the major difference between us and other groups. The United Thank Offering is prayer oriented. Then we give tangible thanks for the blessing in the form of coins or bills. This money is an offering, not a donation.
This is the word we always use - an offering. An offering is not the same as a donation or a contribution. An offering is a thanksgiving to God - always. We do this every day - not just once in a while. Thanks be to God.