Author: Daniel Russo

Daniel Russo is a lifelong New Yorker and currently resides in Albany, New York. He currently works as the Manager of Business Operations at Parent to Parent of NYS. He previously worked at the Empire Center for Public Policy managing their operations. Daniel obtained an undergraduate degree in American History from the State University of New York at Albany in 2013. He then received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy in 2017. He is a second generation member of the Church of God and was baptized in 2009. While he enjoys traveling and meeting brethren in various groups, his home congregation of 25+ years is an independent Westchester, New York congregation. Daniel founded the Church of God Network in October 2018 after developing the initial concept during the 2017 Feast of Tabernacles.
10 Feb 2025

New Ephesians 4 Project grantee: Richard Fowler

Congratulations to our newest Ephesians 4 Project grantee: Richard Fowler Richard applied on behalf of his congregation in the United Kingdom and they used their funds to hold a Sabbath service and dinner dance open to all Church of God groups. The event went extremely well and had over 180 attendees from 5 different COG […]

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06 Feb 2025

Within Your Gates Update: Prayers for missing person

Urgent prayers are requested for a Church of God member in Florida who has recently gone missing! Prayer request from Skeets Mez, UCG Pastor, Marianna Florida: Your prayers are requested for Edward (Leo) Thomas, a member of the Marianna, Florida congregation. He has been missing since early Sabbath morning. He suffers from dementia and walked […]

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03 Feb 2025

New Within Your Gates Grant: Atlanta COGs

While Within Your Gates is our grant program aimed at helping the COG respond to crises, we also give out grants to inspire good works by providing grants for service projects led by members of the Church of God. Whether you’re a member or a minister, we encourage projects benefiting Church brethren or the local […]

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27 Jan 2025

CGN Q2 Board Meeting

We had our quarterly Board of Directors meeting, and there is a lot happening! We covered key topics, including: The latest on our Within Your Gates – CA Wildfires response; Travel plans and our ongoing efforts to build relationships with various COG organizations; New projects & marketing strategies for 2025. We’re so grateful for our […]

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16 Jan 2025

Within Your Gates fundraiser & resources for CA wildfires

We just created two new pages for our effort to help brethren affected by the California wildfires. Click here to reach out to us if you know of brethren in need. First is our fundraiser page! All donations made on this page will go to our Within Your Gates – CA Wildfires fund. Click below […]

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08 Jan 2025

WYG Update: brethren in crisis in California, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Vanuatu

In addition to providing grants for service projects, our Within Your Gates program also keeps brethren informed on urgent needs around the Church of God and point them in the direction of how to help! Urgent prayers are needed for brethren in Southern California, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Vanuatu. More details for each situation are below: […]

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07 Jan 2025

UCG London Open House Sabbath Services!

A tremendous step for unity took place on the Sabbath of December 21st! On that date, UCG President Rick Shabi visited London, England on his way to the UCG Regional Conference in the Netherlands. The local UCG congregation used this occasion to host a Sabbath service open to all members of the Church of God […]

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