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.
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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17 Dec 2024

Happy 5 year anniversary to our COG Development Program!

Happy 5 year anniversary to our COG Development program! The program’s purpose is to help brethren in developing countries start successful, profitable and sustainable businesses, or obtain training or education for jobs that will provide a reliable source of income. This is done through micro grants that will help pay for the training or education, […]

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16 Dec 2024

Grantee Update: Francisco Solorzano

Check out the encouraging update from Francisco Solorzano (one of our previous COG Development Program grantees)! Francisco is a member of the United Church of God in Guatemala who decided to start a volunteer program to teach English as a second language to young people in local COG congregations in his country. He used his […]

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11 Dec 2024

New COG Development Grantee: James Luwanja

Congratulations to our newest grant recipient: James Luwanja! He attends with the Living Church of God in Malawi. He will be using his grant funds for irrigation farming equipment (like a pump and pipes). Here is a note from James regarding his plans for the future: I have been using water canes by hand to […]

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