The GLOBAL ADVOCATE
Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints (Jude 3b).
THE GLOBAL ADVOCATE (ISSN 0009-630X) is published bi-monthly by the Churches of God, General Conference.
Vol. 190, No. 1
Established June 5, 1835 as THE GOSPEL PUBLISHER, re-established on May 1, 1846 as THE CHURCH ADVOCATE, and re-established on October 1, 2019 as THE GLOBAL ADVOCATE.
Rachel Foreman, Managing Editor
The Global Advocate, official publication of the Churches of God, General Conference, exists to encourage members of the CGGC to maximize their collective potential for Kingdom impact.
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In this issue which you hold in your hand, we try to articulate the themes of the CGGC throughout its history. Our goal when crafting this issue was to look for stories of Discipleship, Preaching to the Destitute, Education, Missional Communities, and New Measures of Church. These ideas have and continue to be the core ideas and methods that our denomination employs to carry out the Great Commission. Yet, we found this issue all coalescing around just one central idea: Reaching the Next Generation. We didn’t anticipate this issue going in this direction but in the year of our Bicentennial Celebration, we can’t think of a better theme to carry in this Global Advocate issue. We wanted to find stories that spoke about who we are, and who we have always been, and we found stories about youth discipleship, early childhood education, and radical care for orphans. We believe we’ve found the right stories for our time, and we hope you do too.
With much celebration about our past, and much excitement for our future, we hope this issue, like all of our issues meaningfully motivates you to action for the Kingdom of God.
© 2025, Churches of God, General Conference On the cover and this page: Students worship at Oaks Academy of Moore.
A Renewed Vision for The Global Advocate
Beginning as The Gospel Publisher, and then The Church Advocate, and finally now, The Global Advocate has changed many times over its nearly two century long run. Beginning in 1835, the periodical started as a weekly newspaper, containing a little bit of everything you could imagine. It had religious news, stories, poetry, jokes, quips, essays, church minutes, regular columns, advertisements for products, and more. More recently, as well having a name change, it has taken the form of a bi-monthly, full-color magazine, as well as a digital magazine with web articles. This version of The Global Advocate is powerfully influenced by Linda Draper, previous editor of The Church Advocate, and one who instituted the mission of capturing and telling stories from within our denomination. That’s a mission we still aim to carry out.
Yet, it’s time for some more change. As of this issue, The Global Advocate will be a quarterly magazine. We’ve been contemplating this change for a while, and the reasons are multifaceted, so let’s break them down.
First, our goal to publish the digital magazine day and date with the physical magazine has helped us realize the utility and flexibility of a digital product. We are able to produce longer articles digitally (no page limitations), while including more pictures, and telling fuller stories. It’s also helped us to realize that publishing all of our stories at the same time, in one lump sum, is a strange model. Digitally, we can produce articles whenever they are ready. This means that, in the switch to a digital first mindset, we are able to produce digital articles, and then bring all of our articles together into a physically published set. AKA, a magazine made of the best of our efforts, not a magazine as the sum of our efforts.
Second, we believe quarterly will help us to achieve a higher quality product. More time to get the right stories from the right sources, while having better photography. The rapid pace of production has meant cut corners on articles that we cherish, and that leads to some amount of regret. We want to honor the legacy of The Global Advocate by making the best piece we can, and we think quarterly will enable us to do that. Likewise, we want to continue updating the look and feel of the physical magazine, the bi-monthly turn around has made that almost insurmountable, and so each issue looks and feels more similar than we’d like. That means you can watch out for subtle and not so subtle design changes to the issues going forward.
Third, we want to produce more than just written material here. Producing videos and audio will help us capture the story of God in the lives of our pastors, evangelists, disciple makers and missionaries in ways that text can’t. And, we want to do that while maintaining a high quality. Again, we believe quarterly issues will make that goal far more feasible.
Lastly, since we’ve moved away from a subscriber-based model, and made The Advocate freely available to anyone who wants it, we have to be more conscientious of the cost and effort we are putting into it. Frankly, we need to wrestle with the fact that our office is smaller than it’s been in decades while we also live in a financially conservative moment in time. Making The Global Advocate quarterly is the responsible choice in our current context, so that our office isn’t pigeonholed into just producing a magazine, and so we can steward the Lord’s resources (sweat and dollars) wisely.
We hope you understand and don’t begrudge us this change, but see it, like we do, as an exciting opportunity to continue advocating all the awesome work that the Lord is doing in the Churches of God, General Conference.
TheMillstone AroundourNecks
with Stacie Reber & Lydia Schooley
InMatthew 18, while speaking to his closest disciples, Jesus called over a child and the text says that He placed the child “among” or perhaps in between the disciples. Luke 22 says that the disciples had been arguing about which of them would be the greatest in heaven. The child, a literal stand in for the concepts of humility and purity which they evidently lacked, became the object of Jesus’s lesson. Enter into the kingdom of heaven like this child, lowly, humble, willing, and in service to God, and those who do will be the greatest in the kingdom.
On the other hand, a warning. Cause this child to stumble, prevent the humble and lowly from entering the kingdom of heaven, and Jesus tells the disciples that “it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck, and to be drowned in the depths of the sea” Matthew 18:6 (NIV).
This passage came to mind for Stacie Reber (pictured at left), director of youth and children’s ministry at Shiremanstown Church of God, PA, who saw that our children’s ministries are not the focus of our discipleship efforts. When we talk about seeking and saving the lost, rarely do we include the pastors of youth, children, and family. Rarely at regional or national conferences do we speak at any meaningful length about youth and children.
Stacie said that, “Year upon year I have sat through the annual ERC Conference sessions thinking of this verse as we set gaze upon a slideshow of passed on pastors and listen to different speakers mention important passed on pastors when they discuss their conversion, mentorship and discipleship when they were young. Usually when
children and youth ministries are mentioned it is either tied to a conversion story, or a position held during or after seminary education. We have to do better than this and not see the "next generation" as simply a ticket to not having a dying church, but rather as an essential role to the church. Children have something to offer in present time, and there is no time like the present to take those words of Jesus seriously.”
The question is then, as regional and national bodies, are we neglecting our youth and children in our discipleship efforts? Would it be better for us to tie a millstone around our necks?
To address this, and to save our necks, we’ve brought along two disciple-makers who are discipling young people, and we've asked them to weigh in on what’s required of us to connect more deeply with youth and children. Stacie Reber, who you’ve already heard from, and Lydia Schooley, an active ministry leader at Roberts Wesleyan and at Higher Hope Church, in Big Flats, NY.
Just Ask
Both Stacie and Lydia spoke about how they were discipled, and what made the difference in their own faith journeys. Key to each was the deep investment of mentors and disciple makers. For Stacie, it was Phil Scott, her own youth pastor and current director of the Allegheny Region, who made the largest impact. Pastor Phil and Stacie had many conversations about God’s love. Those discipleship conversations radically shaped Stacie into someone who knew that she was going to be a youth leader and would eventually even take over Pastor Phil’s position. Stacie also made it clear that, “It was the Church of God of Landisville that actually had custody of me, more or less.” Stacie spoke about losing her mother at the age of 17, and how the church stepped in to help guide her during those formative and painful years. “It's always been God's people and God that have taken care of me.”
Lydia corroborated this idea that when we invest in kids, God pays back the dividends.
“But I think it was middle school where [our youth leader] decided to just take us out for lunch, and just talk about life and growing and relationships,” Lydia said. “And so that started the journey of discipleship, which looked like a lot of relationship and just building a safe person to talk to and someone that really, really knows me and that I can share in the joys and the hard questions with.”
Lydia suggested what probably seems like an obvious strategy, but one that has become countercultural. The growing divide between demographics has meant that older people believe they are deeply disconnected from youth. So, Lydia suggests we just ask. “Initiating is huge. The times when either I have been asked to get coffee or I have asked somebody, ‘Hey, you want to get coffee with me?’ probably 90% of the time they will say yes.”
Stacie believes that one-on-one relationships with students is key to developing them as disciples, saying, “One-on-one relationships are really important because that's how you get to meet someone in their innermost being. And it just is way more sanctifying and transformative and way more awkward, but that awkwardness is good.” Stacie admitted, laughing. “And students can handle so much more. They're constantly proving me wrong. And I'm happy for it.”
When older generations aren’t connecting with youth, everyone is missing out on some of the most vital, and God-given relationships that we can have. This is where mentorship and discipleship happens. “That means more than people realize.” Lydia said. “There is this idea that
Stacie Reber
[youth] don’t want that. This generation is longing for connection, to be loved, wanted and seen. Especially in the age of social media, they're finding these artificial connections and things that they think will satisfy that will never satisfy them.”
The Substance of Faith
As we discussed each of their philosophies of disciple making, another fascinating topic rose to the surface, namely, the importance of relationships and tangible experiences for building faith. That idea might sound oxymoronic. Aren’t tangibility and faith opposites? Isn’t faith the belief in things unseen?
First, we should remember that the most famous doubter in all history was Jesus’s disciple from the start (sorry, Thomas). And second, we need to remember that many protestant churches have abandoned their tangible, symbolic, reference-driven church aesthetics. Baby boomers and their children fled ornate churches for contemporary services, trading stained glass and depictions of the journey to the cross with eggshell white walls, communal pews for round tables, and high ceilings that raise the eye toward heaven for a nice popcorn ceiling. For kids, church has become no different looking or feeling than the average high school cafeteria. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with that. Our savior was born in an animal food trough. The early church worshiped in homes with dirt floors, and the Holy Spirit was present and moving all along.
Stacie and Lydia believe that youth are craving truth, physicality, and confirmation in a world blown about by disinformation, artificiality, and bias. Stacie said that, “They need to see that you can go to where Jesus was crucified, that that place is real. This past year at camp, our theme was ‘Rooted in History,’ it was an archaeologist theme. And every day in our Bible lesson, I showed them different things or different people and I have a replica of a Roman crucifixion nail, but those things really just push their faith and their belief miles ahead. And it's shocking to them but it's so cool.”
Likewise, Lydia talked about the physicality of relationships and nature in a world gone digital. Specifically, during a multi-week leadership training session, Lydia and other ladies hiked 10 different mountain peaks while also working through Scripture. “I think that it was a similar journey for all of the girls, that we get to see the evidence of the goodness of God through His creation and just see the wonderful works that He has made. To have such a tangible example of
who He is as creator and as maker of this world. And so that was a very formative experience to just experience Him and things that He has already done, already created without having to add anything because He already revealed that.”
If there was one core principle that we might take away from hearing Stacie and Lydia speak about youth discipleship, it’s that we cannot abandon them to the listless, lonely, disconnected, artificial, and unreal culture that threatens to permeate every part of our lives. And make no mistake about it, that culture is targeting the humble and lowly, as well as the prideful and mighty. It is a vicious stumbling block to relationships, to mentorship, to discipleship and to faith. The unreality of the digital imparts an apathy that bleeds onto, permeates into, and erodes through the foundations of faith. It can only be combatted by a sincere relationship, and that can only happen when we reach out a hand and offer something real.
Lydia Schooley
Faith Covenant Fellowship and Idaville Church of God, both of Indiana, have recently entered into an intriguing new partnership. They now see themselves as one church. Idaville is now Faith Connection Idaville. So, we asked Pastor Ross Osborn (Faith Covenant) about this merger, why they did it, and what it means for both institutions.
How did the conversation between Faith Covenant Fellowship and Idaville start?
It all began with two churches and one shared goal: to see God’s kingdom grow. Faith Covenant Fellowship had been feeling a strong call to become a multisite church—one church in multiple locations, united by the same mission. At the same time, Idaville was going through a period of transition. They’d experienced a leadership change, and their congregation was feeling tired, discouraged, and unsure of the future.
That’s when the conversation began. Faith Covenant Fellowship saw an opportunity to come alongside Idaville, not to take over,
but to partner. The goal was to bring encouragement, resources, and support, creating a revitalized ministry in Idaville while working as one church to serve the Gospel.
How would you describe the relationship between Faith Covenant Fellowship and Faith Connection?
The relationship between Faith Covenant Fellowship and Faith Connection is one of unity and shared purpose. Before this partnership, the two churches didn’t have much interaction, even though they were only seven miles apart. But now, they’ve come together as one church with two campuses, each bringing its own strengths to the table.
Cross-campus events, shared ministries, and collaborative outreach have helped strengthen this connection. Both locations see themselves as part of a single family, working together to make disciples and grow God’s kingdom. It’s not about one church supporting the other—it’s about both campuses serving as one body with one mission.
One Church, Two Locations
with Pastor Ross Osborn
The Story of Faith Covenant Fellowship and Faith Connection Idaville
Was there hesitation from either party?
Discussions started in January 2024, and as with any major change, there was some initial hesitation. Idaville’s congregation had been through a lot, and stepping into something new can feel overwhelming. But both churches took the time to pray, ask questions, and trust God’s leading.
As the months went by, trust grew, and the vision began to take shape. By September 15, 2024, Faith Connection Idaville was officially launched as a campus of Faith Covenant Fellowship, with Fred Criminger installed as the campus pastor. This marked the beginning of one church in two locations, united by a shared mission.
What kinds of challenges has this process encountered, and what challenges do you foresee in the future?
Bringing two congregations together isn’t without its challenges. One of the biggest has been helping people embrace the idea of being one church in two locations. Each campus has its own traditions and culture, and
blending those differences in a way that feels natural takes time and intentional effort.
Communication has also been a focus. Ensuring that members at both campuses stay informed and feel connected requires consistent and clear messaging. Miscommunication can create unnecessary friction, so this has been a priority throughout the process.
Looking ahead, maintaining unity as the partnership grows will require ongoing work. Both campuses need to feel equally valued and supported, and the focus must remain on the shared mission of spreading the Gospel.
What are the benefits for a smaller church joining a larger church?
When a smaller church partners with a larger church, it creates opportunities for shared mission and mutual support. For Faith Connection Idaville, this partnership was about ensuring the Gospel continued to thrive in their community. Faith Covenant Fellowship didn’t come in with a “savior” mentality but with a heart to work alongside Idaville’s congregation, recognizing their love for the community and their deep roots in the area.
For Faith Covenant Fellowship, the relationship with Faith Connection Idaville brought fresh energy and new opportunities to extend the mission into another community. It’s been a beautiful example of how two congregations can unite as one church, with each bringing their strengths to the table. Together, they’ve become a stronger, more effective body of Christ.
The partnership allowed both churches to combine resources and strengths. Faith Covenant Fellowship was able to offer tools, leadership experience, and support to help Faith Connection revitalize its ministries. At the same time, Faith Connection brought a wealth of relationships, history, and community knowledge that Faith Covenant Fellowship could never replicate on its own.
Another benefit has been the shared sense of mission. Both campuses now see themselves as part of one church in two locations, working together to make disciples and serve their communities. The partnership reminds everyone involved that this isn’t about one church helping another—it’s about God’s people joining forces to further His kingdom.
What has surprised you and/or the rest of the leadership at Faith Covenant Fellowship and Faith Connection?
One of the biggest surprises has been how quickly God moved. From the first conversations to the relaunch, everything came together faster than expected.
Trust between the two campuses formed early, and the willingness of members to embrace this partnership was inspiring. It was a clear reminder that when God is leading, His timing exceeds our expectations.
How did Faith Covenant Fellowship establish trust with the leadership at Idaville/Faith Connection?
Trust was built on open communication, prayer, and consistency. Faith Covenant Fellowship made it clear from
Pastor Fred Criminger Speaking at the Idaville Relaunch
Pastor Ross Osborn Preaching
FCF Staff Receive Gifts During Pastor Appreciation Month
the beginning that this was a partnership, not a takeover. They listened to Idaville’s concerns and hopes, respecting their history while presenting a vision for the future.
Prayer played a central role in building trust. Both leadership teams sought God’s guidance at every step, ensuring that decisions were Spirit-led and aligned with His mission.
Is this something you believe can be replicated?
This partnership is a model that could be replicated in other communities, provided it’s guided by prayer, humility, and a clear commitment to the Gospel. The hope is to continue multiplying campuses that reflect this shared mission.
What are the core principles that you’ve learned from this experience?
This journey has taught us several important lessons:
1. Unity matters. Being one church in two locations requires intentional effort to stay connected.
2. Prayer is essential. Every decision must start with seeking God’s guidance.
3. Communication is critical. Clear and honest conversations build trust and alignment.
4. Flexibility is key. Plans may change, but the mission remains the same.
5. Collaboration strengthens the church. Each campus brings unique strengths to the partnership.
Associate Pastor Jason Harrison
Faith Connection Idaville Grand Opening
New Flooring for the Idaville Relaunch
Faith Covenant Fellowship Outside
Inside the Faith Covenant Fellowship Worship Center
The B lessings & C hallenges of C hurch R un P reschools
by Jacob Clagg
Education has always been at the core of the Churches of God, General Conference. Our founder, John Winebrenner, was a well-educated pastor who strived publicly and privately to encourage education in all its forms. Over these two centuries, the CGGC has struggled to make progress toward its educational goals, but it’s also had great success. The Global Advocate has spoken at length about how those struggles have paid off, like in our last issue about Winebrenner Theological Seminary, and in last year’s issue on the University of Findlay.
But in that long history, there are untold sides to our education story, a few which we aim to rectify today.
The Issue with Education in the United States
One of the most contentious issues facing Americans is childhood education. Pew Research Center reports that only 37% of republicans believe that public education has a positive effect on the country, while 61% believe it has a negative effect. Democrats effectively flip those number to 72% positive and 26% negative.1 And this is an important conversation to have considering, as Pew also reports, that “Approximately 83% of k-12 students are publicly educated.”2
Unfortunately, the alternatives aren’t cheap or easy. The costs of private education and childcare have increased substantially year over year. Census.gov reports that, “These price ranges were equivalent to between 8% and 19.3% of median family income per child in paid care.”3 Already, the cost of living in the United States requires most families to have two incomes, and so parents are left with an increasingly difficult set of options. Homeschooling is cheaper but untenable for many homes that require two sources of income, but day care and private schools can be so costly as to wipe out a large portion of that income. Lastly, it has to be said, the near weekly school shootings in the United States play a role in the fear and difficulty of this choice.
1 “In 2022, a majority of Republicans said K-12 schools were having a negative effect on the U.S.” Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2023) https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/05/partisan-divides-over-k-12-education-in-8-charts/sr_23-05-31_ k12partisandivides_1-png/.
2 https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/06/us-public-private-and-charter-schools-in-5-charts/#:~:text=During%20the%20 2021%2D22%20school%20year%2C%20the%20vast%20majority%20of,went%20to%20public%20charter%20schools.
3 https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/01/rising-child-care-cost.html
What our Churches are doing about it
So, what are our churches doing to help? Well, a lot actually. We interviewed three churches that are actively involved with early childhood education to get a better understanding of the benefits and challenges of operating a Christian based preschool. Namely, Little Friendships Preschool (Friendship Community Church in Dover, PA), Stepping Stones Preschool (First Church of God in Columbia City, IN), and Oaks Academy Preschool (The Remnant Church of God in Moore, OK).
Directors from each of the three schools were kind enough to candidly talk about where they see God moving in their schools, and where there have been difficulties and challenge too.
Pam Westerhold, an educator at Little Friendships Preschool in Dover, PA, said that the core mission of the preschool is to prepare kids for kindergarten. And this was true for each of the preschools. Education is the focus, of course. But what separates them from a public preschool is the emphasis they place on Jesus, and the ways they care not only for the kids, but the entire family.
When asked about whether or not preschool could be discipleship, Pam said, “We nurture the parents as much as we nurture the kids.” Parents are often struggling to make ends meet, or with discipline issues with their kids. “At times, I’m also a counselor for the parents. A mom has been texting me about her marital problems, and I’m discipling her through that.”
Pastor Debbie from Stepping Stones Preschool echoed that sentiment, and suggested that Christian based preschools fill a niche. “Families are pretty stressed out and don't spend the kind of time they used to working with their kids at home,” Pastor Debbie said. “They feel like the school will do it. Schools are stressed out with students with lots of different needs and they're hoping kids will enter school with some groundwork. So, what we can do as a church is help that happen… I think it's pretty evident that it's important for them.”
Little Friendships strives to prepare kids without having them all day long. “Children are only there for 2.5 hours at a time. We’re not serving meals. We’re not doing nap time.” This is an important point for Pam, who believes that when kids go to preschool all day, it can both be too much for the kids, and not enough time spent with family. It means from this early age, parents and grandparents aren’t as engaged in the instruction of the children as they could be.
And the parents appreciate that. “They're not looking to us as people who are helping to raise their children,” Pam said. “They're looking to us as the teachers for those hours and we're getting them ready for kindergarten and getting them ready for the next step in their education.”
Pastor Heather Boss, director of Oaks Academy of Moore, believes Christian based preschools are a clear benefit to the community. “A church-based school supports families in their God-given role to educate their children, reinforcing the biblical partnership between church and home.”
In order to ensure the preschool is accessible, Pastor Debbie confirmed that “Our preschool director contacts all local preschools/daycare providers in the county each spring and asks their rates. Our rate is always comparable to others in our community.”
Debbie Reiniche
Mindy Hoffman
Heather Boss
Pam Westerhold
The Benefits of Running a Preschool
We were also interested to hear how the relationship between a church and a preschool can be mutually beneficial. Everyone seemed to agree that preschool has been an outreach opportunity. Some people started showing up to the church specifically because they sent their kid to preschool first.
Pastor Heather said that the relationship is reciprocal. “Bible based schools attract young families, creating opportunities for churches to connect with and minister to parents and siblings.” Meanwhile, “Schools can extend the church’s reach into the community, serving as a beacon of hope and truth.”
Mindy Hoffman, the Children’s Director at Columbia City First Church of God, said that, “It's amazing on a Sunday when you get those visitors [who’s] kids have been coming to Stepping Stones. But they walk in the door and the kids are so excited to show mom and dad, ‘oh, here's my class. Oh, this is where we go when we go outside to play.’ And so parents are more hesitant than kids when they come for that first time!”
Pam corroborated this, saying “There are people who have started to come to the church because of the preschool. If there is an event coming up, we make sure our parents know about it. There are a lot of ways that it brings people into the church.” It’s clear from the interviewees that preschool can be an amazing outreach opportunity, and a way to bless the community with affordable education.
For these educators, it’s also about what a Christian education can do for families in general. “I think nurturing the relationship between kids and parents, I think that’s a big deal,” Pam said. “I think God wants strong families… We are giving the families a reason to be excited for what their child did.”
The Challenges of Running a Preschool
Yet, there is no shortage of challenges, especially as a preschool grows. Initially, First Church in Columbia City was operating both a daycare and a preschool simultaneously. In the early 2000’s, there wasn’t alignment on how to finance the daycare, and there wasn’t alignment on the educational pathway the preschool school should take. The church and the daycare started to have differences in vision and mission which caused a lot of turmoil. The daycare was shut down in 2012, and the Preschool was restructured and relaunched. Stepping Stones is now quite successful, but it was a difficult transition and some people left the church over it.
Reflecting on that time, Mindy said that, “The ministry got too large. It was taking all of the children’s space, every single classroom, even some of the youth space… The program got so big… we couldn’t staff it from people in our church. Then we were having to have to compromise the people we hired. We didn’t have a solid, good Christian staff in place.”
Now, Stepping Stones is structured so that the church has full oversight, with one board, and the church administration is all in on helping to run and facilitate the preschool. First Church has turned the situation around, and learned how to better manage and run a successful school while not over burdening the church.
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Save the Date!
Our next Triennial Conference and the 200th Celebration for the Churches of God, General Conference will be held July 14-17, 2025.
WHEN
Monday, July 14th: Travel/Arrival Day
Tuesday, July 15th: Conference Day 1
x Optional Group Tour in the AM
(more details to follow)
x Begins at 1 PM
x 200th Celebration Service at 6:30 PM
Wednesday, July 16th: Conference Day 2
x Begins at 8:45 AM
x Looking Forward Service at 6:30 PM
Thursday, July 17th: Conference Day 3
x Begins at 9 AM
x Ends at 12 PM
x First Meeting of Administrative Council to follow
TOUR
A group tour will take place on Tuesday morning, with everyone meeting at the Best Western Harrisburg Premier. This will be an exciting and timely visit to historic places around Harrisburg where the founders of the denomination began the work of the CGGC.
WITH
Keynote Speaker: Pastor Matt Lake
WHERE
Best Western Harrisburg Premier, The Central Hotel and Conference Center, 800 E Park Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17111 Conference will be held at the Best Western Premier, the Central Hotel and Conference Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the town that started it all. We’ll have rooms reserved at the Best Western, but Harrisburg will have plenty of additional options for guests to stay at and will be drivable for many of our churches in the ERC.
WHO
Conference delegates along with national and regional staff are required to attend Conference Sessions. All are invited for the celebration service Tuesday evening to enjoy the fesitivities and the debut of the 200th Celebration documentary!
As the lead pastor of First Church Williamsport, in Williamsport, PA, Matt Lake is well positioned to speak to us about maintaining our history while pushing boundaries on new ways to reach our communities for Christ. Pastor Matt brought a message of innovation and encouragement to our Western Regional Conference in 2023, and we were so impressed that we’ve asked Pastor Matt to speak to all of you this year at the 2025 Triennial Conference Sessions as our keynote speaker.
4 Have faith that the ACTS teams in 2025 will provide opportunities to serve those in need and provide encouragement for all participating.
3 Happy birthday, Dr. John Costa ! Support him in prayer as he leads the Bangladesh mission.
11 Trust the Lord to provide ample support for the International Field Leaders who oversee 10 Global Reach fields.
10 Happy birthday, India Field Leader Samir Singha ! Pray for grace as he juggles so many government requirements for the Mission.
18 Praise God for Pastor Phil Scott , Director of the Allegheny Regional Conference.
17 Ask God for stamina and wisdom for Victor Montalvo as he leads the international Latino fields.
25 Seek spiritual growth and protection for Jacob & Haley Day as they minister in Gamerco.
24 Unite in prayer for David Odegard , CGGC President and Great Lakes Conference Director.
January 2025
Global Advocate Prayer Calendar
2 Ask the Lord to guide the CGGC Executive Director Lance Finley throughout 2025 as he juggles many concerns and responsibilities.
1 New Years Day! Join in prayer for strength and renewed vision for all our GR missionaries and field leaders as we begin a new year.
9 Be in prayer for all fields as they deal with government regulations. This is required for transferring funds and maintaining integrity.
8 Intercede on behalf of the people of Mexico to grow in Christ-like character. Praise God for new ministry expansion!
7 Uplift in prayer the Haiti Conference in 2025 as the pastors work towards keeping their members safe while meeting regularly.
6 Pray for Victor Montalvo as travels to the Latino fields and builds relationships with the leaders and churches.
5 Join together in prayer for Travis Bodden as he leads the Midwest Region that the Lord will provide clarity and discernment in 2025.
16 Cover the Global Reach Commission in prayer as they meet throughout 2025.
15 Happy Birthday Dave Kapaku! Pray for wisdom as he continues to assist with post-fire rebuilding.
14 Intercede for clear vision and discernment as Rod & Mila Ayers coordinate the Sister Church & School ministry for Project Help-Haiti.
13 Lift up in prayer the people of the Dominican Republic. Pray for faithfulness and to stand firm in God’s truth.
12 Pray for peace and order to prevail throughout all of Haiti in 2025 and safety for our pastors and leaders.
23 Trust the Lord to provide for the people of Kenya. Pray for mercy and comfort.
22 Thank God for Ryan & Karla Myers who serve as Mission Advancement Volunteers.
21 Unite in prayer for the Allegheny Region Conference. Trust that the Lord will provide encouragement through 2025.
20 Uplift the USA President and other elected leaders. Ask the Holy Spirit to direct them in a way that brings all glory and honor to God.
19 Remember in prayer the people of Nicaragua. Pray that they experience increased love and encouragement.
31 Appeal to the Lord for Director Tim Welsh as he leads the CA Eldership. Ask for God’s blessings and protection.
30 Ask the Holy Spirit to encourage and guide Pastor Ernesto Nunes as he shepherds the church in Brazil.
29 Remember in prayer the Eastern Regional Conference and Director Nathan Buck. Call upon the Lord for wisdom and unity in 2025.
28 Lift up in prayer Jeff & Julie Burns who serve as Mission Advancement volunteers and serve on the Global Reach Commission.
27 Praise God for John and Toni Thumma and their faithful service at our Southwest field.
26 Remember in prayer Pastor Denis Droicin as he leads Project Help in Haiti as Liasion.
1 Call on God’s protection for the churches in Mexico . “ For our struggle is not against flesh and blood... ” (Eph. 6:12).
8 Pray for the ministry in Argentina being led by Pastor Maria Grigioni , and for her radio ministry to reach thousands!
7 Request the Lord’s direction and guidance for Rod & Mila Ayers as they seek to minister in Haiti.
6 Lift up the leaders who are receiving training through Winebrenner Seminary in Kenya.
February
15 Pray for the growing ministry of the Nicaragua Conference during political tensions.
14 Intercede for the strengthening of marriage, that the Holy Spirit would give each one grace to love his or her spouse unconditionally.
13 Intercede for the churches in Sao Paulo, Brazil , as they continue to struggle from the pandemic shutdowns.
5 Ask God to continue blessing ministry partnerships between the USA and the Dominican Republic.
4 Pray for clear knowledge of God’s will for each of the fields and wisdom so GR Director Travis Helm can advise accordingly.
3 Appeal to the Lord for Jacob & Haley Day as they prepare for mission teams in 2025.
2 Uplift the Project Help Executive Team as they meet throughout 2025 to oversee the ministry in Haiti.
22 Praise God for Dr. John Costa’s leadership and commitment to provide medical ministry in Khanjanpur and Bogra, Bangladesh .
21 Pray for the Haiti government leaders to begin to form again and actively lead with integrity.
20 Happy birthday Kenda Kapaku! She and David serve at the Kahana Open Door Church in Maui. Praise God for their leadership.
12 Lift up in Prayer Global Reach Director Travis Helm to trust the Lord for wisdom and discernment as he works with Field leaders.
11 Praise God for Pastor Kendall Hughes , Director of the Western Regional Conference.
10 Happy birthday Elli Crabtree ! Ask the Lord to bless her with health and joy in Udon Thani, Thailand.
9 Appeal for ongoing protection and good health for Pastor German & Silvia Baquedano as they serve faithfully in Nicaragua.
28 Intercede for the pastor and leaders of your church. Ask that the Lord provide knowledge and discernment.
27 Join together in prayer for Bryan & Katie Crabtree as they reach out to their neighbors in Udon Thani, Thailand.
19 Pray for future missionaries and leaders in our Southwest field as the Thummas pray for God to raise up leaders in Hooghan Nizhoni.
18 Pray that many will step out in faith to serve on the ACTS Teams being sent this year.
17 Pray for peace and favor with governments of India and Bangladesh for our Missions there.
16 Pray for the many children who seek education in India , and for the ministries to provide it.
26 Pray for Pastor Denis our PHH Liaison as he helps guide the Haitian Conference pastors and communicates with GR Director Travis Helm.
25 Praise God for Pastor Travis Bodden , Director of the Midwestern Regional Conference.
24 Seek the Lord’s protective and peaceful hand to settle over Chaplain Matthew Shenton as he ministers to military personnel and families.
23 Pray for University of Findlay Campus Ministries and protection of their leadership.
23 Pray for the many young people who are wandering far to come back. Welcome them!
24 Pray for the Ministry Directors and Support Staff at the CGGC office in Findlay, OH, that the Lord would make their efforts fruitful and bring honor to Him.
25 Intercede for the Global Reach Commission as they meet bimonthly to seek God’s guidance in all decisions made.
26 God cares for the orphans (Ps. 10:18). Pray for godly parents to adopt children in desperate need of a home.
27 Support Samir & Madhumita Singha in prayer on this anniversary of Charusheela’s birth. May Christ comfort them in their grief.
28 There are many disabled people who struggle to make it every day. Pray for them to receive practical help, and to know they are not alone.
29 Pray for Army Chaplain Byron Denman and his family as they minister.
16 Lift up in prayer Bryan & Katie Crabtree as they serve as missionaries in Thailand while raising their two daughters and infant son.
17 Mondays often are “days off” for pastors. Pray for YOUR pastor today to be blessed with peace and encourage them as they minister.
18 Pray for Travis Helm & Victor Montalvo as they work together to oversee the Latino fields.
19 Christ is our peace (Eph. 2:14). Pray for the broken relationships in your church and community and seek to encourage them to be open to the Holy Spirit.
20 Call on the Lord’s blessing for Pastor Ernesto Nunes and the Brazil Conference.
21 Intercede for your local homeless shelter and learn how you can help their ministry through volunteering and financial support.
22 Happy birthday, Toni Thumma! Pray for her health as she serves alongside John in ministry at Hooghan Nizhoni.
9 Lift up Dr. John Costa in Bangladesh as he visits remote areas and encourages the staff and village communities. (Daylight Saving Time Begins)
10 Pray for the ACTS Teams and those making decisions to apply as deadlines approach. Pray for life-changing opportunities to be seized!
11 Intercede for the CGGC Administrative Council as they continue their meeting today. Pray for the Holy Spirit to guide in all decisions made for God’s glory!
12 Pray for India field director, Samir Singha as he ministers to families and that he would be an example of Christ’s love.
13 Remember to pray for your neighbors who do not know the Lord and ask God to provide opportunities to befriend them and show Jesus’ love.
14 Happy Anniversary, Rod & Mila Ayers! Thank God and ask Him to bless Rod & Mila’s work with Sister Churches and Schools.
15 Pray that international guests (tourists, students, and business people) will be warmly welcomed and see Christ reflected by Christians.
2 Ask the Lord to bless Pastor Denis Droicin in Haiti as he provides a connection between the Haiti Conference and Project Help.
3 Pray for unity between churches: “they will hear My voice; they will become one flock with one Shepherd” (John 10:16).
4 Happy Birthday Haley Day! Praise God for her as she continues to serve Him in the Southwest.
5 Bless the leaders of the CGWM as they minister to women at the upcoming Flourish Conference , in Findlay, OH.
6 Godly marriages are of critical importance for every community and nation. Pray for married people to be faithful and serve the Lord together.
7 As you interact with businesses today, pray for God to bless them and look for opportunities to honor Christ.
8 Pray for Pastor Joseph Mwaura as he leads the Voice of the Gospel ministry in Kenya. Ask God to raise up godly leaders!
30 Pray for India’s Mission Children that they would continue to grow in fear, knowledge, and love of the Lord.
31 Thank God for the ministry of Dave & Kenda Kapaku. Petition to God for right words and understanding as they minister.
1 Seek God’s wisdom for the leaders of the Mexico Conference and Pastor Victor Montalvo who provides counsel.
The burden of this ministry can be heavy for churches. While thinking about the challenges, Pastor Heather said, “Starting and maintaining a school requires significant financial and human resources, including space, materials, and qualified staff.”
It's a reminder that any venture of the church has risks, and when unalignment happens it can seriously derail a ministry. Mindy said of the previous iteration of the preschool that, “Their focus can easily become more on education, but our focus is on Jesus and the Bible, and then education. It has to be constant as you’re making decisions. Keeping Jesus as the first thing.”
Pam said that challenges would be unique from church to church. “Storage is our biggest issue. We come with a lot of noise and a lot of toys… You need to work it out that everybody has their own space.” Pam said, and acknowledged that, “Sometimes there can be conflict in Fulltime [preschool] situations.”
The idea of a shared spaced was echoed by Mindy. “Sharing the physical space can be quite a burden as part of the ministry strategy. If the two groups aren’t working together, one becomes dominant of the space. That’s another reason why we wanted [preschool] to ultimately fall under the children’s pastor [duties].”
Thankfully, government regulations with Christian teaching aren’t compromising the quality of Bible teaching with any of these three preschools. Diving into that topic, Pastor Heather said, “Schools must meet state licensing and compliance standards, which can be complex and time-consuming depending on the state in which you are starting the school.” Generally though, because preschools teach fundamentals like ABC’s and 123’s, Pastor Heather believes “activities and lessons can seamlessly integrate biblical principles, teaching even the youngest children that “in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).”
Faith, Family, & Education: The Birth of Oaks Academy of Moore
by Heather Boss
When God calls, He equips. In 2022, I found myself in Findlay, Ohio at the triennial conference, soaking in the fellowship and spiritual refreshment that triennial always brings. But amid that weekend, I received a life-changing phone call that forever altered the trajectory of my life and my family’s future.
The voice on the other end belonged to Pastor Denise Dabrowski of The Remnant Church of God in Moore, Oklahoma. She shared with me that our congregation saw an urgent, pressing need for a school—one that could support families desiring an alternative to the public school system. She asked if I could step into the role of starting it. The catch? She needed it operational in one week. I took a deep breath, prayed, and replied, “Give me two weeks, and I’ll make it happen.”
A Mother’s Journey to Leadership
As a mother of three and a homeschooling parent, I never imagined myself running a school. After having my first child, my plans shifted dramatically. The growing challenges within the public school system inspired my decision to homeschool. I loved the freedom to teach my oldest daughter in a way that aligned with our family’s biblical values, but as our children grew, so did the need for an alternative option that combined the structure of a school with the personalized benefits of homeschooling.
That moment of reflection turned into action when I accepted Pastor Denise’s call. With the support of dedicated congregation members willing to teach, we launched Oaks Academy of Moore—a school born out of faith, prayer, and the desire to provide a Christcentered education to our community.
Why Are Bible-Based Schools Important?
The Bible is clear: education is not just academic but spiritual. Proverbs 22:6 reminds us, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Bible-based schools ensure that students are equipped not only with knowledge but with the wisdom that comes from God’s Word.
In a world increasingly hostile to biblical values, these schools serve as a refuge where children are taught to view every subject—writing, art, math, science, history—through the lens of Scripture. They help students develop a strong foundation in faith, teaching them to stand firm in their beliefs (Ephesians 6:13) while also preparing them for academic and professional success.
Homeschooling, Co-ops, and Hybrid Schools as Discipleship
Homeschooling, co-ops, and hybrid schools are more than just educational methods; they are avenues of discipleship. These approaches allow parents and teachers to teach children diligently, as commanded in Deuteronomy 6:6–7: “These words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children.”
By integrating academics with faith, these models create an environment where children see the relevance of God’s Word in every area of life. Co-ops and hybrid schools also provide fellowship and accountability, helping parents and students alike to grow in their faith within a supportive community.
Building the Vision
Oaks Academy of Moore opened its doors with one purpose: to positively impact children and their families by providing high-quality education grounded in biblical principles. We’ve created a structured yet flexible learning environment that maximizes each child’s potential while fostering independence and community contribution.
We are committed to assisting parents in their homeschooling journey, supporting them as they fulfill their God-given responsibility to educate their children. Our curriculum combines sound biblical doctrine with academic excellence that meets and exceeds Oklahoma State standards. We pride ourselves on individualized and hands-on learning, giving students the tools they need to succeed in both their education and their faith.
Walking in Faith
As the director and co-founder of Oaks Academy of Moore, I oversee enrollment, student development, and education, among other responsibilities. But above all, I see my role as a steward of the vision God has entrusted to us.
When I look back on that phone call in 2022, I see not just the beginning of a school but the start of a movement within our community. Oaks Academy of Moore is more than an educational institution; it’s a family, a ministry, and a testament to what happens when we say “yes” to God’s calling.
May our story inspire each of you reading this article to step out in faith and pursue the vision God has placed in your hearts and is calling you to today.
A Future for Suborna
Dr. John Theotonius Costa steps out of a large gray medical van. He and his team are in a small village in North Western Bangladesh, Naogaon district. It’s been a drive, bumpy on the main roads and bumpier still on the dirt ones, but Dr. John and the medical staff are used to it. They’re here for a medical camp, a regular outreach program based at the Khanjanpur Mission Health Services (Eye Hospital), 100 kilometers away (about 62 miles). They’ve healed many people from common but preventable, easily treatable eye issues, along with other basic medical needs. The people are too remote from a hospital to make the journey or too poor to pay for the necessary procedures. Often enough, both.
Most go on dealing with their worsening conditions, losing more and more of their eyesight week by week. Walking into this village, Dr. John soon sees an elderly man walking toward him, assisted by a young girl, his guide.
Too far from help and too poor to get it, he’s going blind. Dr. John and the team have seen innumerable cases like this. It’s the cooking, solid fuel (mostly animal dung) used for the fire stoves they have in their homes. Most of the stoves are unflued, so the smoke, piling up in the low roofs of their homes, damages the eyes. Women, who do most of the cooking and are indoor most often, get it the worst, but if you live in a home like that for long enough, anyone, man or woman, is bound to have eye issues. In this case, cataracts.
“How much can you afford”, Dr. John asks.
“Nothing,” the man responds. “We are so poor.”
Dr. John, half expecting this answer, nods his head and looks around. Most of the villagers are subsistence farmers. Each family has a small plot of land, enough to harvest rice, some to eat, some to sell, but hardly enough to make a good living. Enough just to keep living. Dr. John looks around and sees the dung patties, caked on sticks in globs like beads on a string, or stuck against the walls of homes for drying, a handprint in the middle of each one. Soon to be used for cooking, and soon to cause more eye or other health problems too. It’s the way of life here.
“We will do it for free.” Dr. John says. Suresh Pahan is the elderly man’s name, and he and the girl holding on to him, smile, relieved. Mr. Pahan and the girl show the team to his home, and they begin bringing in the medical equipment. There is no electricity.
An hour later, Mr. Pahan is lying in his bed, bandages over his eyes. A successful surgery, and he’ll have nearly 100% restored vision soon. Transformative, life changing, for him, and for the girl to whom he acts as ward.
Before the medical bags were packed, Mr. Pahan has another favor to ask.
“Suborna is my granddaughter. She is very good and smart. But she is poor and parentless. An orphan. Can you help her? Do you have a small job for her?”
Suborna is standing there in the room, and Dr. John turns to her.
“How much have you studied?” he asks.
“I passed the grade 12 exam,” she says, and explains how, without going to school much, she borrowed books and
studied on her own to pass the exam. She wants to be a nurse, but again, the common thread, the reason why Dr. John is here in the first place. Too poor. Finally, she says, “I don’t want to lose my future.” He doesn’t have an answer right away. But he will come back in a week to check on Mr. Pahan, and maybe he’ll have one by then.
On his return, Mr. Pahan is insistent. Suborna has a small future in the village. Her sister, her only other family member, refused to support her school ambitions, and likely couldn’t. Their plan was to simply wed her off to another man. And there she would be, in the same village, piling up dung patties to cook with, and Dr. John, or someone like him, would come and take care of her cataracts sooner or later. “You have done a great job for me now,” Mr. Pahan says. “I can see the world now, and I can work. So please, can you do something for this parentless orphan girl?”
“Okay,” Dr. John says. “Let me try.”
And soon Suborna is taken to Bogura, where Dr. John helps run the Bogura Christian Mission Hospital. In 2020, she begins her studies as a student, staying at the girl’s hostel, learning to be a nurse and assistant. And she proves herself to be consistently sharp and determined.
Still in contact with Mr. Pahan, he continues to ask Dr. John to take care of Suborna. “Take care of her like she’s your own daughter,” he says.
Here, she also learns about Jesus, and prays now with the rest of the staff during their prayer time, fully accepted into the Christian community at the hospital. At Bogura, Suborna
excels, making new friends, completing her training on time, funded in no small part by Dr. John saving money from his own salary. By 2023, Suborna graduates, and follows Dr. John back to Khanjanpur to work in the eye clinic.
In Khanjanpur, Suborna is learning more specialties with eye care, and she’s shadowing an expert ophthalmologist. Finally, not long after she arrives in Khanjanpur, with a big smile on her face, she receives her first salary. The first salary she has ever received in her life.
This is where Suborna still is, working diligently at our mission eye hospital, being trained in medical work, and discipled among many Christian witnesses in her life. And Dr. John wants to see her continue to flourish. “Please, stay here,” Dr. John tells her. “Be prayerful for your heart, be honest, be humble, and the Lord will provide for you. It is my desire that you be like the other senior ophthalmologists.”
And Dr. John plans to make good on that desire, as he’s actively looking for schools for her now, and preparing her for the entrance exams. “I must give thanks to the Lord for being able to give this one orphan a good life, a good way of life. Finally, our Lord knew that this was my desire and hope.”
Suborna is pictured third from the left, top row.
Global Reach Updates
Thank you for partnering with our friends and fields in Global Reach. 2024 was an eventful year for our fields. Although there are many challenges in our Global Reach fields, the Lord continues to bear fruit in the midst of the struggles. Your partnerships in prayer and faithful giving are an integral part of increasing the kingdom. The following are a few updates from some of our Global Reach fields. Please continue to pray for our leaders and believers as they serve God and share the Good News with seekers.
India
Mission leadership meets with our India Mission pastors at least quarterly but often monthly via video meetings. These meetings are discipleship classes where pastors and Mission leaders learn practical and effective strategies for ministry and discipleship locally. Our assistant director also spends one-on-one time with the staff discussing any issues they face in their families, ministry, and personal lives. This helps bring accountability and growth in their spiritual and prayer life.
Community ministry is growing through women’s tailoring classes. Many new women joined in 2024. These classes help these women learn a sense of self-reliance in regard to income for their families and communities. They make useful clothing and market it to the public. This also opens doors for sharing the Word and praying with them. Many join in one of the Mission fellowships which encourages their other family members to visit the meetings also.
As it is difficult in many areas to openly share the good news, our pastors in the west have started a program called Institute of Community Transformation. This is a two-year program which teaches lay persons to minister to people as a daily part of their lives. They have classroom instruction followed by practical training out in the daily life of local areas. The outreach involves prayer, Bible stories, children’s gatherings, tract distribution, open air skits, and simple counseling sessions using Scripture as solutions. This program is strengthening the members of the fellowships in their outreach efforts. Several new families have joined our fellowships from neighboring villages as a result of this program.
Bangladesh
During a December 2024 visit to Bangladesh, GR Director Travis Helm was able to visit the Boys and Girls Hostel while the students were taking their year-end final exams. Currently, our Hostel only goes through 5th grade level so some of the students will be “graduating” on from the Mission Hostel. A graduating student is pictured below with Country Director Dr. Costa. Some of the graduating girls are pictured below also.
Travis was also able to tour the Hostel renovations of new screens and shelving in dorms and new tables and benches in the cafeteria. These improvements are a real blessing to the children and the staff. The humid weather of Bangladesh is very hard on the wood furniture and frames as it attracts termites.
CGWM Thank Offering
partnership to empower women within Haiti, Venezuela & Bangladesh Global Reach fields.
The pictures below show some of the women that will receive financial help from the thank offering funds provided by the women of CGWM from USA Churches of God. These funds will help provide partial scholarships for several Physical Therapy female students at Project Help Haiti. Ultimately, this training will provide them opportunities to work in the medical field to help support themselves and their families while they provide healing therapy to others in Haiti.
These thank offerings funds will also help numerous women be able to participate in our Venezuela field Bible school classes. Thirty-nine training classes were held in 2024. Women learned and practiced many different principles and concepts taught in the Scriptures. Much of the discipleship training focuses on encouraging them to share their faith as an evangelistic tool with other women.
Thank offering funds will also help a young lady in Bangladesh named Suborna to complete higher medical training in ophthalmology (eyes) as she serves at our Mission’s Khanjanpur Eye Clinic specializing in assisting eye surgeries. You can read more about how Dr. John rescued her as an orphan in this very issue (p. 20). She recently completed her nursing program at Bogura Christian Hospital.
Southwest—Share the Blessing 2024
Pictured here is the new 15-passenger van to be used at our Southwest field in Gamerco, NM. Funds were provided by numerous donors during the 2023 Share the Blessing campaign. Finding a 15-passenger van turned out to be a difficult task. It took a lot of prayer, research and phone calls, but the Lord provided the exact van we needed. This will be a great blessing for teams visiting the Southwest as well as for staff serving there.
USA Asian Pacific (Hawaii)
Travis was able to visit Pastor Dave Kapaku in Maui, Hawaii during the month of October. He listened to some of the stories of church members that lost everything they had as the fires raged through parts of Maui. Travis learned that Pastor Dave is a talented singer and plays the ukulele well. They were able to visit one of the local parks where relief efforts were still very much active even more than a year after the fires. Pastor Dave’s church as well as many CGGC donors gave much needed relief funds that stretched far in reaching the communities of Maui. Thank you for the gifts and prayers.
Each faithful donor and prayer partner has a significant part in our Global Reach field ministries across the globe. Partnerships are vital in reaching the lost in various parts of the world. Please contact travis@cggc.org if you want to discuss how your small group, church or family can partner to help make an eternal impact on the Kingdom. There are also opportunities for short term field visits, internships, and vision tours to help encourage and support the field work.
Blessings, Travis Helm
CGGC Global Reach Director
700 E. Melrose Ave., P.O. Box 926
Findlay, OH 45839
Phone (419) 424-1961
Fax (419) 424-3433
www.cggc.org
