2025 Triennial Conference

Schedule: 

When

Monday, July 14th
  • Delegate Travel/Arrival Day
  • 12:00 P.M.: Optional group historical tour (ends at 4 P.M.) 
  • 4:00 P.M.: Historical Song Service at Peace Church
  • 7:00 P.M.: Global Reach Missionary Event in the Evening at Swatara Church of God
Tuesday, July 15: Conference Day 1
  • 1:00 P.M.: Conference kicks off
    • Open with Worship
    • Pastor Matt Lake will speak for Session 1
  • 2:30 P.M.: Break
  • 2:45 P.M.: Welcome by CGGC Executive Director Lance Finley and President David Odegard
    • Ordinances
    • Report of Global Reach
  • 5:00 P.M.: Dinner
  • 6:30 P.M.: 200th Celebration Service in the evening
    • Film presentation
    • Cake and ice cream served
Wednesday, July 16th: Conference Day 2
  • 8:45 A.M.: Worship begins
  • 9:15 A.M.: Pastor Matt Lake will speak for Session 2
  • 10:30 A.M.: Break
  • 11:00 A.M.: Report of Nominating Committee
  • 11:15 A.M.: Reports from CGGC Board of Pensions, Churches of God Women's Ministries, and CGGC Chaplains
  • 12:00 P.M.: Lunch
  • 1:00 P.M.: Worship
  • 1:20 P.M.: Pastor Matt Lake will speak for Session 3
  • 2:25 P.M.: Break
  • 2:45 P.M.: Election Results
  • 2:50 P.M.: Reports of University of Findlay, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, CGGC Archives Museum
  • 4:00 P.M.: Breakouts
  • 5:00 P.M.: Dinner
  • 6:30 P.M.: Worship + Looking Forward Service
Thursday, July 17th: Conference Day 3
  • 9:00 A.M.: Worship
  • 9:30 A.M.: Report of General Conference
  • 10:30 A.M.: break
  • 10:45 A.M.: Installation Service, Presentation of Gavel to new President, Closing Address
  • 11:25 A.M.: End of Conference, closing business 
  • 12:00 P.M.: Administrative Council Meeting for newly formed Ad Council

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. 

Book your room here: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.39125.html?groupId=D92KN3G4

Tour

A group tour will take place on Monday afternoon, beginning at the Best Western Harrisburg Premier. This will be an exciting and timely visit to historic places around the Harrisburg area where the founders of the denomination began the work of the CGGC.

Who

Conference delegates, along with national and regional staff are required to attend Conference Sessions. Attendees are invited on Tuesday evening to enjoy the festivities and the debut of the 200th Celebration documentary!

With

Keynote Speaker: Pastor Matt Lake

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.

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