This Week in the BRN Family 03.10.22

NextGen teams partner with BRN Disaster Relief team to repair homes in York, Pennsylvania and two are baptized at Wrightsdale Baptist Church.

March 16, 2022
Macala Mays

Every week, This Week in the BRN Family will share quick highlights of BRN churches and ministries throughout Pennsylvania and South Jersey loving their neighbors. Check out the latest happenings, baptisms, and accelerating Kingdom movement stories below:

NextGen teams partner with BRN Disaster Relief team to serve the York community:

As Winter fades and Spring quickly approaches, college students across Pennsylvania and South Jersey choose to serve others and share the love of Christ during their Spring Breaks. Students from Clarion University, Penn State University, Montgomery County Community College and Delaware Valley University teamed up with the BRN’s Disaster Relief team earlier this week to repair homes in York, Pennsylvania that were damaged by Hurricane Ida last Fall.

BRN churches near York provide for NextGen mission teams:

Country & Town Baptist Church (left/below) housed the NextGen mission teams Sunday-Wednesday and provided a space for worship and fellowship. Red Land Baptist Church (right/below) also served the collegiate teams by providing dinner for them after their first day of work.

Carson Newman University students team up with Steel City Church:

Students from Carson Newman University partnered with Steel City Church to serve the Pittsburgh community during their Spring Break.

Baptisms:

Two are baptized at Wrightsdale Baptist Church in southern Lancaster County:

Last Sunday, Wrightsdale Baptist Church celebrated the baptisms of two elementary-age girls, Hadley Day (left/below) and Hailey Young (right/below). The girls were both greatly impacted by the gospel at the church’s weekly kids’ ministry and decided to take the next step in committing their lives to Christ. Pastor Ryan Day had the privilege of baptizing both of the girls – one of them, Hadley, being his own daughter! Praise God! Join us in welcoming these new sisters in Christ.

Macala Mays

In 2022, Macala Mays stepped into her current role as Associate Editor of BRN United and Podcast Producer for the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey (BRN). Before taking this position, she worked as a contracted Podcast Producer in 2021 and a freelance writer in 2020 for the BRN. During her time with the BRN, Macala Mays has produced three different podcast series, including 50 Stories of Transformation (2021-2022), The #LovePASJ Podcast (2022), and Celebrating Cooperative Missions (2023). She also has written over 60 articles for the BRN and has been nationally published by The Baptist Paper and Baptist Press. She is also a member of the Baptist Communicators Association (BCA).

Prior to working with the BRN, Macala interned at the State Capitol of Tennessee in the Publications Division under the office of Secretary of State. She also remotely wrote news for TalkErie, a radio station in Erie, Pa., and previously worked as a News Director/Producer for WJET-TV in Erie, Pa.

Macala Mays holds a master of arts in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) as well as a bachelor of arts in journalism/public relations from EUP. During her graduate years, Macala worked as a Graduate Assistant and helped manage the on-campus radio station. She also served as a managing editor for the university’s newspaper, which led to an interest in music journalism.
Macala and her husband, Robbie, live in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where they attend Big Woods Bible Church and Robbie serves as the Associate Pastor of Campus Ministry. Both Robbie and Macala find great joy in discipling and walking alongside college students at Lock Haven University.