This Week in the BRN Family 04.14.22

A church plant baptizes seven new believers, while other BRN churches host egg hunts, outreach events and prayer walking - there's lots to celebrate this week in the BRN family!

April 15, 2022
Macala Mays

Every week, This Week in the BRN Family strives to 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:

Easter Explosion

Several BRN churches are gearing up for Easter Sunday by hosting Easter egg hunts and other festivities for their communities. Here’s just a glimpse of how our churches are accelerating Kingdom movement during this Holy season.

Prayer warriors from First Baptist Church Delaware visit local neighborhoods

A group from First Baptist Delaware spent time prayer walking local neighborhoods and inviting community members to their Easter service this Sunday.

Fellowship Crosspoint Church’s ‘Go Team’ cleans up the neighborhood

Members from the church spent some time cleaning up a street in Chesterfield, demonstrating the love of Jesus to each other and the community.

Volunteers at Impact Church, Parkesburg, roll up their sleeves for some spring cleaning

Volunteers spent their day cutting, trimming, scrubbing and sweating as they worked hard to show their church building a little TLC.

Baptisms

Newly planted Baptist church in Pittsburgh baptizes seven new believers

United Awakening Baptist Church is only a few months old, but they have already developed a strong core team. In their gathering at Pittsburgh Baptist Church – who is providing them with a place of worship – they had an attendance of approximately 80 people and celebrated the baptisms of seven new believers. Join us in celebrating with our brothers and sisters at United Awakening! more

Be a part of This Week in the BRN Family

Have exciting things happening in your church!? Let us know so we can celebrate with you and share the good news with our BRN Family. Submit stories of your church accelerating Kingdom movement, loving their neighbors or celebrating baptisms on our News Tips page. We can’t wait to hear from you!

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.