This Week in the BRN Family 06.02.22

A BRN church plant in NE Philly helps a local high school welcome diversity and BRN churches across PA/SJ take time to serve others over the Memorial Day weekend - it's a fun week in the BRN family!

June 2, 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:

BRN church plant contributes to Multicultural Family room at local high school in NE Philadelphia

Send Network Planter Gerald Waters and church plant Proclamation Community Church (PCC) recently contributed funds for a Multicultural Family room at George Washington High School (GWHS) in Northeast Philadelphia. Pastor Waters and PCC have been serving students and staff at GWHS for years. Please keep this plant in prayer as they serve Northeast Philadelphia!

Rolling Hills Church blesses Memorial Day parade attendees and participants

The Verona, Pa., church passed out 600 hot dog lunches to those watching and participating in the Penn Hills Memorial Day parade! Through the event, the church was able to serve its community and partner with the local police department and parks and recreation office.

Reclamation Church Monroeville hosts women’s retreat

Ladies of the Monroeville, Pa., community enjoyed a full weekend of fellowship and encouragement, provided by Reclamation Church!

Great Commission Church grills up good times and fellowship at men’s gathering

Over the Memorial Day weekend, GCC hosted a Men’s BBQ fellowship. Those who attended shared testimonies of God’s work in their lives!

Riverbend Community Church hosts ‘Party in the Park’

Last Sunday, Riverbend Community Church kicked off summer in the Lehigh Valley with worship outside. During the service, the church prayed over Pastor Chris Dean and his family as he steps into a three-month sabbatical. The service was then followed by food, games and fellowship – it was a party in the park!

Sunday school classes at Country and Town Baptist create quilts and collect goods for Ukrainian refugees

Three Sunday school classes at Country and Town Baptist Church in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, committed to making quilts and collecting backpack items and household items for Ukrainian refugees.

Baptisms

Several commit their lives to Christ through baptism at Impact Church in Parkesburg, Pa.

Pastor Mike Bailey and the Impact family celebrated several baptisms last Sunday – including the baptism of Pastor Bailey’s son, Mason Bailey (center photo)! Join us in celebrating with our new brothers and sisters in Christ!

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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.