This Week in the BRN Family 03.31.22

BRN team members support Ukrainian Baptist Convention churches in prayer and worship; SOAR Church hosts disaster relief advanced training.

March 31, 2022
Macala Mays

Every week, BRN churches and ministries throughout Pennsylvania and South Jersey are loving their neighbors and accelerating Kingdom movement. Check out the BRN family’s latest highlights, baptisms and Kingdom moments below:

BRN team members join Ukrainian brothers and sisters for worship and prayer

BRN team members Dr. Barry Whitworth and Buff McNickle joined Ukrainian Baptist Convention churches, First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and Gospel Church, Richland, N.J., for worship this past Sunday.

The churches spent their morning services praying for Ukraine and their loved ones impacted by the current crisis.

Please join us as we continue to pray for Ukraine, its people, for peace, God’s intervention and the salvation of the souls of those who are targeting Ukraine with evil actions. more

Paoli Community Church provides pillows for hospital patients

Paoli Community Church recently made pillows for the local cardiac post-op program at Paoli Hospital.

The church also continues to host food drives for Pottstown Bible Church and is preparing an Easter outreach for one of the local nursing homes.

SOAR Church hosts Advanced Disaster Relief Training

Volunteers and BRN team members came together last weekend to advance their skills and prepare their hearts for moments of disaster. Those who attended the disaster relief training learned how to react in the case of a flood, how to mass feed those in need and even how to cut down a few trees! Praise God for these willing hands! more

BRN EVANGELISM GRANT:
Grant supports Back to Church Sunday event at Calvary Christian Church

Two people came to Christ and two others joined the church following the Back to Church Sunday event at Calvary Christian Church in Philadelphia. more

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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.