This Week in the BRN Family 05.21.26

BRN church celebrates inauguration Sunday; churches meet needs in their communities; and a college ministry winds down the semester with pancake outreach - it's an exciting week in the BRN Family!

May 21, 2026
Macala Mays

This Week in the BRN Family shares 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:

Cornerstone Nepali Church celebrates inauguration, ordination and baptisms

Sunday, May 16, was a historic day at Cornerstone Nepali Church in South Park, Pa. The church not only celebrated baptisms and ordinations, but also the church’s inauguration! Pittsburgh Send City Missionary Zakk Roberts and NAMB Church Planting Catalyst Michael Nerger attended the inauguration and supported Pastor Bhim Biswa in the ordinations.

Praise the Lord for all He is doing through Cornerstone Nepali Church! Please join us in praying for the pastors who were ordained, for those who were baptized, and for the church as they continue to share the Hope of Jesus!

Edgewood Church serves community through bike distribution and clean up day

On Saturday, May 16, Edgewood Church volunteers were busy serving their community! The church’s bike ministry, To His Glory, served in the Beaver Falls, Pa., area by repairing and distributing bikes, while Edgewood’s youth ministry spent their Saturday in Pine Valley cleaning up the community. What a great weekend of the whole church serving!

Physical and spiritual needs met through Third Eternal Baptist Church food distribution

During their most recent food distribution on May 16, Third Eternal Baptist Church in Philadelphia blessed 56 families with essential food items and saw one person come to Christ! Praise the Lord for this compassion ministry meeting both physical and spiritual needs!

Big Woods Bible Church continues Midnight Pancakes tradition at Lock Haven University

Finals week was extra sweet at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa., as Big Woods Bible Church hosted their bi-annual Midnight Pancakes event on Tuesday, May 12.

At the end of each semester, the church partners with their campus ministry, Athletes Bible Study, to serve pancakes to students on campus from 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. During the event, volunteers from the church and college ministry not only served nearly 300 students but they also prayed with students and engaged in Gospel conversations.

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.