19 | 7-10pm | Middle School RIOT

21 | 10am | Student Ministries Service

21 | VBS Supplies Due

23 | 6pm | 4-H Meeting

26 | 7pm | High School Hangout

28 | 10am | Memorial Sunday

29 | Office Closed

4 | 11:15am | VBS Crew Leaders Meeting

4-8 | 6-8pm | Stellar VBS

5 | No Volleyball

7 | No Middle School Youth Group

9-12 | General Assembly at Indianapolis

12 | 7pm | Church Board Meeting

14 | 6:30pm | Manteno Kids & Middle School meet at PJ's

19 | 3-4:30pm | Kids' Pool Party

19 | 6pm | 4-H Meeting

21 | 6:30pm | Manteno Kids' Escape Room Theme Night

22 | 5pm | Women's Bunco

28 | 6:30pm | Manteno Kids' Birthday Party Theme Night

Wednesday | 5:30-6:15pm | $4 | Honey Glazed Chicken Stir Fry

It's the official start of summer here at Manteno Church of the Nazarene. The VBS donation board is up! This summer, "we will launch kids on a cosmic quest where they’ll have a blast shining Jesus’ light to the world. Stellar VBS rockets kids on an out-of-this-world adventure that’s light years of faith-building fun." (Direct quote - even I have trouble with that many puns.) In the lobby, grab an astronaut (or a whole crew). It will either be something easy to get local, have a convenient Amazon qr code, or be something we just need to borrow. Please have your donation back to the church by May 21. Blast off!

Invite everyone! Sign your kids up for VBS and please invite their friends! We would love to see more kids come to enjoy this amazing week of Jesus, games, snacks, videos, singing, and more. Register at bit.ly/VBSmanteno23

There will be a volunteer meeting on the 1st day of VBS after the Sunday morning attendance. We will go over expectations, does and don'ts, and the schedule. Please plan to be in attendance. We are also offering dinner for workers and families as we have done in past years. To make planning easier, there will be a signup/reservation for each night. Choices will be between the main, a salad, or a kid friendly meal (ie mac& cheese, butter noodles) That way we don't run out of butter noodles for the child who absolutely categorically doesn't eat cheese. Dinner reservation link coming soon.

Saturday, May 20 | 5-8pm | Ladies come and join us for BYOC night (Bring Your Own Craft). Drag out that half-finished blanket, door sign, or plant holder. Too tired to even make the effort - adult coloring pages will be provided. Join other ladies for fellowship and food while you are ostensibly working on your craft. Bring some sort of dip to share, salsa, cheeseball, fondue, etc.

Chicago Central District has its own teen and children's camps this year. Children's camp is at Olivet from July 13-16 and is for rising 2nd-7th graders. The cost is $195 and more information is available at https://ccdnaz.org/kidscamp. Teen camp will be at Cedar Lake from July 17-21 and is for rising 7th-13th graders. Cost is $250 and more information is available at bit.ly/3HlF3Lk. As you can see, camp costs a little bit more than it did when you were their age. (For me, it was $52. But our camp was a mess. But we had a lot of worship and learning about God. Thanks, Mom and Dad!) We would love to offer scholarship money to all students going to camp to have fun, make friends, and learn about Jesus. Our goal, if we have the same approximate amount of kids and teens going as last year, 30, is about $3,200. This will be about a half scholarship for everyone. (We do realize we have been asking for a lot of NYC money this year, it's okay if we don't make it. Just be ready to suggest to your co-workers that they should buy the wrapping paper, pizza card, cheese, and sausage this time.)

Every four years, Nazarene General Assembly and Conventions is a place for Nazarenes from around the world to gather for celebration and worship, as well as to conduct the business of the global church and its various ministries. It is an awesome experience to be there for worship. And this year, it happens to be in Indianapolis from June 9-12. There will be worship services each night at 6:30pm as well as a Sunday morning service at 10am. For more information and to register to attend anything at the convention, go to ga2023.nazarene.org The Sunday morning of General Assembly, we will be streaming the service from Indianapolis with a live host.

Friday, May 19 | 7-10pm | The next RIOT is quickly approaching. The theme for this month's Riot is “Super Smash Bros.” Dress up as a Super Smash Bros. character. Come for the games, the food, and the fun! We are switching it up this month - ladies bring drinks and guys bring snacks!

Friday, May 26 | 7-10pm | High Schoolers, hang out the night on the 26th. No stress. Come play some board games, eat some food, talk some talk, or study – whatever you want. No plans, no expectations, no stress.

+ Stellar VBS | June 4-8 | 6-8pm | Rising K-5th Graders | bit.ly/VBSmanteno23

+ General Assembly at Indianapolis | June 9-16 | https://ga2023.nazarene.org/

+ CCD Children's Camp at Olivet | July 13-16 | Rising 2nd-7th Graders

| https://ccdnaz.org/kidscamp

+ Youth Camp at Cedar Lake | July 17-21 | Rising 7th-13th Graders |

+ Nazarene Youth Conference at Tampa Bay | July 5-9 | Rising 9th-13th

Monthly Budget: $62,250

May 3: $25,707

Month to Date: $25,707

Pastor Ken Bushey | Lead | kbushey@mantenonazarene.org | 812.583.1542

Pastor Amy Kilpatrick | Children | akilpatrick@mantenonazarene.org | 815.573.6322

Pastor Marcus Cleveland | Student Ministries | mcleveland@mantenonazarene.org | 517.525.7648

Church Office | 815.468.8946 | mantenonazarene.org | 698 N. Locust | PO Box 698 | Manteno, IL 60950

Martha Krueger | mkrueger@mantenonazarene.org |

Jenny Lyle | jlyle@mantenonazarene.org |

Connect Card | https://bit.ly/mcconnectcard

Giving | https://pushpay.com/g/mantenonazarene

Website | www.mantenonazarene.org

Worship Service | 10am | Sunday

9th-12th Grade Youth Group | 6pm | Sunday

Volleyball | 7-9pm | Mondays

Wednesday Meal | 5:30pm-6:15pm | Wednesday

Journey Groups | 6:30pm | Wednesday

5th-8th Grade Youth Group | 6:30pm | Wednesday

Manteno Kids Wednesdays | 6:30pm | Wednesday