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Manteno Church of the Nazarene
Sunday Morning Service | 9:00 & 10:30am
Pastor Ken Bushey preaching
Locations & Times
Manteno Church of the Nazarene
698 N Locust St, Manteno, IL 60950, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
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3 | 7pm | Good Friday Service
5 | 9am & 10:30am | Easter Services & Baptisms
5 | No BREAK or Evening Programming
6 | Office Closed- Happy Easter!
7 | 6pm | MC Milestones Council Meeting
8 | 9am | MomCo
8 | 5:30pm | Spring Journey Groups & Dinner Begins
9 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
10 | 6:30pm | District Assembly at Gathering Point
11 | 8:30am | District Assembly at Gathering Point
13 | 7pm | Church Board Meeting
14 | 2pm & 6pm | MC Milestones BUNCO
17 | 10am | Bandage Rolling
17-18 | 6pm-6pm | Bloom Stay-Treat for 5th-12th Graders
22 | 9am | MomCo
23 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
24 | 6pm | Kids Escape Room
25 | 11am-1:30pm | Coffee, Cake & Concert with Adam's Voice
26 | 9am & 10:30am | Faith Promise with Fernando & Liliana Almeida
27 | 10am | MC Milestones Readers
30 | 6:30-8:30pm | Women's Tea Time
College Student Goodie Bags
We are collecting items for end of the year goodie bags for our college students. Little Debbie snack cakes, cuties, granola bars, laundry detergent packets, etc. Donations can be brought to the church office.
Good Friday Service (Tennebrae)
Friday, April 3 | 7pm | Sanctuary | A time of remembrance and reflection upon our Lord’s death. We will start the service as one body with a time of singing and communion. Our kids will then be dismissed to the Children's Center and the adults and youth will transition to a Tenebrae service, a service of shadows.
Easter Baptisms & Reception
Sunday, April 5 | 9am & 10:30am | Church | Join us for our Easter service and Baptisms this Sunday! After we celebrate Baptisms, everyone is welcome to head to the gym for a cookies and punch reception after each service.
New Kids and Families
We love having new families at church! If you are bringing friends to church, and they have young kids, they can register ahead of time! Just send them this link to fill out. When they arrive at church, have them stop by the kids check in desk. https://manteno-church-of-the-nazarene-427306.churchcenter.com/people/forms/496421
Spring Journey Groups
Wednesday, April 8 | 5:30pm | Dinner and Journey Groups are back! Join us this Wednesday for a delicious dinner at 5:30pm followed by groups at 6:30pm. You can grab a menu of Journey Groups in the foyer this Sunday. Either sign up online or just show up! We would love to have you join us.
Bloom Stay-treat
Friday, April 17-18 | 6pm-6pm | All 5th-12th graders are invited to a Stay-treat! This will be a time of games, food, music, messages, and worship led by Olivet's The Narrow. Teens can invite friends as well! Please register your teens by April 8 at this link:
https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/148/responses/new
VBS Kids Camp Volunteers Needed
Mark your Calendars! VBS is coming up June 7-11 and we would love for you to volunteer! We are in need of Crew Leaders, teen helpers as well as people who love to decorate. If you are interested, please sign up on this link: vbspro.events/p/95070b
Wednesday Night Dinner Menu: Meatball Subs
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https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/48/responses/new
Tithes and Offerings
Monthly Budget: $62,250
March 1: $5,880
March 8: $14,011
March 15: $10,714
March 22: $12,250
March 29: $16,739
Month to Date: $59,594
Contact Information
Pastor Ken Bushey | Lead | kbushey@mantenonazarene.org | 812.583.1542
Pastor Amy Kilpatrick | Kids | akilpatrick@mantenonazarene.org | 815.573.6322
Pastor Elliott Storey | Student Ministries | estorey@mantenonazarene.org | 317.960.3309
Church Office | 815.468.8946 | mantenonazarene.org | 698 N. Locust | PO Box 698 | Manteno, IL 60950
Jenny Lyle | jlyle@mantenonazarene.org | Office Manager
Jean Moy | jmoy@mantenonazarene.org | Administrative Assistant
Connect Card | https://bit.ly/mcconnectcard
Giving | https://pushpay.com/g/mantenonazarene
Website | www.mantenonazarene.org
Weekly Schedule
Worship Service | 9 & 10:30am | Sunday
7th-12th Grade BREAK Youth Group | 6-8pm | Sunday
Wellness Walkers | 2-3pm | Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
Wednesday Family Dinner | 5:30-6:15pm | Wednesday
Journey Groups | 6:30pm | Wednesday
Men's Basketball | 8-10pm | Wednesday
Men's Prayer Breakfast | 8am | Saturday
3 | 7pm | Good Friday Service
5 | 9am & 10:30am | Easter Services & Baptisms
5 | No BREAK or Evening Programming
6 | Office Closed- Happy Easter!
7 | 6pm | MC Milestones Council Meeting
8 | 9am | MomCo
8 | 5:30pm | Spring Journey Groups & Dinner Begins
9 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
10 | 6:30pm | District Assembly at Gathering Point
11 | 8:30am | District Assembly at Gathering Point
13 | 7pm | Church Board Meeting
14 | 2pm & 6pm | MC Milestones BUNCO
17 | 10am | Bandage Rolling
17-18 | 6pm-6pm | Bloom Stay-Treat for 5th-12th Graders
22 | 9am | MomCo
23 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
24 | 6pm | Kids Escape Room
25 | 11am-1:30pm | Coffee, Cake & Concert with Adam's Voice
26 | 9am & 10:30am | Faith Promise with Fernando & Liliana Almeida
27 | 10am | MC Milestones Readers
30 | 6:30-8:30pm | Women's Tea Time
College Student Goodie Bags
We are collecting items for end of the year goodie bags for our college students. Little Debbie snack cakes, cuties, granola bars, laundry detergent packets, etc. Donations can be brought to the church office.
Good Friday Service (Tennebrae)
Friday, April 3 | 7pm | Sanctuary | A time of remembrance and reflection upon our Lord’s death. We will start the service as one body with a time of singing and communion. Our kids will then be dismissed to the Children's Center and the adults and youth will transition to a Tenebrae service, a service of shadows.
Easter Baptisms & Reception
Sunday, April 5 | 9am & 10:30am | Church | Join us for our Easter service and Baptisms this Sunday! After we celebrate Baptisms, everyone is welcome to head to the gym for a cookies and punch reception after each service.
New Kids and Families
We love having new families at church! If you are bringing friends to church, and they have young kids, they can register ahead of time! Just send them this link to fill out. When they arrive at church, have them stop by the kids check in desk. https://manteno-church-of-the-nazarene-427306.churchcenter.com/people/forms/496421
Spring Journey Groups
Wednesday, April 8 | 5:30pm | Dinner and Journey Groups are back! Join us this Wednesday for a delicious dinner at 5:30pm followed by groups at 6:30pm. You can grab a menu of Journey Groups in the foyer this Sunday. Either sign up online or just show up! We would love to have you join us.
Bloom Stay-treat
Friday, April 17-18 | 6pm-6pm | All 5th-12th graders are invited to a Stay-treat! This will be a time of games, food, music, messages, and worship led by Olivet's The Narrow. Teens can invite friends as well! Please register your teens by April 8 at this link:
https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/148/responses/new
VBS Kids Camp Volunteers Needed
Mark your Calendars! VBS is coming up June 7-11 and we would love for you to volunteer! We are in need of Crew Leaders, teen helpers as well as people who love to decorate. If you are interested, please sign up on this link: vbspro.events/p/95070b
Wednesday Night Dinner Menu: Meatball Subs
Subscribe to E-Announcements
https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/48/responses/new
Tithes and Offerings
Monthly Budget: $62,250
March 1: $5,880
March 8: $14,011
March 15: $10,714
March 22: $12,250
March 29: $16,739
Month to Date: $59,594
Contact Information
Pastor Ken Bushey | Lead | kbushey@mantenonazarene.org | 812.583.1542
Pastor Amy Kilpatrick | Kids | akilpatrick@mantenonazarene.org | 815.573.6322
Pastor Elliott Storey | Student Ministries | estorey@mantenonazarene.org | 317.960.3309
Church Office | 815.468.8946 | mantenonazarene.org | 698 N. Locust | PO Box 698 | Manteno, IL 60950
Jenny Lyle | jlyle@mantenonazarene.org | Office Manager
Jean Moy | jmoy@mantenonazarene.org | Administrative Assistant
Connect Card | https://bit.ly/mcconnectcard
Giving | https://pushpay.com/g/mantenonazarene
Website | www.mantenonazarene.org
Weekly Schedule
Worship Service | 9 & 10:30am | Sunday
7th-12th Grade BREAK Youth Group | 6-8pm | Sunday
Wellness Walkers | 2-3pm | Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
Wednesday Family Dinner | 5:30-6:15pm | Wednesday
Journey Groups | 6:30pm | Wednesday
Men's Basketball | 8-10pm | Wednesday
Men's Prayer Breakfast | 8am | Saturday
Order of Service
Prelude
Call to Worship
Scripture
Christ the Lord is Risen Today (He is Not Dead)
Rattle
Prayer & Offering
All Hail King Jesus
Forever (We Sing Hallelujah)
Prayer
Message
Living Hope
Baptisms
Benediction
Call to Worship
Scripture
Christ the Lord is Risen Today (He is Not Dead)
Rattle
Prayer & Offering
All Hail King Jesus
Forever (We Sing Hallelujah)
Prayer
Message
Living Hope
Baptisms
Benediction
Sermon Notes
Jesus Meets You There: In Confusion
John 20:1-18
April 4, 2026
John 20
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb...
John 20
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
Our past has trained our expectations.
Return to the place you last saw Jesus.
John 20
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
John 20
14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
We don’t generally see life as it is, we see it as we’ve learned to expect it.
John 20
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
John 20
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
Resurrection becomes real when it becomes personal.
The best evidence of the resurrection is an encounter with the risen Jesus.
John 20:1-18
April 4, 2026
John 20
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb...
John 20
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
Our past has trained our expectations.
Return to the place you last saw Jesus.
John 20
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
John 20
14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
We don’t generally see life as it is, we see it as we’ve learned to expect it.
John 20
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
John 20
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
Resurrection becomes real when it becomes personal.
The best evidence of the resurrection is an encounter with the risen Jesus.