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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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https://www.mantenonazarene.org/Check us out on Facebook!
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8 | 6-8pm | Middle School RIOT
11 | 7pm | Church Board Meeting
12 | 2pm & 6pm | MC Milestones BUNCO
14-16 | Regional Celebrate Life at Olivet
14 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
15 | 10am | Bandage Rolling
15 | 1-2:30pm | Become a Dementia Friend Seminar
17 | 10am | One Service begins for Summer
17 | 10am | Graduation/Youth Sunday
20 | 9am | MomCo
24 | 10am | One Service with Dr. Gustavo Crocker
25 | Office Closed
28 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
31 | 11:15am-12:15pm | VBS Decorating
Middle School RIOT
Friday, May 8 | 6-8pm | Gym | 5th-8th graders are invited to this month's RIOT! The theme is Nerf Wars. K1 youth group will be joining as well. Guys bring drinks, girls bring snacks and pizza is provided.
One Service Summer
Sunday, May 17 | 10am | Starting NEXT WEEK MAY 17, we are going to one service for the summer. This is a great way to connect with friends from the other service and all worship together. Don't forget! May 17. 10am.
VBS Kids Camp
June 7-11 | 6pm | VBS is coming and we would love to see your kids there! This is a fun, FREE, annual event where kids enjoy music, Bible stories, games, snacks, and fun with friends. Stop by the Rainforest Falls table in the foyer this weekend! You can grab some flyers to pass out to friends and get them signed up. This is for all kids entering Kindergarten- 5th grade. Sign up here: vbspro.events/p/95070b
Thanks to everyone who grabbed donation tags! Please have your items back by Sunday, May 17.
Summer Camps
If you have a kid or teen who would love to go to Summer Camp, check out our website for more details or to get them signed up. Kids who are finishing 1st-6th grades can go to kids camp. Teens finishing 6th-12th grades can go to teen camp. https://www.mantenonazarene.org/resources/camps
Greatest Needs
Part of our church motto is "Serve Others" and we have so many wonderful servants in our church! We wanted to start highlighting a few needs in case you would like to help out. Email Jean- jmoy@mantenonazarene.org if interested.
1. VBS Decorating- We are in need of people who love decorating or crafting. You don't have to have a lot of skill, just time.
2. Youth Group Dinners- Our youth group eats dinner together every Sunday night. If you love cooking and would love to bless them with a meal, let us know!
Summer Women's Bible Study
Jane Kawanna will be leading a study on Priscilla Shirer's "Armor of God" on Wednesday mornings at 10am from June 17 to August 12. The study will invite you to explore the powerful tools God has given us to stand firm in faith and face the challenges of daily life. Drawing from Ephesians 6:10-18, this study encourages believers to recognize the spiritual battles we encounter and equips us to rely on God’s strength, truth, and protection. Contact Jane Kawanna, gram062019@outlook.com, for more information.
Wednesday Night Dinner Menu: Grilled Hamburgers & Chicken Caesar Salad
Subscribe to E-Announcements
https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/48/responses/new
Tithes and Offerings
Monthly Budget: $62,250
May 3: $10,083
Month to Date: $10,083
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 Youth Group | 6-8pm | Sunday
Wellness Walkers | 2pm | Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
Wednesday Family Dinner | 5:30-6:15pm | Wednesday
Journey Groups | 6:30pm | Wednesday
Men's Basketball | 8-10pm | Wednesday
Silent Prayer | 7:30pm | Thursday
Men's Prayer Breakfast | 8am | Saturday
8 | 6-8pm | Middle School RIOT
11 | 7pm | Church Board Meeting
12 | 2pm & 6pm | MC Milestones BUNCO
14-16 | Regional Celebrate Life at Olivet
14 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
15 | 10am | Bandage Rolling
15 | 1-2:30pm | Become a Dementia Friend Seminar
17 | 10am | One Service begins for Summer
17 | 10am | Graduation/Youth Sunday
20 | 9am | MomCo
24 | 10am | One Service with Dr. Gustavo Crocker
25 | Office Closed
28 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
31 | 11:15am-12:15pm | VBS Decorating
Middle School RIOT
Friday, May 8 | 6-8pm | Gym | 5th-8th graders are invited to this month's RIOT! The theme is Nerf Wars. K1 youth group will be joining as well. Guys bring drinks, girls bring snacks and pizza is provided.
One Service Summer
Sunday, May 17 | 10am | Starting NEXT WEEK MAY 17, we are going to one service for the summer. This is a great way to connect with friends from the other service and all worship together. Don't forget! May 17. 10am.
VBS Kids Camp
June 7-11 | 6pm | VBS is coming and we would love to see your kids there! This is a fun, FREE, annual event where kids enjoy music, Bible stories, games, snacks, and fun with friends. Stop by the Rainforest Falls table in the foyer this weekend! You can grab some flyers to pass out to friends and get them signed up. This is for all kids entering Kindergarten- 5th grade. Sign up here: vbspro.events/p/95070b
Thanks to everyone who grabbed donation tags! Please have your items back by Sunday, May 17.
Summer Camps
If you have a kid or teen who would love to go to Summer Camp, check out our website for more details or to get them signed up. Kids who are finishing 1st-6th grades can go to kids camp. Teens finishing 6th-12th grades can go to teen camp. https://www.mantenonazarene.org/resources/camps
Greatest Needs
Part of our church motto is "Serve Others" and we have so many wonderful servants in our church! We wanted to start highlighting a few needs in case you would like to help out. Email Jean- jmoy@mantenonazarene.org if interested.
1. VBS Decorating- We are in need of people who love decorating or crafting. You don't have to have a lot of skill, just time.
2. Youth Group Dinners- Our youth group eats dinner together every Sunday night. If you love cooking and would love to bless them with a meal, let us know!
Summer Women's Bible Study
Jane Kawanna will be leading a study on Priscilla Shirer's "Armor of God" on Wednesday mornings at 10am from June 17 to August 12. The study will invite you to explore the powerful tools God has given us to stand firm in faith and face the challenges of daily life. Drawing from Ephesians 6:10-18, this study encourages believers to recognize the spiritual battles we encounter and equips us to rely on God’s strength, truth, and protection. Contact Jane Kawanna, gram062019@outlook.com, for more information.
Wednesday Night Dinner Menu: Grilled Hamburgers & Chicken Caesar Salad
Subscribe to E-Announcements
https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/48/responses/new
Tithes and Offerings
Monthly Budget: $62,250
May 3: $10,083
Month to Date: $10,083
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 Youth Group | 6-8pm | Sunday
Wellness Walkers | 2pm | Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
Wednesday Family Dinner | 5:30-6:15pm | Wednesday
Journey Groups | 6:30pm | Wednesday
Men's Basketball | 8-10pm | Wednesday
Silent Prayer | 7:30pm | Thursday
Men's Prayer Breakfast | 8am | Saturday
Order of Service
Prelude
Call to Worship
Welcome & Announcements
The King is in the Room
I Will Follow
Kids Moment
Prayer & Offering
In Christ Alone
I Speak Jesus
Prayer
Message
He Is
Benediction
Call to Worship
Welcome & Announcements
The King is in the Room
I Will Follow
Kids Moment
Prayer & Offering
In Christ Alone
I Speak Jesus
Prayer
Message
He Is
Benediction
Sermon Notes
GO! The Posture to Go
Acts 8:26-39
May 10, 2026
How we go matters.
How we go matters.
We need to get set to go.
Acts 8
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out...
The Posture of Obedience
Ready to Obey
The Posture of Obedience
Ready to Obey
Are we living ready to obey his voice in this moment?
Acts 8
27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
Acts 8
29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
The Posture of Proximity
Ready to Move Toward People
Are we loving all people, even those very different from us?
The Posture of Attentiveness
Ready to Notice what God Is Doing
Acts 8
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Acts 8
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
Acts 8
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
The Posture of Attentiveness
Ready to Notice what God Is Doing
The posture of attentiveness isn’t creating an opening to speak to another, but recognizing the opening God has already created.
Isaiah 56
3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.” And let no eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.”
Isaiah 56
4... “To the eunuchs who... hold fast to my covenant—5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.
Acts 8
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”
Acts 8
37 Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God.”
Acts 8
38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.
Acts 8:26-39
May 10, 2026
How we go matters.
How we go matters.
We need to get set to go.
Acts 8
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out...
The Posture of Obedience
Ready to Obey
The Posture of Obedience
Ready to Obey
Are we living ready to obey his voice in this moment?
Acts 8
27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
Acts 8
29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
The Posture of Proximity
Ready to Move Toward People
Are we loving all people, even those very different from us?
The Posture of Attentiveness
Ready to Notice what God Is Doing
Acts 8
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Acts 8
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
Acts 8
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
The Posture of Attentiveness
Ready to Notice what God Is Doing
The posture of attentiveness isn’t creating an opening to speak to another, but recognizing the opening God has already created.
Isaiah 56
3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.” And let no eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.”
Isaiah 56
4... “To the eunuchs who... hold fast to my covenant—5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.
Acts 8
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”
Acts 8
37 Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God.”
Acts 8
38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.