Gene was the pastor at Valparaiso Nazarene, in Valparaiso, Indiana for over twenty-five years. While leading there, the church grew from 400+ to 1500+. He continues to serve on staff at Valparaiso in an emeritus status, allowing him to travel, speak, and most importantly for us, interim. For the past fifteen months, he has been the interim pastor at Portage Real Life.

Gene has taught at PALCONS (a Pastors and Leaders Conference for Nazarene clergy) on three continents and is in demand to speak at district training events, local church retreats, and revivals. He has previously served as a trustee at Olivet. He has spoken at Chapel at Olivet and at the Leadership Roundtable at Nazarene Seminary.

Outside our denomination, he has been a guest speaker at Valparaiso University School of Law and at the School of Theology. He has taught for the past 35 years as a guest lecturer for cruise lines.

Gene is sixty-six years old and has been married to his wife Tamra for forty-one years. They have two children and four grandsons.

19 | 7pm | MOMS Next

22 | 9am | MOPS

22 | 7pm | RIOT

30 | 10am-4pm | Pre-teen Day Retreat

Our Creative Arts department is going through a bit of a transition at the moment. If you've ever wanted to sing, bang the drums, run the sound, change the words, or make sure the camera is actually focused on the person singing, now is the time to volunteer. No experience? We will train you. Only available every 6 weeks? We can schedule that. Used to do it but stopped? We would love to have you back. If you want more information or are interested, fill out a contact card and we will get in touch.

Children will be invited to come forward for the children's sermon or stay in the pew with their family. If children come forward, they will social distance upfront on designated "spots" (actual circles) and then children will be dismissed to children's church.

With our technology revamp, we have gotten a new guest wifi network. Our new network is Manteno Naz (Guest Wi-Fi). No password, but you do have to accept our terms of service.

Monthly Budget: $50,000

January 3 Weekly Offering: $907

January 10 Weekly Offering: $24,228

Month to Date: $25,135

Last month's financial report - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ineaLpQvDffqnPnUzr5M25rqrOMdpWsH/view?usp=sharing

Children | Pastor Amy | akilpatrick@mantenonazarene.org |

815.573.6322

Youth | Pastor Hannah | hannahjn@mantenonazarene.org |

913.669.0409

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

815.468.8946 (Calls are forwarded to Martha)

Martha Krueger | mkrueger@mantenonazarene.org |

Jenny Lyle | Office | jlyle@mantenonazarene.org |