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Manteno Church of the Nazarene

Sunday Morning Service | 10am

Sunday Morning Service | 10am

Pastor Ken Bushey preaching

Locations & Times

Manteno Church of the Nazarene

698 N Locust St, Manteno, IL 60950, USA

Sunday 10:00 AM

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September
13 | 6-9pm | Student Ministries RIOT
14 | 9am | Teen Quiz Meet at Lombard
16 | 10-11:30am | MC Milestones Coffee 'n Learn
17 | 11:30am | MC Milestones Joyful Journey Group at Darla's Cafe
19 | 9:30-11am | Senior Mobile Safety Fair
19 | 7pm | MomCo Next
20 | 9am | MomCo
21 | 6-9pm | Student Ministries HS Hangout
21 | 7-9pm | Young Adult Dessert & Board Games at Grimm's
22 | 9am and 10:30am | Baptisms and Reception
22 | 11:45am | 5th grade Parent/New to Youth Group Meeting & Lunch
23 | 10am | MC Milestones Readers Book Club
26 | 6:30pm | District Superintendent Installation Service
27 | 12pm | NMI Bandage Rolling
30 | 10am-12pm | MC Milestones Computer Class

Wednesday Night Dinners and Journey Groups
Wednesdays | 5:30-7:30pm | Church | Come join us again this week for dinner and Journey Groups! Enjoy a delicious dinner starting at 5:30pm. There is a suggested donation of $5 per person or $20 per family. Nursery, preschool and K-4 programming is available for kids and Journey Groups are happening for teens and adults at 6:30pm. It is not too late if you still want to join a group!

Student Ministries RIOT
September 13 | 6-9pm | McCormick Center | The middle schoolers are having their first RIOT of the year and it is pirate themed! If your student is in 5th-8th grade, loves running around the gym, and eating pizza, then this event is for them! They can invite their friends too! Girls bring a snack, guys bring a drink.

Teen Quizzing
September 14 | 9am | Our teens have been studying hard and have their first quiz meet tomorrow in Lombard. They are working on the book of Luke this year so go ahead and quiz them on the geneology of Jesus when you see them next!

MC Milestones Coffee 'n Learn
September 16 | 10-11:30am | McCormick Center | The Milestones group is welcoming back special speaker, Nicholas Raloff to talk about internet security. So bring your computer questions and be ready to learn! Coffee is provided.

Senior Mobile Safety Fair
September 19 | 9:30-11am | McCormick Center | This is a FREE event for all of our seniors sponsored by the State's Attorney's office. Come out and enjoy speakers, vendors, refreshments, prizes, and more!

Student Ministries HS Hangout
September 21 | 6-9pm | McCormick Center | It's the first High School hangout of the year! All 9th-12th graders are invited to hang out in the gym doing whatever they want. Games, homework, eating snacks, talking, etc. Bring a snack to share and a friend!

Young Adult Dessert & Board Games
September 21 | 7-9pm | Tony & Melody Grimm's House- 810 Independence Drive in Bourbonnais. All young adults are invited to hang out at the Grimm's for yummy desserts and competitive fun! Everyone should bring their favorite dessert to share and a game to play.

Baptisms and Reception
September 22 | 9 and 10:30am | Sanctuary | Baptisms are happening in both services next Sunday! If you are interested in being baptized, please talk with one of the pastors. After each service we will be having a Celebration Reception in the McCormick Center with cookies and punch.

Student Ministries New Parent Meeting & Lunch
September 22 | 11:45am | Youth Room | If you are the parent of a 5th grader OR you are new to youth group this year, please join us for this meeting. We will talk about events, journey groups, quizzing, and the calendar for the year. We will also serve pizza.

District Superintendent Installation Service
September 26 | 6:30pm | Church | We are honored to be hosting the installation service for our new District Superintendent, Scott Whalen. Scott grew up in Manteno and attended youth group here at Manteno Nazarene. Come join us for the service and then a reception to follow.

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Tithes and Offerings
Monthly Budget: $62,250
Sep 1: $5,608
Sep 8: $17,807
Month to Date: $23,415

Contact Information
Pastor Ken Bushey | Lead | kbushey@mantenonazarene.org | 812.583.1542
Pastor Amy Kilpatrick | Kids | 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
Jenny Lyle | jlyle@mantenonazarene.org | Office Manager
Jean Moy | jmoy@mantenonazarene.org | Office Assistant
Connect Card | https://bit.ly/mcconnectcard
Giving | https://pushpay.com/g/mantenonazarene
Website | www.mantenonazarene.org

Weekly Schedule
Worship Service | 9am and 10:30am | Sunday
Teen Quizzing | 5-6pm | Sunday
7th-12th Grade BREAK Youth Group | 6-8pm | Sunday
Volleyball | 6:30-8:30pm | Monday
Family Meal | 5:30-6:15pm | Wednesday
Manteno Kids | 6:30-7:30pm | Wednesday
Journey Groups | 6:30-7:30pm | Wednesday
Men's Basketball | 8-10pm | Wednesday
Men's Prayer Breakfast | 8am | Saturday

Order of Service

Prelude
Call to Worship
Welcome/Announcements
Wonderful Grace of Jesus
Take You At Your Word
Offering/Prayer
Trust in God
Dismiss kids
Goodness of God
Prayer
Message
Run to the Father/Communion
Benediction





Sermon Notes

Faith Culture: Seasoning the Soup
2 Kings 4:38-41
September 15, 2024

2 Kings 4:38-41
Elisha returned to Gilgal and there was a famine in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.”
One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were. The stew was poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He put it into the pot and said, “Serve it to the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

culture: “the soup we swim in”

IDENTIFY THE DEATH IN THE SOUP

IDENTIFY THE DEATH IN THE SOUP
Don’t eat the soup simply because it’s put in front of you.

IDENTIFY THE DEATH IN THE SOUP
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!
–Paul in Galatians 1:8

IDENTIFY THE DEATH IN THE SOUP
Sincerity doesn’t make good soup. Good intentions don’t make good soup. The right ingredients make good soup.

THE TRUE VINE MAKES BETTER SOUP THAN THE WILD VINE
“I am the true vine.... Remain in me.”
–Jesus in John 15:1, 3

THE TRUE VINE MAKES BETTER SOUP THAN THE WILD VINE
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Acts 17:11

ADD GOOD TO THE SOUP
If you belong to Christ, you have the antidote culture needs.

ADD GOOD TO THE SOUP
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21

ADD GOOD TO THE SOUP
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35

ADD GOOD TO THE SOUP
The purpose of the church has always been to change the world!

ADD GOOD TO THE SOUP
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 3:16-17