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
Visit Our Website!
https://www.mantenonazarene.org/Check us out on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/mantenonazTithes and Offerings
https://pushpay.com/g/mantenonazareneNovember
30 | No Sunday Night BREAK- Thanksgiving Weekend
December
2 | 6pm | MC Milestones Council Meeting
3 | 9-11am | MomCo
5-6 | Teen Quiz Tournament in St. Louis
6 | 10am-12pm | K-4th Graders Christmas Service Rehearsal
7 | 9am & 10:30am | Kids Christmas Service
7 | 11:45am | Young Adult Lunch
8 | 7pm | Church Board Meeting
9 | 2pm or 6pm | MC Milestones BUNCO
10 | 5:30pm | Last Night of Dinner and Journey Groups for Fall Session
11 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
12 | 6-8pm | Birth-4th Grade Kids' Christmas Party
13 | 9am-12pm | Women's Ministries Cookie Sale
13 | 9am-2pm | MC Students Craft & Vendor Fair
14 | 9am & 10:30am | Church Elections
17 | 9am | MomCo
17 | 5:30pm | All Church Caroling
18 | 10am | Senior Dine Top Up
19 | 10am | Bandage Rolling
21 | No Sunday Night Programming
24 | 4pm | Christmas Eve Service
25-26 | Office Closed- Merry Christmas!
28 | No Sunday Night Programming
31 | Office Closed- Happy New Year!
Christmas Project
This year, through our Missions Council, we are collecting items for the Manteno High School and the Manteno Veterans’ Home. Stop by the giving tree in the foyer to grab a tag with an item to donate. Items include hats and gloves for all ages, men's sweatpants, dress shirts with neckties, sunglasses, eyeglass neck holders, sugar/sweetener packs, individual coffee creamers, canned coffee, individual bags of chips, Gatorade, pop, individual snack cakes, and mini-donut packs. Please bring all items back by December 14.
Baptisms
If you are interested in being baptized and taking that next step in your relationship with Christ, we are having baptisms on January 11. Please speak with one of the Pastors if you want to learn more.
Annual Cookie Sale
Sign Up Today! - https://forms.gle/qHxDW5QPAGfbBE5z6 The annual cookie sale is almost here! We invite you to sign up and bring festive, decorative cookies or your favorite traditional treats to be sold during the Vendor Fair on Saturday, December 13. This sweet tradition is not only a highlight of the season, but also a wonderful fundraiser that supports our Women’s Ministry and blesses other ministries in the church.
Important Details:
• Cookies should be delivered to the church between 4pm - 6pm on Friday, December 12.
• Please sign up at the Welcome Center or through the online link to let us know you’ll be bringing cookies.
• Reach out to LeAnn McCormick if you have any questions.
NYC Shirt Fundraiser
Support our teens going to Nazarene Youth Conference by ordering a shirt from Shari Boudreau. Choose from church-branded designs or regular everyday styles. 50% of the proceeds will go towards student accounts. Orders are open now at https://bit.ly/2025NYCT; grab yours and wear your support proudly! Prices start at $20, and the order deadline is Dec 5. After you place your order, Shari will contact you to arrange payment.
Wednesday Night Dinner Menu: Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes
Subscribe to E-Announcements
https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/48/responses/new
Tithes and Offerings
Monthly Budget: $62,250
Nov 2: $8,665
Nov 9: $15,739
Nov 16: $9,809
Nov 23: $11,702
Month to Date: $45,915
Contact Information
Pastor Ken Bushey | Lead | kbushey@mantenonazarene.org | 812.583.1542
Pastor Amy Kilpatrick | Kids | akilpatrick@mantenonazarene.org | 815.573.6322
Elliott Storey | Student Ministries Intern | mcstudents@mantenonazarene.org
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
30 | No Sunday Night BREAK- Thanksgiving Weekend
December
2 | 6pm | MC Milestones Council Meeting
3 | 9-11am | MomCo
5-6 | Teen Quiz Tournament in St. Louis
6 | 10am-12pm | K-4th Graders Christmas Service Rehearsal
7 | 9am & 10:30am | Kids Christmas Service
7 | 11:45am | Young Adult Lunch
8 | 7pm | Church Board Meeting
9 | 2pm or 6pm | MC Milestones BUNCO
10 | 5:30pm | Last Night of Dinner and Journey Groups for Fall Session
11 | 1pm | Mexican Train Dominoes at Maple Valley
12 | 6-8pm | Birth-4th Grade Kids' Christmas Party
13 | 9am-12pm | Women's Ministries Cookie Sale
13 | 9am-2pm | MC Students Craft & Vendor Fair
14 | 9am & 10:30am | Church Elections
17 | 9am | MomCo
17 | 5:30pm | All Church Caroling
18 | 10am | Senior Dine Top Up
19 | 10am | Bandage Rolling
21 | No Sunday Night Programming
24 | 4pm | Christmas Eve Service
25-26 | Office Closed- Merry Christmas!
28 | No Sunday Night Programming
31 | Office Closed- Happy New Year!
Christmas Project
This year, through our Missions Council, we are collecting items for the Manteno High School and the Manteno Veterans’ Home. Stop by the giving tree in the foyer to grab a tag with an item to donate. Items include hats and gloves for all ages, men's sweatpants, dress shirts with neckties, sunglasses, eyeglass neck holders, sugar/sweetener packs, individual coffee creamers, canned coffee, individual bags of chips, Gatorade, pop, individual snack cakes, and mini-donut packs. Please bring all items back by December 14.
Baptisms
If you are interested in being baptized and taking that next step in your relationship with Christ, we are having baptisms on January 11. Please speak with one of the Pastors if you want to learn more.
Annual Cookie Sale
Sign Up Today! - https://forms.gle/qHxDW5QPAGfbBE5z6 The annual cookie sale is almost here! We invite you to sign up and bring festive, decorative cookies or your favorite traditional treats to be sold during the Vendor Fair on Saturday, December 13. This sweet tradition is not only a highlight of the season, but also a wonderful fundraiser that supports our Women’s Ministry and blesses other ministries in the church.
Important Details:
• Cookies should be delivered to the church between 4pm - 6pm on Friday, December 12.
• Please sign up at the Welcome Center or through the online link to let us know you’ll be bringing cookies.
• Reach out to LeAnn McCormick if you have any questions.
NYC Shirt Fundraiser
Support our teens going to Nazarene Youth Conference by ordering a shirt from Shari Boudreau. Choose from church-branded designs or regular everyday styles. 50% of the proceeds will go towards student accounts. Orders are open now at https://bit.ly/2025NYCT; grab yours and wear your support proudly! Prices start at $20, and the order deadline is Dec 5. After you place your order, Shari will contact you to arrange payment.
Wednesday Night Dinner Menu: Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes
Subscribe to E-Announcements
https://mantenonazarene.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/48/responses/new
Tithes and Offerings
Monthly Budget: $62,250
Nov 2: $8,665
Nov 9: $15,739
Nov 16: $9,809
Nov 23: $11,702
Month to Date: $45,915
Contact Information
Pastor Ken Bushey | Lead | kbushey@mantenonazarene.org | 812.583.1542
Pastor Amy Kilpatrick | Kids | akilpatrick@mantenonazarene.org | 815.573.6322
Elliott Storey | Student Ministries Intern | mcstudents@mantenonazarene.org
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
Welcome & Announcements
Made for More
Behold
Advent Reading
Prayer & Offering
Even so Come
Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Prayer
Message
O Come all Ye Faithful (His Name Shall Be)
Benediction
Call to Worship
Welcome & Announcements
Made for More
Behold
Advent Reading
Prayer & Offering
Even so Come
Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Prayer
Message
O Come all Ye Faithful (His Name Shall Be)
Benediction
Sermon Notes
Hope of All the Earth: In the Most Difficult Time of the Year
November 30, 2025
Micah 5:1-5
Christmas is not the most wonderful time of the year for everyone.
Micah 5:1
Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.
Your suffering isn’t unique.
Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:3
Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor bears a son, and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites.
Micah 5:4
He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.
Micah 5:5
And he will be our peace when the Assyrians invade our land and march through our fortresses.
Your suffering isn’t unique.
In your suffering, you aren’t alone.
Isaiah 53:3-4
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering…
Your suffering isn’t unique.
In your suffering, you aren’t alone.
Matthew 28:20
“I will be with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Acts 1:11
“This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Your suffering isn’t unique.
You aren’t alone in your suffering.
Your suffering won’t last forever.
Revelation 21:4-5
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”
The ultimate suffering is moving through life and into eternity without God.
John 3:36
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”
The ultimate suffering is moving through life and into eternity without God.
The ultimate hope is to know God is with us through this life and into eternity.
November 30, 2025
Micah 5:1-5
Christmas is not the most wonderful time of the year for everyone.
Micah 5:1
Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.
Your suffering isn’t unique.
Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:3
Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor bears a son, and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites.
Micah 5:4
He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.
Micah 5:5
And he will be our peace when the Assyrians invade our land and march through our fortresses.
Your suffering isn’t unique.
In your suffering, you aren’t alone.
Isaiah 53:3-4
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering…
Your suffering isn’t unique.
In your suffering, you aren’t alone.
Matthew 28:20
“I will be with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Acts 1:11
“This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Your suffering isn’t unique.
You aren’t alone in your suffering.
Your suffering won’t last forever.
Revelation 21:4-5
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”
The ultimate suffering is moving through life and into eternity without God.
John 3:36
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”
The ultimate suffering is moving through life and into eternity without God.
The ultimate hope is to know God is with us through this life and into eternity.