Service Guide
May 31, 2026
Welcome & Call to Worship
Isaiah 25:6-9 (NIV)
Leader: Welcome to Evanston Bible Fellowship! If you’re new, we invite you to scan the QR code in front of you and fill out the connection card to let us know you’re here. It’s also a family service, so kids, come on up, grab an instrument, and help lead us in worship! Please stand for our call to worship from Isaiah 25:6-9, reading the words in bold.
Leader:
6 On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
All:
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
Leader:
8 he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
All:
9 In that day they will say,
“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
Leader: Let’s lift up our hearts and voices in worship!
Verse 1
Come all you weary
Come all you thirsty
Come to the well that never runs dry
Drink of the water
Come and thirst no more
Verse 2
Come all you sinners
Come find His mercy
Come to the table He will satisfy
Taste of His goodness
Find what you're looking for
Chorus 1
For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save us
Whoever believes in Him will live forever
Verse 3
Bring all your failures
Bring your addictions
Come lay them down at the foot of the cross
Jesus is waiting there
With open arms
Chorus 2
For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save us
Whoever believes in Him will live forever
The power of hell forever defeated
Now it is well I'm walking in freedom
For God so loved God so loved the world
Bridge
Praise God praise God
From whom all blessings flow
Praise Him praise Him
For the wonders of His love
Chorus 3
For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save
Verse 4
Bring all your failures
Bring your addictions
Come lay them down at the foot of the cross
Jesus is waiting
God so loved the world
Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash, Scott Cash
CCLI Song #7138599
© 2019 Angie Feel Good Songs; Bay19; Capitol CMG Genesis; Capitol CMG Paragon; Scott Cash Publishing Designee; We The Kingdom Music
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574
Verse 1
In tenderness He sought me
Weary and sick with sin
And on His shoulders brought me
Back to His fold again
While angels in His presence sang
Until the courts of heaven rang
Chorus
Oh the love that sought me
Oh the blood that bought me
Oh the grace that brought me to the fold of God
Grace that brought me to the fold of God
Verse 2
He died for me while I was sinning
Needy and poor and blind
He whispered to assure me
I've found thee thou art Mine
I'd never heard a sweeter voice
It made my aching heart rejoice
Verse 3
Upon His grace I'll daily ponder
And sing anew His praise
With all adoring wonder
His blessings I retrace
It seems as if eternal days
Are far too short to sing His praise
Nate Garvey, W. Spencer Walton
CCLI Song #6536051
© Words: Public Domain; Music: 2013 It's All About Jesus Music; We Are Younger We Are Faster Music
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574
Verse 1
For my waking breath
For my daily bread
I depend on You
I depend on You
For the sun to rise
For my sleep at night
I depend on You
I depend on You
Chorus 1
You’re the way the truth and the life
You’re the well that never runs dry
I’m the branch and You are the vine
Draw me close and teach me to abide
Verse 2
Where the Spirit leads
As I’m following
I depend on You
I depend on You
For the victories
Still in front of me
I depend on You
I depend on You
Chorus 2
You’re the way the truth and the life
You’re the well that never runs dry
I’m the branch and You are the vine
Draw me close and teach me to abide
Be my strength my song in the night
Be my all my treasure my prize
I am Yours forever You're mine
Draw me close and teach me to abide
Verse 3
When I pass through death
As I enter rest
I depend on You
I depend on You
For eternal life
To be raised with Christ
I depend on You
I depend on You
Tag 1
Oh would you teach me
Would You teach me to abide
Tag 2
I depend on You
I depend on You
Aaron Keyes, Aaron Williams, Jake Fauber
CCLI Song #7168160
© Aaronwilliamsmusic; Integrity Worship Music; WellWithYouMusic
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574
Verse 1
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly trust in Jesus' Name
(REPEAT)
Chorus
Christ alone cornerstone
Weak made strong in the Saviour's love
Through the storm He is Lord
Lord of all
Verse 2
When darkness seems to hide His face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil
My anchor holds within the veil
Interlude
He is Lord Lord of all
Verse 3
When He shall come with trumpet sound
Oh may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless stand before the throne
Edward Mote, Eric Liljero, Jonas Myrin, Reuben Morgan, William Batchelder Bradbury
CCLI Song #6158927
© 2011 Hillsong MP Songs; Hillsong Music Publishing Australia; Hillsong Music Publishing UK
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
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Verse 1
Who is the great King of glory
Seated on high in the heavens
Oh Jesus You alone
You are the Lord God Almighty
Strong in compassion and mercy
Oh Jesus You alone
Pre-Chorus
I've searched the world
For a love that could fill my heart
Nothing compares
To the wonder of who You are
Chorus 1
Holy all the earth singing
Holy all the angels cry
Holy Jesus You alone
Jesus You alone
Verse 2
You set the stars in the heavens
You set the world into motion
Oh Jesus You alone
You breathed Your life in creation
You walked among Your created
Oh Jesus You alone
Chorus 2
Holy all the earth singing
Holy all the angels cry
Holy Jesus You alone
Jesus You alone
Worthy all creation sings
Worthy all the heavens
Exalt Thee Jesus You alone
Jesus You alone
(Jesus You alone)
Verse 3
You shed Your blood for salvation
You broke the curse for our freedom
Oh Jesus You alone
You rose from death with the morning
You'll come again in Your glory
Oh Jesus You alone
Oh Jesus You alone
Chorus 3
Holy
I can't help but sing holy
How my heart cries out holy
Jesus You alone
Worthy
I lift my voice and sing worthy
I bow my life to exalt Thee
Jesus You alone
Jesus You alone
Jesse Abram Reeves, John Larson, Nicole McLean
CCLI Song #7120418
© 2018 Highlands Creative Publishing
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
John 6:25-59 (NIV)
Leader: Please return and remain standing (as you are able) for today’s Scripture reading from John 6:25-59. After the reading, the response will be, “Thanks be to God.”
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 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. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
Leader: You may be seated.
“I Am The Bread of Life”
John 6:25-59 (NIV)
Aaron Frankenfeld
“I Am the Bread of Life” Binge, snack, or nibble – eternal life is for those who ingest Jesus.
“I Am the Bread of Life” // 3 Pieces:
"I Am the Bread of Life" – Key Terms
1) “I”
2) Bread
3) Life
4). Belief
Principle 1:
1) We eat this bread by believing
a. Belief is work (27 & 29)
b. Belief binds us to Jesus (37-39; 56!)
Principle 2
2) Eternal life is for those who believe IN JESUS
a. God wants this (38-40)
b. Through Jesus alone (47-51; 53-58)
- Read Scripture
- Pray
- Celebrate Lord's Supper
Benediction
Leader: As we go, receive this benediction from Colossians 3:15-17:
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Leader: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!