Service Guide

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Welcome & Call to Worship

Psalm 118:19-29 (NIV)

Leader: Welcome to Evanston Bible Fellowship on this Palm Sunday! 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 and grab an instrument and a palm branch! Please stand for our call to worship from Psalm 118:19-29, reading the words in bold.

19 Open for me the gates of the righteous; 
I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. 
20 This is the gate of the Lord 
through which the righteous may enter. 
21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me; 
you have become my salvation. 

22 The stone the builders rejected 
has become the cornerstone; 
23 the Lord has done this, 
and it is marvelous in our eyes. 
24 The Lord has done it this very day; 
let us rejoice today and be glad. 
25 Lord, save us!
Lord, grant us success! 
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 
From the house of the Lord we bless you. 

27 The Lord is God, 
and he has made his light shine on us. 
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession 
up to the horns of the altar. 
28 You are my God, and I will praise you; 
you are my God, and I will exalt you. 
29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; 
his love endures forever.

Leader: Let’s lift up our hearts and voices in worship!


Hosanna (Praise Is Rising)

Verse 1
Praise is rising
Eyes are turning to You
We turn to You
Hope is stirring
Hearts are yearning for You
We long for You

Pre-Chorus
'Cause when we see You
We find strength to face the day
In Your presence
All our fears are washed away
(Washed away)

Chorus
Hosanna hosanna
You are the God who saves us
Worthy of all our praises
Hosanna hosanna
Come have Your way among us
We welcome You here Lord Jesus

Verse 2
Hear the sound of
Hearts returning to You
We turn to You
In Your Kingdom
Broken lives are made new
You make us new

Ending
Hosanna hosanna

Brenton Brown, Paul Baloche
CCLI Song #4662491
© 2005, 2006 Thankyou Music Ltd; Integrity's Hosanna! Music; Leadworship Songs
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Blessed Be Your Name

Verse 1
Blessed be Your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Verse 2
Blessed be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your name

Pre-Chorus
Ev’ry blessing You pour out I’ll
Turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say

Chorus
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Verse 3
Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's all as it should be
Blessed be Your name

Verse 4
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

Bridge
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name

Beth Redman, Matt Redman
CCLI Song #3798438
© 2002 Thankyou Music
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574



Hosanna

Verse 1
I see the King of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes yeah

Verse 2
I see His love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing

Chorus
Hosanna hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

Verse 3
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith

Verse 4
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees

Bridge
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like You have loved me
Break my heart for what breaks Yours
Everything I am for Your Kingdom's cause
As I walk from earth into eternity

Brooke Ligertwood
CCLI Song #4785835
© 2006 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574


Kid's Moment


Scripture Reading: Luke 19:28-44 (NIV)

Leader: Please return and remain standing (as you are able) for today’s Scripture reading from Luke 19:28-44 After the reading, the response will be, “Thanks be to God.”

28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ” 
32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 
34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.” 
35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 
37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 
38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” 
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” 
40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” 
41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”  

Leader: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God!

Leader: You may be seated.


Message: Pastor Tim Allen

The Shadow of Betrayal: Luke 22:14-23

Ethos Questions:
  • Read the text. Then read it again in another version. Then summarize the text as best you can.
  • What stands out to you from the text? What questions does it raise?
  • What does this text reveal to us about God?
  • What does this text reveal to us about ourselves and how we should respond to God?
  • How does this text in particular drive these truths home?
  • If this text did not exist, what would we be missing?
  • What problem or question is the text solving or answering? What issue is it addressing?
  • What solution or answer does the text offer to the primary issue it is addressing?
  • How does the text connect with the gospel?
  • How will you commit to obey the text this week?
  • With whom can you share what you have learned from the text? 

The Lord Is My Salvation

Verse 1
The grace of God has reached for me
And pulled me from the raging sea
And I am safe on this solid ground
The Lord is my salvation

Verse 2
I will not fear when darkness falls
His strength will help me scale these walls
I'll see the dawn of the rising sun
The Lord is my salvation

Chorus
Who is like the Lord our God
Strong to save faithful in love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation

Verse 3
My hope is hidden in the Lord
He flow'rs each promise of His Word
When winter fades I know spring will come
The Lord is my salvation

Verse 4
In times of waiting times of need
When I know loss when I am weak
I know His grace will renew these days
The Lord is my salvation

Verse 5
And when I reach the final day
He will not leave me in the grave
But I will rise He will call me home
The Lord is my salvation

Bridge
Glory be to God the Father
Glory be to God the Son
Glory be to God the Spirit
The Lord is our salvation

Ending
The Lord is our salvation
The Lord is our salvation

Jonas Myrin, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Nathan Nockels
CCLI Song #7063694
© 2016 Capitol CMG Paragon; Getty Music Publishing; Son of the Lion; Sweater Weather Music
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Communion & Prayers of the People


Cornerstone

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
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Announcements

Benediction: Revelation 1:4b-6 (NIV)

Leader: As we go, receive this benediction from Revelation 1:4b-6:

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. 
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

Leader: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!