At our church we sing real hymns out of a real hymnal (Lutheran Service Book). And we use the historic liturgy of the Divine Service. Not bragging. It's just that's where we can find the best substance, paired with appropriate music, to deliver the goods.
The Baptism of Our Lord — January 12, 2014
Divine Service, Setting Three (pages 184 ff.)
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION (pp. 184-85)
Hymn 404: Jesus, Once with Sinners Numbered
Invocation/Confession of Sins/Declaration of Grace (right column)
SERVICE OF THE WORD (pp. 186-93)
Hymn 401: From God the Father, Virgin-Born
Kyrie/ Gloria in Excelsis / Salutation and Collect of the Day
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 42:1-9
Choir and congregation: Light of the World (see back of bulletin)
Epistle: Romans 6:1-11
Alleluia/ Holy Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12
Apostles’ Creed (p. 192)
Hymn 406: To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord (stanzas 1-4, 7)
Sermon
Offertory/ Offering/ Prayer of the Church
SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT (pp. 194-202)
Preface/ Proper Preface/ Sanctus/ Lord’s Prayer
The Words of Our Lord/ Pax Domini/ Agnus Dei
Distribution of Communion
Hymn 548: Thanks to Thee, O Christ, Victorious
Hymn 598: Once in the Blest Baptismal Waters
Nunc Dimittis/ Thanksgiving
Salutation and Benedicamus/ Benediction
Hymn 405: To Jordan’s River Came Our Lord
To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord (LSB 406)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfvU7vGqUPM
1. To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord,
To do His Father’s pleasure;
Baptized by John, the Father’s Word
Was given us to treasure.
This heav’nly washing now shall be
A cleansing from transgression
And by His blood and agony
Release from death’s oppression.
A new life now awaits us.
2. O hear and mark the message well,
For God Himself has spoken.
Let faith, not doubt, among us dwell
And so receive this token.
Our Lord here with His Word endows
Pure water, freely flowing.
God’s Holy Spirit here avows
Our kinship while bestowing
The Baptism of His blessing.
3. These truths on Jordan’s banks were shown
By mighty word and wonder.
The Father’s voice from heav’n came down,
Which we do well to ponder:
“This man is My beloved Son,
In whom My heart has pleasure.
Him you must hear, and Him alone,
And trust in fullest measure
The word that He has spoken.”
4. There stood the Son of God in love,
His grace to us extending;
The Holy Spirit like a dove
Upon the scene descending;
The triune God assuring us,
With promises compelling,
That in our Baptism He will thus
Among us find a dwelling
To comfort and sustain us.
5. To His disciples spoke the Lord,
“Go out to ev’ry nation,
And bring to them the living Word
And this My invitation:
Let ev’ryone abandon sin
And come in true contrition
To be baptized and thereby win
Full pardon and remission
And heav’nly bliss inherit.”
6. But woe to those who cast aside
This grace so freely given;
They shall in sin and shame abide
And to despair be driven.
For born in sin, their works must fail,
Their striving saves them never;
Their pious acts do not avail,
And they are lost forever,
Eternal death their portion.
7. All that the mortal eye beholds
Is water as we pour it.
Before the eye of faith unfolds
The pow’r of Jesus’ merit.
For here it sees the crimson flood
To all our ills bring healing;
The wonders of His precious blood
The love of God revealing
Assuring His own pardon.
I like the Lutheran Service Book much more than the one we used to use. It is more like the old "Blue Hymnal" I grew up learning and had most of it memorized. We still sing one or two songs from the "With One Voice" worship book per month.