Remember Your Baptism and Be Thankful

The readings for the first Sunday after Epiphany are:
Genesis 1:1-5
Psalm 29
Acts 19:1-7
Mark 1:4-11

I was sick the week of New Year's Day so I missed the second Sunday of Christmas. Here are the readings. I don't know what the hymns were. If you visit the All Souls Episcopal Church bulletin you can listen to their hymns and anthems from last week. I love their webpage. It's better than television church when you can't make it to church on Sunday.
Numbers 6:22-27
Galatians 4:4-7
Philippians 2:5-11
Luke 2:15-21
Psalm 8

Since today was all about the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist and also the day we welcomed our new associate pastor, all the hymns were about baptism and ordination.

The introit was Beautiful Savior written by an unknown German Jesuit about 1677 and translated by Joseph A. Seiss in 1873. The tune is based on a Sliesian folk tune and is called Crusader Hymn.

1. Beautiful Savior,
King of Creation,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I'd love Thee,
Truly I'd serve Thee,
Light of my soul, my Joy, my Crown.

2. Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer;
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.

3. Fair is the sunshine,
Fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angels in the sky.

4. Beautiful Savior,
Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor,
Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be Thine!

The first hymn was This Is the Spirit's Entry Now by Thomas E. Herbranson. The hymn tune we used was Azmon by Carl G. Glazer, arranged by Lowell Mason. The text is under copyright, but you can find it in The Methodist Hymnal, number 608.

The second hymn was Holy Spirit, Come Confirm Us. This is another hymn that is under copyright. It's hymn 331 in The Methodist Hymnal.

Our offertory anthem was This Is My Beloved Son by Dan Uhl.

When John baptized the Christ, our Lord, the heavens opened wide.
The Spirit from on high came down, descending like a dove.
Assuring those on Jordan’s banks a voice proclaimed these words:
This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.
Come Holy Spirit heavenly dove. Come now in visitation.
Renew in us baptismal grace throughout each day, in every place,
You are the way, the truth, the light. Lead us to our salvation.

The final hymn was When Jesus Came to Jordan by Fred Pratt Green.

When Jesus came to Jordan
to be baptized by John,
he did not come for pardon.
but as his Father's Son.
He came to share repentance
with all who mourn their sins,
to speak the vital sentence
with which good news begins.

He came to share temptation,
our utmost woe and loss,
for us and our salvation
to die upon the cross.
So when the Dove descended
on him, the Son of Man,
the hidden years had ended,
the age of grace began.

Come, Holy Spirit, aid us
to keep the vows we make,
this very day invade us,
and every bondage break.
Come, give our lives direction,
the gift we covet most:
to share the resurrection
that leads to Pentecost.