We usually pack the sanctuary with ourselves and our house guests on this evening, which may not be a good idea this year. We are suggesting that instead of our usual service that we have an open-house fellowship Zoom meeting that evening from 5 – 6. That way folks (with their house guests) can pop in and out on their own schedule to say hello to one another. In the middle of all of this, at 5:30, let’s plan to pause the conversation, dim the lighting in our homes, gather around our computers with whatever lighted candles we have handy (or cell-phones with the flashlight apps turned on!) – and all sing one verse of Silent Night together.