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I'm a presbyterian pastor and it happens often that I have to write a eulogy for someone I never met.

I concur 100% with what OP wrote above.

I'll add just one thing: speak in "I". Prefer sentences like "I knew [person] as someone that liked [thing]" or "I remember [person] as someone loving [stuff]".

If I don't know the person, I'll listen to what the family has to tell about the person and speak like this : "you told me [thing] about [person]" or "you remember [person] as someone that is [trait]".

(I hope that what I wrote is understandable, english is not my mother tongue)

Hey there, collegue and brother!

I'm pastor (presbyterian) in the snowy swiss Alps. We're celebrating Christmas Eve in two hours in an old mountain church :)

Do you celebrate your services in a church or somewhere else? Also, how is your Christmas services impacted by covid?

Merry Christmas to you and your community!

Thank you very much! I am back from it, and it was a blessed and very cool time !

Tbh, I wish my congregation was almost all vaccinated x)

Oh, I'm sorry you feel that way!

I hope you'll find something or someone (human or animal) that can make you feel just a little bit better.