Down at the mission on Christmas morning, with songs of praise leaking out the front doors and a blue sky shining its light back through, the men and women take their seats and listen to sermons given not just by the pastor, but the patrons, too. But it’s the story of Christ’s birth, recited from the New Testament by Garrett Houser, a volunteer, that sets the mood. Born in a manger, a boy is bequeathed to the world.