Today several of us from this area went to the KING-TV studios in Seattle to be taped for "TV Eucharist." We celebrated the Eucharist in a TV production studio for broadcast at 5:00 AM (!) next Sunday, August 1, and the following Sunday, August 8.
This program has been in existence for some 30 years, and an estimated 5,000 viewers tune in for the Eucharist. That makes the TV Eucharist the largest congregation in the diocese!
Celebrating the Eucharist in a TV studio takes some imagination. The studio is a big empty cavern with no one present, so you have to imagine the "congregation" in your mind. It makes preaching a challenge! I felt much more comfortable this year than last.
With me were Ruth Lindstrum and Priscilla White-Lineker from St. Antony's and the Rev. Kathleen Kingslight from St. Paul's, Bremerton, with her husband John and their delightful 9-year-old granddaughter. The photo above was taken just outside the studio.
This photo shows the studio set for the Eucharist.
The stage crew putting the set together before taping.
That set looks great, and that was a big congregation - if unseen! Yet, the whole exercise raises all kinds of fascinating questions about Eucharistic theology which I won't raise here... although I would be delighted to hear your opinion of the theology behind this exercise?
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