VIEWS THROUGH THE LIVESTREAM LENS

Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, began livestreaming liturgies using permanently installed, professional equipment on Easter Sunday, 2017, and for the following three years it served a loyal but small community who worshipped from home each week. In March of 2020 that changed. The cathedral building was closed due to covid-19, and the entire worshipping community began to gather virtually. Since then, the livestream cameras have allowed all to participate in weekly Sunday morning worship, in addition to the sacred liturgies of Holy Week and Easter, Seattle’s famous Compline service, priestly ordinations, experiments with pre-recorded scripture and music, outdoor liturgies, and more.