et cetera...: Technology enhances so much of what happens in your church, synagogue, or house of worship venue as you’re preparing for services each week. The lighting, recording, and filming equipment, projections, and slide shows… it all adds up to a lot of time and money.
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There is so much crossover in the area of larger places of worship with entertainment. The needs are pretty obvious, both have an area for someone to be seen and heard, sometimes they both have massive seating, and they both often work to place the audience in a place where they can be receptive to the story being told. Lists like this one seem to be aimed at a smaller institution that doesn’t know yet that they are entertainers.
I do find it disappointing when these religious institutions are able to have massive budgets, hiring designers and technicians, and having a space most theatrical companies would envy, while also claiming a tax exempt status. I know my personal experience is showing here, but I feel that some larger churches are blurring the line between religious institution and entertainment facility. It is also very true that sports arena’s are homes to “non-profit sports teams” that rake in millions and millions of dollars.
I found this article really interesting because of the crossover between religion and entertainment. While they may seem to serve very different purposes, in practice they have many similarities. If the head of a congregation cannot be heard or seen, if the acoustics of a place of worship are bad, then the 'performance' will be unsuccessful. Sermons rely on many of the same principles as live theatre, and this article only serves to help make that connection. The fact that ETC wrote it in the first place means they derive a certain amount of business from setting up churches, otherwise they wouldn't have written it. Looking at the photos, some of them appear more similar to stadiums than churches. And in the age of the Internet, a whole section is devoted to lighting for cameras for sermon broadcasts. While it may seem to be simply about lighting advice, this article is very revealing about the connection between religion and theatre.
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