Like all churches now, the church I’ve attended since I was a baby, has been closed due to COVID-19. That’s not to say, there haven’t been services, but they are… different. In my church, there’s a pastor and a liturgist, someone who does some of the readings and gives the announcements. For the past year, the pastor and liturgist have been recorded separately and then everything is edited together to make a youtube video. It then goes up on Sunday morning.
I was asked to be the liturgist and just finished my readings. It was an interesting experience. I had done school presentations, taken a speech class, and even a theater class in college, but the setup at the church was impressive. The music director of the church is currently the film director and editor. He had me read the prepared material, thankfully no memorization, and filmed me on two different cameras, so he could get the best angles. We did the readings early in the week, so he had time to edit all the footage for Sunday. If I hadn’t been sitting at home, watching myself read, I would’ve thought it was live.
Hopefully, everything will go back to normal soon. I would love to walk around and go places without wearing a mask or worrying about COVID-19, but until then, it was an interesting and fun experience to record the readings for the church.