Sponsors – Who is paying for this camp?
The camp is offered to crew members tutition-free due a YAB grant and donations and support from:
- City and Burough of Juneau (CBJ) Youth Activity Board (YAB)
- Alaska Music One
- Juneau-Douglas High School CHOICE Program
Organizer and Facility – Wait, this is at a church! Is this a bible camp in disguise? Why do they have a TV studio?
Resurrection Lutheran Church
The Showrunner Camp is part of Resurrection Lutheran Church’s (RLC) Juneau Live! Studio community service program. It is operated as a secular (non-religious) program, meaning that there is no faith affliation required to participate in the program will instruct everyone on how to treat it as such), and the hair / makeup / wardrobe / lighting instructor (with degree in theatrical arts from Cal Berkeley) / staff member happens to be RLC’s Pastor (and is open to talk religion with anyone who is interested). The Mission of Resurrection Lutheran Church is to promote spiritual growth in Christ and service to all people. RLC community service programs address immediate needs of refreshing and nourishing the body, mind and soul:
- The RLC Food Panty nourishes the body by operating the largest food pantry in Juneau feeding over 200 individuals and families each week, by allowing patrons to select their own foods in an unique 100’ COVID-19-safe mobile food line (funded by a Rasmuson grant).
- The RLC Warming Shelter refreshes the body by operating the City and Borough of Juneau’s Cold Weather Emergency Shelter – AKA, the RLC Warming Shelter. It is a low barrier shelter for adults (regardless of sobriety or prior behavior) providing a safe place to sleep and a hot, freshly prepared, nutritious dinner and breakfast, when nighttime temperatures are below freezing.
- Juneau Live! Studio nourishes the mind by supporting individuals and families who are suffering from seclusion and isolation, and its immediate consequences. Juneau Live! Studio connects this marginalized population and the entire Juneau Community though live-entertainment, cultural, educational and informational, community-access programming broadcast live from its multi-camera television studio on its Juneau Live! YouTube channel and KINY radio station.
- RLC Worship Services nourishes the soul through regular Sunday worship services at 9:30 am in-person and live broadcast (or viewed later) on our Juneau Live! YouTube channel, as well as special worship services. The church also broadcasts an abridged version of its prior week’s worship service on local radio station KINY on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am.
Juneau Live! Studio
Juneau Live! Studio was created out of both the church’s needs and its losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. RLC was the first worship community in Juneau (in 3/21) to begin live-streaming worship services from the sanctuary in response to the State’s mandate closing worship gatherings. The church has continued to do so while developing a 2,500 sq. ft. television studio capable of streaming in HD with 5 studio cameras (4 dolly/1 crane), 8-fixed HD/4K cameras, 20 LED full-spectrum studio lights, 26 studio/4 shotgun microphones, 48-channel/8-bus digitally encoded audio, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC performance and streaming licenses, and a 8- member technical crew with over 60 years of broadcast industry experience. This studio was funded at a cost of over $60,000 through with grants from the Alaska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), the CBJ / Juneau Community Foundation CARES funds, and donations from congregation members and outside the Juneau community. During its the 2021-22 Broadcast Schedule, Juneau Live! YouTube channel had over 10,000 views, over 150 subscribers, and produced and broadcast more than 500 hours of profession, high-quality, Juneau-community access programming using a volunteer production staff and crew at no cost to sponsoring organizations. The third broadcast season of Juneau Live Studio expects to continue its second broadcast season featuring Alaska Native and culture, including the 12 regular shows from last season, including Juneau Eats! (How to get and prepare free food) hosted by Chris Schapp, manager of SE Alaska Food Bank, Sarah Lewis, Associate Professor and Audra Henderson, Nutrition Educator, UAF Cooperative Extension Service: Juneau Sleeps… (Finding shelter on the road to your home) hosted by Roy Anderson, Housing Manager, St. Vincent de Paul; Sandy and Friends Jam for Wildflower Court (and you!) hosted by Mike Truax and others; Alaska Music One Presents (Showcasing local Juneau and Alaska Native musical talent) hosted by Riley Woodford; Into the Arts (Assisting viewers to participate in the arts) hosted by Melissa McCormick and sponsored by Juneau Arts and Humanities Council; How Do You Think? (Living and thriving with brain injuries and other defects) hosted by Laura Rorem, JAMHI Health & Wellness and Tamara Walter Executive Director TBI Resource Foundation, and Worship with Pastor Credo, featuring Brian Graceland (both Native Alaskan).
