Two new productions from Idaho Public Television’s original series Idaho Experience and Outdoor Idaho explore the significance of three Idaho houses of worship and celebrate the spirit of volunteerism in Idaho’s state parks. The new episodes air back-to-back on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7 & 8 PM and again on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 6 & 7 PM on Idaho Public Television. They will be available for streaming beginning Dec. 8 at video.idahoptv.org and on the PBS app.
“Idaho’s Sacred Places” on Idaho Experience
Idaho, with its strong faith, rich history and natural beauty, has many sites deserving of veneration—sacred places known for their spiritual significance or historic reverence. Places that celebrate the natural world as a sanctuary for our souls where mind, body and spirit unite. Places that provide space for the faithful to commune.
This episode of Idaho Experience explores a few of Idaho’s sacred spaces through three houses of worship that represent a small fraction of Idaho’s faith-based communities: the historic Cataldo Mission, the Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude, and the synagogue of Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel.
“Idaho’s Sacred Places” airs Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7 PM and again Sunday, Dec. 7, at 6 PM.
Idaho Experience is made possible with funding from the James and Barbara Cimino Foundation, Anne Voillequé and Louise Nelson, Judy and Steve Meyer, the Friends of Idaho Public Television, the Idaho Public Television Endowment, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
“Doing Good in the Great Outdoors” on Outdoor Idaho
Outdoor Idaho travels the state to celebrate the American spirit of volunteerism. “Doing Good in the Great Outdoors” profiles Idahoans who donate their time to clear trails in the Frank Church Wilderness, restore wildlife habitat in Southeast Idaho and make sure visitors can enjoy our state parks in Central and North Idaho. And they meet some budding high school biologists in Mackay who are raising trout to stock in Lower Cedar Creek.
“If you're enjoying a greenbelt or you're enjoying a cross-country trail or you're a bird-watcher and you enjoy watching birds or you love to flyfish or literally anything, a volunteer is involved,” said Tessa Atwood, a volunteer coordinator in Southeast Idaho for the Department of Fish and Game. “They're the wizard behind the curtain. … No matter what you're doing, if you're enjoying conservation in Idaho, you have volunteers to thank for that.”
“Doing Good in the Great Outdoors” airs Thursday, Dec. 4, at 8 PM and again Sunday, Dec. 7, at 7 PM.
Outdoor Idaho is made possible through funding from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, Idaho Central Credit Union, the Idaho Forest Products Commission, the Carr Foundation, the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the W.R. Duck Foundation.