Buda, Texas · since December 2022
Media for the generation growing up on a screen.
Altarnet is a 501(c)(3) ministry that makes television, trains young producers, and tells stories on film. Patrick J. McGuire and Cyndi McGuire founded it so emerging generations would have a values-driven alternative in the media they watch every day. The ministry today is Living Roots.
- Founded
- January 1998
- Based in
- Buda, Texas
since December 2022 - Status
- 501(c)(3)
- President
- Patrick J. McGuire
- Today
- Living Roots
The ministry today
Living Roots
Living Roots is a weekly video and audio podcast at livingroots.tv. Patrick J. McGuire hosts it with Digital Pastor Jim Pierce. The episodes follow the earthly ministry of Jesus week by week, drawing on the Hebrew Gospel texts of Dr. Miles Jones and the Benai Emunah Institute, with Scripture-based music by Janet Felt.
The work
- Now Living Roots Altarnet’s ministry today, a weekly podcast hosted by Patrick J. McGuire at livingroots.tv.
- 01 Youth television Urban Altarnet and The Altarnet Experiment, music and culture shows syndicated in the United States and Europe.
- 02 Media institute Apprenticeships inside real productions, with workshops and internships in production and marketing.
- 03 Documentary films Short films on Serampore College and on community work in Orissa, India, produced by Patrick J. McGuire.
- 04 Children’s media Bible Islands, a parent-guided virtual world built around the Bible, the Holy Land, and Christian values.
From the start, Altarnet set out to offer a positive-values alternative in youth television, and to teach production and marketing through workshops, seminars, and internships.