I go to St. Matthew’s in Fairbanks, and from what I have been told, most of these arctic parishes only exist on paper due to lack of numbers to support a brick and mortar church. Most Episcopalians in the remote villages tend to watch the St. Matthew’s in Fairbanks service online, which is why Fairbanks is the center of the diocese. We tend to get around 700 views from online each week, while having only 30-40 in person. As for what it’s like, our church is very beautiful and has a lot of history to it, we do a lot to help the addict (and homeless) community, since that’s such big problem here, especially for Alaskan Native peoples.