The Life of the Apostle Peter with Rick Steves is my fifth collaboration with the noted author and PBS travel show host. Past programs include: Opening the Door to Luther, Weaving a Global Neighborhood, The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves, Faithful Travel and In the City for Good.
Rick graciously offered his time and energy to not only host these programs on camera, but also do much of the writing and coordinate many of the travel arrangements.
This is the last installment of Mosaic, the video magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In 2007 the ELCA discontinued the series after a 21 year run.
The Lutheran Magazine ran this story announcing the end of the Mosaic Video series and our Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves video.
The Life of Apostle Peter with host Rick Steves is the final episode of Mosaic Television.
Launched in 1988, Mosaic was the quarterly video program produced by ELCA Communication Services. It was intended for educational use in a variety of congregational settings.
Steves is host of the public TV series Rick Steves’ Europe and has written more than 30 books on European travel. He and his family are members of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, Wash.
“We will be restructuring the way we deliver video materials for the future, and this [Dec. 1, 2007] will be the last episode of Mosaic as we know it,” said Ava Odom Martin, director for public media with Communication Services.
“Today, with Internet video resources like YouTube and digital video cameras, the job of storytelling is shifting from the churchwide office to the synods, congregations and the individual baptized members,” said Tim Frakes, writer and producer, who began working with Mosaic in 1993.
Frakes resigned in March 2007 to form Tim Frakes Productions, Lombard, Ill.
Thanks go out to Jim Parks who edited the last 48 programs. He is a gifted artist and musician. Jim Quattrocki was along to do much of the shooting over the years. I am grateful for his talents. Wendy Blanck worked with me on the administrative side for many years. She held the whole thing together as no one else could. Melissa Ramirez Cooper, Barbara Berry-Bailey, Wyvetta Bullock and John Bachman also made major contributions as hosts of the program.
Finally, thanks go out to Larry Foreman, creator of the Mosaic series and the many ELCA communication staff members both current and past who contributed in many ways. Personally, it was an honor and great privilege to be part of this small contribution to the reformation movement in modern times.
Tim Frakes Productions produces documentary and image video for faith-based, non-profit, broadcast and corporate clients. www.frakesproductions.com
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