Author: timfrakes
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Peace Arms and a Test of Faith
With all the talk this week relating to the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, I decided to dig up Peace, Arms and a Test of Faith, a 1992 documentary I produced for Jean Martensen and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, through the ELCA Department for…
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Sanctuary, Lutheran Child and Family Services
Sanctuary LCFS Promo from Tim Frakes on Vimeo. Lutheran Child and Family Services traces its roots to 1873 when several Lutheran churches in northern Illinois established the German Evangelical Lutheran Orphan Home in Addison, Illinois. Opening its doors that year to six young children, the orphan home grew quickly and expanded its services. Today, Lutheran…
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Franciscan Outreach 2018
Franciscan Outreach 2018 V2 from Tim Frakes on Vimeo. Franciscan Outreach is a leading provider of homeless services in Chicago. This is the second year they have asked me to produce their annual gala video. Every day, Franciscan Outreach provides critical, life-changing services to hundreds of men and women in need. Throughout Chicago, at their…
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Rick Steves’ Luther and the Reformation
In 2015 Rick Steves, Simon Griffith, Peter Rummel and I went back to Germany to record a 1-hour PBS broadcast version of our original 2001 production for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, “Opening the Door to Luther with Rick Steves.” The program aired nationally on PBS stations in celebration of the 500th anniversary of…
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A Gathering of Souls: The Billy Graham Crusades Promo
Here is a promo for a film I produced with Larry Eskridge, “A Gathering of Souls: The Billy Graham Crusades”. The Rev. Billy Graham passed away on February 21, 2018. In 2012 I worked with Larry Eskridge from Wheaton College to produced a documentary, A Gathering of Souls: The Billy Graham Crusades. It was produced…
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The Mora Cooperative
RCAP/RCAC Mora Cooperative from RCAP on Vimeo. Here is a video I produced for the Rural Community Assistance Partnership. The Mora Cooperative exemplifies how RCAC, as a partner with RCAP, is working in rural communities to provide training, technical, and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals and visions. Hear their…
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The Age Wave, Responding With Faith
The Age Wave, Responding with Faith is a three-part documentary series I produced for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. All three programs aired on WTTW Channel 11, PBS Chicago in January, 2018. David Dault got the ball rolling on this project along with Sunday Evening Club Board member Bob Green. Khiem Tran served as editor.…
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Chicago Bible Society
Here is a video I produced for the Chicago Bible Society. The Chicago Bible Society is Chicago’s oldest civic organization founded in 1840. The Chicago Bible Society works with chaplains and other ministries in the city, providing Bibles, and materials to help them better do their ministry.
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Where Cross The Crowded Ways of Life, The Story of The Chicago Temple
Where Cross The Crowded Ways of Life, The Story of The Chicago Temple The First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple is the oldest church in Chicago. From the cities earliest, pioneer days, through the Great Chicago fire, the 1893 World’s Fair, Prohibition, World War’s 1 and 2, Civil Rights and today’s issues related to gun…