Non-Profit Archives - Tim Frakes Productions

Goodbye Mr. Zee, Hello New Helen Plum Library

timfrakes — Fri, 28 May 2021 13:31:37 +0000

The Helen Plum Library in Lombard, Illinois (my home town) has asked me to tell stories during construction of their new library. Yesterday they began demolition of the vacant Mr. Zee grocery store. It’s hard for the town because the family owned grocery was an important part of the fabric of Lombard.
The Library Board and staff have been working with architects to bring the new building to life for the Lombard community with additional space for materials, events, and studying. They are excited to move forward with plans for our new building at 411 South Main Street!

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LSSI 2018 Amicus Certus, Whole Person Care

timfrakes — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:01:52 +0000

Here is a video I produced for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois for their 37th Amicus Certus Celebration. LSSI takes a whole person approach to care. In all of LSSI”s programs, whether providing foster care services for children, home care for seniors, or residences for adults with developmental disabilities, LSSI seeks to address not just an individual issue, but consider all components that contribute to a fulfilling life.

LSSI’s mental health programs embody the emotional and social well-being of the people they serve, and vividly illustrate whole person care.

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Leaders For The Next – Chicago Theological Seminary June 2017

timfrakes — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:25:59 +0000

Here is a video I produced for 31 Lengths, a New York based ad agency. Our client is the Chicago Theological Seminary. CTS is committed to preparing leaders for the Next generation of ministry by teaching a progressive, forward-thinking, philosophy.

We recorded stories with CTS graduates here in Chicago, Montgomery, Alabama and Portland, Maine.
CTS proactively takes on issues of social justice and helps individuals discern and evolve their faith for the future. Whether your interest is in ministry, social justice, community activism, or serious religious scholarship, CTS will take you to the Next.

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Sanctuary, ACT3 Network a Dream for Christian Unity

timfrakes — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:10:09 +0000

Tune in Sunday, March 22 at 11:30 a.m. on ABC7 Chicago for Sanctuary. This half hour broadcast tells the story of a former Baptist pastor, John H. Armstrong and his journey toward a new grass roots call for Christian unity with the ACT3 Network. Armstrong’s story will challenge what you think about your faith, and what it means to follow Christ.

Sanctuary is a half-hour documentary format with Tim Frakes Productions and Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries on ABC-Channel 7, WLS-TV. Host Lydia Talbot and contributing editors interview leading interfaith voices on critical issues in religion and culture.

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Leaders for The Next, Barb Bolsen

timfrakes — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:03:29 +0000

Mike Jordan at 31 Lengths asked me to produce this testimony about Barb Bolsen, a graduate of Chicago Theological Seminary.

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People’s Resource Center YouTube Channel

timfrakes — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:18:30 +0000

The People’s Resource Center, an organization that brings neighbors together to respond to hunger and poverty in DuPage County, Illinois, is making the most of the video segments I helped them produced this spring by creating a YouTube Channel. The channel offers PRC a place where clients, supporters and the wider community can easily access content, distribute and promote stories about there good work. Instead of simply creating a DVD and showing it a few times, PRC is building an audience and encouraging folks who care about PRC to tell there own stories.

If you live in DuPage County, Illinois and want fight poverty in an important and effective way, consider sharing these stories on your FaceBook page, by embedding the video code on your website or simply emailing a link to the videos to friends and family. I have!

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Shalom Singers: I Count on God

timfrakes — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:16:54 +0000

This video was recorded at a local hotel. We were running out of daylight and finished recording just as the sun set over the mountains!

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Shalom Singers: He is Marvelous

timfrakes — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:56:06 +0000

This video was recorded at on the HAPI campus and was recorded in front of a mural painted by local artisans.

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Shalom Singers: Jesus of Nazareth

timfrakes — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:20:01 +0000

Valerie Mossman-Celestin Executive Director of Haitian Artisans for Peace Internatinal (HAPI) asked me to produce three music videos in Musac, Haiti with the Shalom Singers. HAPI is an UMCOR funded fair trade artisan co-op focused on spirituality and creativity. The Shalom Singers are a group of young adults associated with HAPI. This video was recorded at a local hotel. The group is standing inside the mouth of a tiger. The Shalom Singers leader and HAPI Co-founder, Paul Prevost, thought this would serve as a metaphor illustrating Haitian resolve to trust in Jesus of Nazareth, even when surrounded by danger.

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People’s Resource Center, Basic Needs

timfrakes — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:10:40 +0000

Poverty in DuPage County may not look like what you or I might expect. In this story, we meet a college educated mother of five, who found herself in need.

Since 1975, People’s Resource Center has been bringing neighbors together to respond to hunger and poverty in DuPage, County, Illinois.

Services that meet people’s basic needs include food pantries that provide more than 7,000 families with 35,000 grocery carts filled with a week’s worth of food including fresh produce, frozen meats and bread.

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