Category: Tim Frakes Productions
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Different Drummers
Yours truly, stopped by CBS Chicago to recorded an appearance on Different Drummers for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries. In front of, rather than behind the camera to talk about the future of documentaries. Host Julian DeShazier is the Senior Minister at University Church, Chicago.
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An Early Mentor
Been thinking about an early mentor, Hank Tegee. Hank was a pressman at the West Chicago Press back in the late 1970’s, early 80’s. He used to run his Web Press and read from the dictionary. “Bronk, what does the word “obfuscate” mean?” I was a kid, sweeping floors and had no clue. Hank and…
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Augsburg Fortress Leading Worship Matters: Baking Communion Bread
This is a story for the Augsburg Fortress Leading Worship Matters series. I recorded this story at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The good folks at Our Saviour’s get together on a regular basis to bake communion bread. You can watch the entire Leading Worship Matters series at http://store.augsburgfortress.org/store/productfamily/266/Worship-Matters My niece, Cindy Siech…
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The Landing
Panasonic Lumix GH3 Minolta MC 135mm F3.5. Hidden Lake Forest Preserve, DuPage, County, Illinois
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ELCA Book of Faith Initiative
Here is a video I produced for The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America‘s Book of Faith Initiative. The video was shown at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in August, 2013. The ELCA has made a commitment to encourage all members, from children to adults, to dig deeper into our book of faith, the Bible. The Book…
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The Importance of an Operator in a Community’s Water Systems
This is one of a series of videos I produced with Stephen Padre and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP). RCAP provides practical solutions for improving rural communities – helping small communities maintain safe, reliable and sustainable water systems.
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Solar Reading Lights for Kids
Godparents for Tanzania-G4TZ- is a non-profit that provides scholarships to over 120 students in the Kilimanjaro and Karatu regions of Tanzania. Most students are in secondary school (high school), college and university. G4TZ also supports projects that help educate young people, including a rural primary school and a new technical school. Recently, G4TZ distributed solar…
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Godparents for Tanzania
Godparents for Tanzania provides scholarships to over 120 students in the Kilimanjaro and Karatu regions of Tanzania. Most of the students are in secondary school (high school), college and university. I worked with a wonderful Tanzania/American team visiting schools, interviewing children, staff and organizers across the region. This video is an anthology of short, social-media…
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Godparents for Tanzania, Gilba Hidie Greeting
G4TZ graduate Joshua is the first in his family to attend school beyond the seventh grade. After completing secondary school, he went to teacher training college where he was ranked first in his class. Joshua has just received his first teaching assignment in Rombo, Kilimanjaro region, where he will teach math and science at a…
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Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition
Fracking Southern Illinois Faithful Opposition This special half hour documentary explores the critical ethical questions behind hydraulic fracking. Produced by Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries and Tim Frakes Productions. Every person on earth depends on oil, natural gas, and water for transportation, heating, cooking and countless daily tasks, but is our expanding consumption of energy resources…