Category: Tim Frakes Productions
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Sabir Hussain: I’m Not Alone
This is an excerpt from a new documentary from Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries which will air on Sunday, December 29 at 11:00 a.m. on ABC7 Chicago. Professor Sabir Hussain from Edwards College Peshawar, Pakistan, engaged in inter-faith dialogue and peace-making long before a group of American scholars and theologians visited Pakistan in April 2013. The…
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Door of Hope Maasai Ministry
The Door of Hope Ministry is and example of a micro non-profit that is making a difference in the lives of young Maasai women through education. The Maasai are an African ethnic group that live in East Africa typically in and around large game parks. Door of Hope is the story of Tanzanian Lutheran Pastor…
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Sanctuary, The Cross is Still Burning
Follow the journey of a charred KKK cross burned 50 years ago when civil rights activists tried to desegregate churches in Jackson, Mississippi. Today, it stands as a sculpture in First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple, inspiring people of faith who continue to march in solidarity for racial justice. Featuring: • Rev. Phil Blackwell, First…
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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…