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  • Rome Image Montage

    Here are just a few of the images from our shoot in Rome for “The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves.” The shoot is in the can!www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions for corporate and non-profit clients. www.frakesproductions.com

  • Rome Photo Essay

    Our time in Rome is drawing to a close. Yesterday we recorded footage at Hadrians Villa, outside Rome. It went so well, we moved on to the Vatican, shot some stand-ups and even went inside the basillica to do a bit of recording in forbidden territory! Today we do some more recording at the Vatican,…

  • Worship with the Philipino Methodist Church in Rome

    Strolling down the Via Settembre this morning, a Philipino Methodist Church caught my eye. The worship service half over, I walked in and sat six pews from the front. The congregation of 50 is made up of Philipino immigrants to Italy. Recognizing a visitor, Pastor Noel asked me to stand and introduce myself. Judging by…

  • Arrived in Rome

    I’m in Rome, Italy today scouting locations for The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves. It is a documentary for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. With me is my 17-year old daughter and key grip, Emily Frakes. Her mother and I thought it would be ok to pull her from school for a…

  • Nekemte, Ethiopia, Sunday Morning

    Jim Quattrocki and I recorded this footage in Nekemte, Ethiopia, a small market town west of Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is a Lutheran Church that began in Eritrea in 1899 when Swedish missionaries arrived. www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions…

  • Hurricane Katrina Relief

    This is a little video I did for ELCA Disaster Response six months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. The guy with the boots is the best part of the story.www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions for corporate and non-profit clients. www.frakesproductions.com

  • Report of the Secretary

    This is the Rev. Lowell G. Almen’s report to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. We recorded this video at Augustus Lutheran Church in Trappe, Pennsylvania. Augustus Lutheran Church is the oldest unchanged Lutheran Church building in continuous use in the United States. The first pastor was Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. Lowell wrote the script (it is his…

  • Ad Multos Annos: To Many Years

    This video is a tribute to the career of the Rev. Lowell Almen, retiring secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The tribute features comments from former ELCA Presiding Bishop H. George Anderson, Dr. Martin E. Marty, and others. www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera,…

  • Justice for Women Interviews

    These interviews were recorded at the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The assembly was held at Navy Pier in Chicago, August 6-11, 2007. The participants were asked what the term “Justice for Women” means to them. The ELCA is committed to challenging and eradicating sexism in this church and in society.…

  • Thanks Be to God: 2007 ELCA Synod Assembly Video

    Each year the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America produces a video for each of its 65 synodical organizations. The program is viewed at synod assemblies across the church. This program was recorded at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa with Mark S. Hanson, ELCA Presiding Bishop. The video gives Lutherans a “big picture” view of the…