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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…

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,…

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.…

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…

Augusta Victoria Hospital, a healthcare ministry of the Lutheran World Federation, has been serving Palestinians for nearly 60 years. In 2007, the Lutheran World Federation, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Foundation announced plans for a new, 84-unit housing facility for Palestinian Christians on the Mount of…

My time in the Holy Land is drawing to a close. Yesterday was spent on the Mount of Olives at the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH). Kaiser Willhelm built the institution a century ago as a retreat for German Pilgrims. Since the 1950’s it as been run by the Lutheran World Federation as a hospital for…

After breakfast at St. George’s, Jean and I walked back into the Old City to worship at ?Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. The Church was built for 19th century German ?pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. There are two congregations, one in Arabic, and the ?other in English. There is something compelling about worship in Jerusalem.…

The next chapter in my travels began as it usually does, at O’Hare International Airport. This trip back to the Holy Land is my first as an independent producer. I am traveling with Jean Martensen, a long-time colleague from the ELCA. Jean asked me to produce a short video documentary for “Love Thy Neighbor” a…

Go on a prayer journey across the Church. In Michigan and Wisconsin the internet is helping connect people who pray. Learn about a prayer scrapbooking ministry in Rochelle, Illinois. Intercessory prayer ministry is modeled by Bethlehem Lutheran, an urban, African American congregation in New Orleans. This documentary also explores the scriptural foundation for prayer and…