Tag: ELCA
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Sanctuary, Multi Cultural Youth Leadership Academy
Sunday, October 2, 2016, ABC7 Chicago. For more than 20 years, a Chicago-based group of African American men and women have run an Africentric outdoor ministry program for inner city youth know as SIMBA (Safe in My Brother’s Arms). As a result, hundreds of at-risk children experience the beauty of the outdoors each summer, while…
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Seminex Letters Pour In
Letters continue to pour in following the release of “Seminex: Memories of a Church Divided.” This is a surprise! In our 21st century digital world, I’m used to Facebook “likes”, Youtube views or download analytics. But with this project, my trips to the post office are marked by a full mailbox (literally, a full mailbox).…
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Guys Guts God’s Glory 2014 LMM Gathering Promo
Doug Haugen from Lutheran Men in Mission asked me to produce this promotional video for the summer 2014 LMM gathering in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Weaving a Global Neighborhood with Rick Steves
Weaving a Global Neighborhood with Rick Steves is a documentary I produced in 1998 while working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). PBS travel host and best-selling guidebook author Rick Steves and ELCA colleague Kevin Jacobson and I visited Paupua New Guinea where Kevin served as an educator. Weaving a Global Neighborhood with…
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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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289,754 ELCA YouTube Views
Recently I took a peak at the Youtube channel for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Back in the late 1990’s while I still worked for the ELCA Churchwide offices, our Department for Communication began uploading programs to what was then called, Google Video. After Google purchased Youtube in 2006 for $1.65 billion, Google Video…
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James Nieman installed as LSTC’s Seventh President
On the evening of October 28, 2012 the community of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago installed the Reverend James Nieman, PhD as its seventh President. The Installation service was held at 4 p.m. in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago. Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson served as the…
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Tim Frakes on Vision Video
Most of my productions serve clients with specific needs. However, some of my work is available for purchase. Vision Video, is a Pennsylvania based Christian and family DVD distributor that offers drama, documentary, live events, curriculum, and rare historical footage among the many genres. I am proud to be associated with them. Most recently, Vision agreed…
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Holy Baptism: An Introduction
Pastor Ron Glusenkamp at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado asked me to create this short introduction to the sacrament of Holy Baptism. Bethany is a large congregation and baptizes many children and a few adults each year. This resource introduces families to the theology behind a Lutheran understanding of baptism, their role…
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Metro Care Ring
Short Version Long Version Metro Care Ring is a is a hunger relief organization that offers urgent food assistance and other items for stabilizing individuals and families in need. In addition to operating one of the largest food pantries in Denver, Metro CareRing provides help with utilities and transportation, and identification documentation. Utilizing over 160…