Tag: Tim Frakes Productions
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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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Red-tailed Hawk in the Rain
The Hidden Lake Forest Preserve is across the road from our house. Wearing rubber boots, I took a Sunday afternoon stroll in the rain and rapidly melting snow. The reward was a performance by this Red-tailed Hawk. He (or she, I’m not sure) was perched on a small tree by the lake. Moments after spotting…
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Presence Health: Monarch Ball Video
Here are three stories I produced for Presence Health, the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois. The stories focus on mental health, the home-bound elderly and emergency care. At the heart of Presence Health are five congregations of Catholic women religious who came together to co-sponsor a fully integrated health system: Franciscan Sisters of…
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Immigration Prayer Vigil
Today, I recorded a weekly 7:15 am Prayer Vigil to end deportations and for Immigration Reform at the Broadview Immigrant Detention Center 1930 S. Beach St., Broadview, IL. I must say, that I’ve never encountered such a polite police force. The Broadview cops where cheerful, friendly, helpful and pleasant to work with, despite the freezing…
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Celebrating Six Years!
Exactly 6 years ago today, friends and colleagues at the ELCA Churchwide office bid me “farewell”, beginning a new chapter with Tim Frakes Productions. What a wonderful ride it has been! Deep thanks to my family and all the clients, friends and mentors here in Chicagoland, across the United States and around the world, who…
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Sanctuary: Refugee Christmas
Sanctuary: Refugee Chirstmas is a documentary produced by the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministry and Tim Frakes Productions. Follow three Chicago area refugee families as they share their stories and reflect on Christmas in America. With feature commentary on the scriptural theme of displacement by Rev. Phil Blackwell, First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple, Rev. Lillian…
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Gun Violence: The Faith Response
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn tragedy, I am re-posting this link. Gun Violence: The Faith Response is a half-hour documentary I produced this fall for Sanctuary, an in-depth documentary program produced by the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries on issues and ideas at the intersection of life and faith broadcast on ABC, WLS-TV, and…
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Ukrainian Baptist Music Ministers
I recorded this group of music ministers of the All Ukranian Baptist Union, Oleksandr (Sasha) Kreshchuk, Director, at Wheaton College for a new documentary on the global impact of the Billy Graham Crusades. They asked me if they could sing. I said, “Sure!” Here are the lyrics: In the quiet of the twilight, as the…
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Tanzania Next Summer!
In July, 2013 I will be working with Dwayne Westermann, a retired Lutheran pastor on a new video about 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. We will also…