Tim Frakes Productions

Month: July 2007

  • Children’s Peace Camp in Ramallah

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    Love Thy Neighbor The Living nonviolence peace camp is a ministry of Love Thy Neighbor, an organization dedicated to provide educational resources and programs about the plight of Palestinians in Palestine/Israel and to support both peoples’ deepening commitment to nonviolence as the way to bring a just peace for themselves and their neighbors.

  • Christian Housing Initiative in the Holy Land

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    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…

  • Wrapping up visit to the Holy Land.

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    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…

  • Our Project Begins

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    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.…

  • Back to the Holy Land

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    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…

  • Prayer

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    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…