Hope for Haiti: Blankets+ in Action
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Causes, Client Production, Disaster, Education, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Non-Profit, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
In January 2011, Church World Service asked me to go back to Haiti to record stories about their blanket and food coop programs. It was a wonderful trip full of positive stories and hopeful signs. Here is the video the folks in Elkhart, Indiana put together with the footage we recorded.
Tags: Church World Service, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions
Tim Archer Thoughts on Cuba Trip
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Travel
Tony Fernandez baptises a man at the Versaille Church of Christ in Matanzas, Cuba.
My friend and traveling companion, Tim Archer wrote about our trip to Cuba in his wonderful blog, The Kitchen of Half-Baked Thoughts. His post is a nice review of our visit.
Opening roads in Cuba
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Tim Archer
Back from my trip to Cuba last week, I want to share some more of what I experienced there. I’ve written in the past about the evangelistic efforts going on in the province of Matanzas, but I’m still overwhelmed every time I see the work in person. The Versalles congregation in Matanzas decided to reach out to communities around the city, something that the church had done before the Revolution.
They chose a road that led from Matanzas to the province of Havana (which now has been split in two and renamed, though I don’t remember the names). They prayed for those towns, asked members to give them names of people they knew in those towns, contacted respondents to Herald of Truth’s radio programs and set out to start churches. When someone was converted, they were told that the church would meet at their house the following Sunday. Those people would always invite family, friends and neighbors, and a new congregation was born.
After a time, congregations had begun in every town on the road they had chosen, so they picked another highway. When all the towns had churches meeting in them, a third highway was chosen. The church is now working on a fourth highway in their province.
The last few years, the Versalles congregation and the churches planted from it have averaged 280 baptisms per year. The retention rate is high. The number of Christians meeting in the province has basically tripled since 2006.
While describing their outreach methods to a visitor from Alabama, Tony Fernández made a statement that brought tears to my eyes:
When we are out and we come to a town that doesn’t have a congregation, we always stop and have a prayer for that town. Above all, we pray asking forgiveness for not having reached them yet.
Wow! I wish I felt the same passion, the same urgency. Maybe some of theirs will rub off on me
Tags: Church, churches of Christ, Cuba, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Ancient Rythm of a Cuban Farm
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Recorded these images on a farm outside Matanzas, Cuba. The farmer is 69 years old and obviously physically fit!
Tags: Caribbean, Cuba, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Reporting from a Farming Co-op in Northern Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, Interesting Places, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Church World Service and Odyssey Networks in New York asked me to record a greeting while in Haiti, January 3-9, 2011 to mark the one year anniversary of the earthquake. This report was recorded in a tiny village called Mayombe in Northern Haiti.
Tags: Church World Service, Haiti, Justice, Odyssey Networks, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Music Education: A Sign of Hope in Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, Education, Interesting People, Interesting Places, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
January 12, 2010, Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Port Au Prince Haiti was destroyed by an earthquake. One year later, a youth orchestra rehearses in a shelter next to the ruined sanctuary. It is a sign of hope in Haiti.
Tags: Church, Education, Haiti, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Haiti: One Year After
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, Education, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
The first days of 2011 find me returning to Haiti, exactly one year after the January 2010 earthquake that killed a reported 230,000 people and left tens of thousands more hurt and homeless. This trip, I will be working with a communications team from Church World Service. Church World Service works with partners in the U.S. and around the world to build interfaith and intercultural coalitions to eradicate hunger and poverty and promote peace and justice.
We plan to record footage for videos relating to sustainable development. It is a great honor to be asked to be part of this team. I believe that finding ways to address Haiti’s immediate and long term needs is important work.
Tags: Church World Service, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Plymouth Rock
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, History, Interesting Places, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
In1620 a ship dubbed the Mayflower arrived along the shores of what is now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts. They came seeking religious freedom and a new life in what was to them, a new world.
Tags: Education, History, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Plymouth Rock
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, History, Interesting Places, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
These are a few shots I took while shooting b-roll for People of Faith: Christianity in America.
Tags: Christianity, Church, History, Massachusetts, People of Faith, Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Blessing of the Animals
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, Nature, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Every year Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills, Colorado offers a “Blessing of the Animals” event held in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
Niagara Falls
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Interesting Places, Travel
Next week I will be working near Buffalo, New York so I thought I’d re-post this short video. “Avoid Niagara Falls” I always thought as an America growing up in the Midwest. “That is where my parents generation went for their honeymoon.” While it is true that Niagara Falls has been around for a long time (they were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age), Niagara Falls is a major league natural wonder and global treasure that is not to be missed.
Niagara Falls are massive waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. It is actually two falls, divided into the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side, and the American Falls. Visitors can view the America Falls from the Prospect Point Park observation tower. For an up-close look, you can buy passage on the Maid of the Mist; a tour boat that ferries passengers to the base of both the American and Horse Shoe Falls.
Tags: Falls, Maid of the Mist, New York, Niagara