The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Award winning video, Education, Europe, Faith Based Production, History, Middle East, Travel
Join me in Rome as we video blog our way through a shoot September 29 to October 2. We are recording footage for a new ELCA documentary, “The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves.” I’ll be writing production notes, posting photos and video clips.
This program is special for several reasons. First, European travel writer and PBS television host Rick Steves will be our guide, lending his unique on-camera talents and clever pen to the project. Rick is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, Washington. He has contributed as guest host to past Mosaic Television programs including Opening the Door to Luther, The Life of Apostle Paul and Faithful Travel with Rick Steves.
Second, this is the last hurrah for the ELCA Mosaic video series, and we are going out with a bang! Mosaic is a staple in many congregations, a tradition that goes back to the first days of the ELCA in 1987. Twenty years is not a bad run for any show!
To make this program even more special, the Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA will distribute a DVD copy to all 10,500 ELCA congregations as a special gift.
Ciao! Tim
Tags: Apostle, Italy, Peter, Rick Steves, Rome, Travels
The Life of Apostle Paul with Rick Steves
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, Europe, Faith Based Production, History, Interesting Places, Middle East, Spiritual Journey, Travel
I recorded this documentary in 2004 in Greece and Turkey while working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Travel expert and faithful Lutheran Rick Steves came along as on-camera host. Rick also did most of the work on the script. Jim Parks edited the footage.
About two thousand years ago Roman soldiers executed Jesus of Nazareth. The story appeared to be over. But it was just getting started. Within a generation, pockets of Greek, Roman, and Jewish members of a new faith, developed communities throughout the Eastern Mediterranean world. In time, that new faith, Christianity, became the official religion of the Roman Empire. This is the story of early Christianity’s greatest missionary and leading theologian – the Jewish Pharisee and tentmaker from Tarsus who became the Apostle Paul.
Tags: Apostle, New Testament, Paul, Rick Steves, Travel