Edongo Band, Kitgum, Northern Uganda
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Africa, Education, Interesting Places, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Jim Quattrocki and I were in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, recording a story at the Anglican Cathedral. I can’t remember if this is out of his camera or mine. Either way, it was a great day and beautiful music.
Tags: Africa, Church, Faith, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Uganda, Video
Ascension Catholic School Fundraiser
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, Pro Bono, Tim Frakes Productions
This is a pro bono project I shot for Ascension Catholic School in Oak Park, Illinois. Big Shoulders, a Chicago production company did the editing. The video was used at an auction that raised approximately $60,000.
Tags: Church, Education, Tim Frakes Productions
The Bread Shed
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, Evangelism and Outreach, Faith Based Production, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions
The Bread Shed is a grass roots, faith-based, volunteer organization in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, that feeds the hungry, both spiritually and physically while sharing the love of Jesus Christ.
My friend Jim Ward asked me to help this growing organization make a video about their work. Big thanks go out to Briana Freeland and Kevin Fields for their help with the production. Also, thanks go out to the Ward family for their hospitality.
Tags: Church, Hunger, Poplar Bluff, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Alianza Church, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Evangelism and Outreach, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Pro Bono, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, women
Zac and Julie Stutler work with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Stutler’s and another husband/wife team, Jeff and Deborah Climie, launched a new congregation in this upscale resort community called Alianza. While recording footage for a project with the Alliance Women Ministries, I was able to put this video together for them.
Tags: Alianza, Church, Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, Tim Frakes Productions, Video, women
Cuban churches of Christ Spread Gospel
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Evangelism and Outreach, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, News, Tim Frakes Productions
In the years following the 1956 Cuban Revolution, a hand full of scattered churches of Christ that began in late 1930?s, dwindled to a few hundred members. Today, revival is spreading across the island.
Tags: Church, Cuba, Evangelism, 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
Picture This!
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, News, Tim Frakes Productions
Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes has asked me to present a workshop at their 26th Annual Conference in Chicago, February 23-26. The workshop is designed to help local congregations navigate the waters of in-house video production for use in social media.
Download this presentation here.
The Consortium is a network of over 120 endowed parishes distinguished by innovative and effective programs and approaches to leadership education for lay and clergy in the Episcopal Church. The Consortium’s mission is to bring leaders from endowed parishes together to foster the development and use of endowments for mission and ministry in our communities and in the world.
Tags: Chicago, Church, Education, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Rebuilt Homes for Haiti’s Disabled
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, women
James Mwangi is a building engineer volunteering with the Mennonite Central Committee, a partner of Church World Service in Haiti. Mwangi is part of a team that assesses damage and helps to rebuild the homes of Haiti’s dissabled.
Tags: Church, Church World Service, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video, women
Rebuilt Homes for Haiti’s Dissabled
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, women
James Mwangi is a building engineer volunteering with the Mennonite Central Committee, a partner of Church World Service in Haiti. Mwangi is part of a team that assesses damage and helps to rebuild the homes of Haiti’s disabled.
Tags: Church, Church World Service, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video, women
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