Tim Frakes Productions

Together in Mission 2010

This is a video I produced for the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA for their 2010 Synod Assembly through Kairos and Associates. The family and I (minus Emily who is away at college) toured Florida for a week; Naples to Fort Lauderdale, Port St. Lucie to Clearwater. They played while I recorded stories of mission and ministry. I did manage a sunset in Naples and 6 holes of golf in Port St. Lucie! Here are the results.

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Faith in Action: Salem Lutheran, Glendale, CA

This is a video I produced as part of a capital campaign to renovate and redesign the church and school campus at Salem Lutheran in Glendale, California. Kairos, a national Christian resource development firm recommended me for the job. During production I stayed at the home of Salem members Bob and Chris Watson. Their daughter Sarah serves as the narrator.

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Together in Mission: Haiti

There is a new Lutheran Church in Haiti. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti is a growing body of believers with 12 congregations scattered across Haiti. The Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA asked me to put this video together for the 2010 Synod Assembly.

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Haiti Lutheran Church: New Office

It’s not all bad news coming out of Haiti. As workers put on the finishing touches, Pastor Livenson Lauvanus of the Haiti Evangelical Lutheran Church shows off their new office space in Port Au Prince. The new space will provide offices space, guest lodging, a chapel and meeting space. Funding for the rental property was provided through the ELCA.

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Eskimo Testimonies


Every now and then, I think back on a visit Jim Quattrocki, Bob Elliott and I made to Alaska’s Seward Peninsula in September, 1994. Eskimo Testimonies is a 7-minute video we produced for Mosaic, the video magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

We spent 12 days touring Eskimo villages like Brevig Mission, Wales and Shishmaref, meeting its people and recording their stories.

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Faithful Travel with Rick Steves

My friend Rick Steves is on the cover of the February Christian Century. Check out his interview and then check out the video I did with him a while back titled: Faithful Travel. The video links Rick’s travel philosophy with his faith.

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Blankets for Haiti’s Dissabled


Caring for people with disabilities is a priority for Church World Service and the Act Alliance as Haiti rebuilds following the January 2010 earthquake.

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Advocating for Haiti’s Disabled


Haiti’s disabled population is particularly vulnerable following the January 2010 earthquake. Church World Service is working with the Haitian government to distribute health kits.

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Building Our Future: In The City For Good

This is a video I produced for Incarnate Word Lutheran Church in Rochester, New York. This urban congregation is beginning a capital campaign through Kairos and Associates. They asked me to tell their story and record testimonials.

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Part 2.

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Acholi Return to Farming with LWF Support

The Lutheran World Federation is helping thousands of Acholi farmers return to traditional village life following 22 years of rebel warfare and child abduction in Northern Uganda.

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