Iraqi Voices Amplification Project
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Causes, Faith Based Production, Middle East, Peace and Justice, Politics, Travel
In October 2009, a small group of artists-photographers, filmmakers, musicians, and new media specialists traveled to Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria with Intersections International to meet and interact with displaced Iraqi refugees and to hear their stories.
(Short Version 7:38)
(Long Version 16:00 ) (Turn off the HD button if you experience buffering issues.)
Tags: Iraq, Middle East, Refugee, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Together in Mission 2010
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Capital Campaign, Evangelism and Outreach, Faith Based Production, Tim Frakes Productions
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.
Tags: ELCA, Florida Bahamas Synod, Lutheran, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Faith in Action: Salem Lutheran, Glendale, CA
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Capital Campaign, Client Production, Tim Frakes Productions
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.
Tags: Church, ELCA, Lutheran, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Together in Mission: Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Uncategorized
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.
Tags: ELCA, Faith, Florida Bahamas Synod, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Clearing Rubble, Redemption Lutheran, Carrefour, Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, News, Tim Frakes Productions
Members of Redemption Lutheran Church in Carrefour, Haiti gather to clear rubble from their destroyed church building. The structure collapsed during the January 12, 2010 earthquake that hit Haiti. Fortunately, no one was in the building when it collapsed.
Tags: Church, Faith, Florida Bahamas Synod, Haiti, Lutheran, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Haiti Lutheran Church: New Office
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, News, Tim Frakes Productions
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.
Tags: ELCA, Florida Bahamas Synod, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions
“I must be in the front row…”
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Interesting Places, Sports, Tim Frakes Productions
So, my daughter, Emily gets Connor and I $20 Bulls tickets in the nose bleeds. At half time, a guy with a walkie-talkie taps me on the shoulder and asks if we want to sit courtside? "Sure!" So, off we go to watch Bulls get pounded in seats with a ticket price of $950 each! "I must be in the front row!"
So, my daughter, Emily gets Connor and I $20 Bulls tickets in the nose bleeds. At half time, a guy with a walkie-talkie taps me on the shoulder and asks if we want to sit courtside? “Sure!” So, off we go to watch Bulls get pounded in seats with a ticket price of $950 each! “I must be in the front row!”
Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Tim Frakes Productions
Eskimo Testimonies
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Spiritual Journey, Travel
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.
Tags: Alaska, Education, ELCA, Eskimo, Seward Peninsula, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Celebrating Three Years in Business!
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under News, Tim Frakes Productions
Camped out on the roof at the LWF office in Pétionville, Haiti, two weeks after the earthquake.March 28, 2010 marks the three-year anniversary of Tim Frakes Productions. Had I known three years ago that the global economy was going to tank and the U.S. would plunge into it’s deepest economic recession since the 1930’s I probably would have stayed put. Thank God for my ignorance!
Today there are six of us in the company; Me, Myself and I, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. (The second three get along perfectly!) This business is a blur of activity, productivity and wonderful memories. My clients are abundant, faithful and ask me to do meaningful work. I’ve produced video productions in Haiti, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and dozens of places across the United States.
Almost all of my work has been with non-profit, faith-based organizations. That’s a good thing because that’s where my passion and sense of calling rests.
To family and friends who gave encouragement and advice during the planning stages of this venture, and who continue to be supportive, I say “Thank you!”
To great clients like 30 Good Minutes, Moody Radio, Lutheran Life Communities, Herald of Truth, the ELCA, it’s synod and congregations, Kairos Christian Resource Development, Mount Mary College and Wheaton College, I also say “Thank you!”
Tags: Tim Frakes Productions, Video
RCC Congress 2010
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under News
RCC Congress 2010
Join myself and religion communicators from around the world here in Chicago, April 7-10, 2010, for a once-a-decade multi-faith forum of all levels of communicators of religion.
This extraordinary event brings together over 1,200 communications professionals to expand our experience and broaden our perspective on embracing change. Social change invites us to new ministries. Religious change invites us to new dialogue. Technological change entices us to new modes of reaching out
As communicators, we have ever advancing tools, but we also see a power shift in publishing: through tools such as blogs, everyone has a voice. How do we harness this power for the good of our organizations?
Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Interfaith, Religion Communication, Tim Frakes Productions