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Debbie Thompson Kippel designed the website. The other team members are Eric Kippel, in
the middle, and Andrew Jones on the right. Their stories are included on this page. |
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Birth of a
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The Sacramento Central Church Website was born during an unfortunate event. In July 2004, while
Debbie was in Lima, Peru shooting footage for a television story, she was bitten by a dog on her lower left leg. Not sure if
the dog was rabid, Debbie began a saver antibiotic treatment, and came down with an extreme case of Pseudomembranous Colitis.
Upon returning home, she was prescribed seven weeks of bed rest.
During this time, unable to do much, Debbie got the idea of creating a new website
for Sacramento Central Church. The pastoral team liked the design and gave the “okay” to proceed. Soon, Eric, her husband, and
Andrew Jones, a family friend, were on board, and then the project came to life. The three spent many late nights working on
this rather massive undertaking.
November 2004 saw the first phase of the Central website go “live”. Then in
January 2005, “Live” streaming was added to the website. Each Sabbath morning, Central Study Hour, the adult Sabbath school
lesson, and the church service is now “live” via the internet. These programs are also taped two weeks in advance for 3ABN,
3ABN Radio, HOPE Network, Safe TV, and various other television networks and cable stations across the country and around the
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As the sites designer, Debbie says that she has “the fun part”. Creating it is one thing,
programming is another. She’s been able to help with both. However, her passion is missions, and seeing others experience
missions’ first-hand. Debbie is a Video Producer/Director/Editor/Photographer for Maranatha Volunteers International, based in
Sacramento. On the side, she has a wedding/portrait photography business, Debbie Thompson Photography
www.debbie-thompson.com. Debbie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Radio and Television from San Francisco State University. She believes, “if you dedicate your life and talents to God, He’ll
use you in ways that you never thought possible. It’s so incredible to see how our little web ministry is reaching so many
people around world.” At Central Church, Debbie leads music, volunteers in the Media Ministry as a boom camera operator and
director, shoots all the pictures for the Central website, and is the head of the Music Committee. Debbie hales from England
and takes every opportunity that she gets to return home to visit family. Her hobbies are international travel, playing
various musical instruments/singing, snow skiing, and adoring her two nieces and one nephew. |
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Eric is the Network Administrator for Amazing Facts. For the past five years, he’s enjoyed
working for this ministry. He graduated with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Software Engineering from the University of
Advancing Computer Technology in Phoenix, Arizona. At Central Church, Eric is also the Collegiate Sabbath School leader. On
October 12, 2003, Eric and Debbie were married at Central Church. Since then, they have worked together to further Central’s
world-wide ministry. Eric says, "This website is like our first child... it consumes most of our time, but thankfully, we
don't have to buy it any diapers and food". Eric enjoys out-door activities: snow boarding, biking, paint ball, off-roading in
his truck; reading, traveling, and learning how to play the guitar. |
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Andrew Jones is a computer programmer for Agilent Technologies, and has his own consulting
business Pocket Elite Technologies www.pocketelite.com. He's currently working
towards a degree in Business and Computer Science. Andrew is also a Media Ministry volunteer at Central. On Sabbath mornings,
he can be found behind a camera. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys Biblical archaeology, reading, off-roading in his truck, and
traveling to foreign countries (22 countries so far). Andrew says, “I would like this website to be an example of how
technology can help further the Gospel”. |
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