History:The Systematic Theology Lessons started as an idea by Vivian P. Kirkpatrick. It was discussed with Gaylene Kirkpatrick more than a year and a half before work started on it. The idea was discussed also with Pastor V. E. Kirkpatrick II and Elder Lee Moore, of the Hector Church of God, as Vivian and Gaylene tried to decide how to best implement a page of this type and if their skills were up to this task. After some of the major revisions to the Hector Church of God Web page as well as Vivian's graduation from college allowing him more free time, Vivian and Gaylene thought the time was right to begin this work.Gaylene and Vivian took a week and created a prototype of the first lesson and the questions to go with it. After getting the bugs out of it, it was demonstrated to Pastor V. E. Kirkpatrick II. Then permission was sought from the General Conference. After adding the copyrights, a link was added from the main page with a warning that this was still in testing. Gaylene and Vivian then scanned and rewrote the lessons and formatted them with HTML. Next the scripting was written for the CGI Bin. Due to errors that creep in with scanning software and the coders' inability to spell, a proofreader was definitely needed. At this point editing started. Then the test question pages were written (no scanning) by Vivian with the CGI written by Gaylene. The proofreaders that helped with this page were Marjorie Bolhous, Frances Johnson, and Paula Kirkpatrick. Besides proofreading, these people also helped iron out the usability issues. Vivian and Gaylene would like to thank these people for all of their hard work helping put the final touches on this project. We had a major revision in April of 2001. The Hector Church of God page was discontinued and a new home was needed for the Systematic Theology Lessons. A new church plant was being started in Hutchinson, MN. Vivian P. and Gaylene were asked to be the web-masters of this new site. The decision was made that the Hutchinson Church of God would be able to host these lessons. With the new location, we gave the site a small graphical face-lift. |