As we welcome the new season and prepare to spend more time indoors, it's time to give the common areas of the church an extra polish and sparkle. You are invited to a church cleaning bee in the morning of Saturday September 19th - a great way for all ages to get involved and to meet new people outside of Sunday morning.
Have you noticed a spiderweb somewhere? Come and vanquish it! Detailed dusting is not part of our verger's weekly job list, and needs special attention.
Lists of priority cleaning tasks/areas and a sign up sheet are ready in the narthex. Please do sign up ahead of time if you can, to give the coordinators an idea of how much coffee to prepare.
* Please bring your own cleaning equipment if you can (e.g. small vacuum, long duster) as the church does not have enough for lots of people to use all at once. We do have dusters, furniture polish, cleaning agents etc, but feel free to bring your favourite tools and scent-free products.
Areas for cleaning:
- Front entrance (inside)
- Main stairwell & corridor
- Narthex
- Church
- Rector’s office stairs & rector’s office
- Back stairs
- Downstairs Hall (sofa end only)
- Youth room
- Washrooms (x3) & corridor
The kitchen, music equipment, parish office, sacristy, downstairs office, and Sunday School room are not included in this general clean, as they are looked after by staff/weekly volunteer teams.
* CHECKLISTS will be in a central location (near the coffee!). Suggestions for detailed cleaning tasks will be arranged by area of the building, to make it easy for everyone to see what still needs doing, and to avoid duplication.
- Claim a task before you start by initialling beside it, to avoid doubling up.
- Take a small task list with you for easy reference
- Tick off the completed task on the big sheet when finished.
- Come when you can, do what you can.
- Every bit that gets done helps!
A sample list of tasks is attached below.
TIPS:
*No need to commit to completing all the tasks in a given area.
* Tasks can be done by cleaning type rather than by area if preferred.
* Ventilate well and don't mix bleach and ammonia!
* Start up high, finish with floors, so dust doesn't fall onto clean surfaces below. Vacuum last, paying extra attention to edges and corners.
* If you see something that needs doing but isn't on the list, do it! (unless it's in an area earmarked for a specific person to deal with, e.g. offices, music equipment) Then add it to the list and check it off :)