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Weekly Custodial Assignments

By Merwin Pickney

Sidebars to the article Facilities And Property Management In The Local Church

Sunday

7 to 8:30 a.m.

  • Unlock doors, disarm security system, and turn on all lights
    While unlocking . . .
    - Check room temperatures
    - Check all setups (audiovisual equipment)
    - Plug in coffeepots
  • Rope off pews for first service

As soon as church lets out . . .

  • Lock exterior doors
  • Lock interior doors and turn off lights
  • Police sanctuary, foyer, and main halls (spot vacuum)
  • Police second-floor restrooms (spot clean)
  • Do setups for afternoon and evening activities
  • Police church office

By 4 p.m.

  • Unlock south, east, and west exterior doors
  • Unlock doors to rooms with activities

By 5 p.m.

  • Unlock north exterior doors
  • Unlock sanctuary and turn on lights
  • Unlock nursery and turn on lights

As soon as church lets out . . .

  • Lock exterior doors
  • Lock interior doors and turn off lights
  • Do Monday a.m. setups
  • Clean church office
  • Secure building

Monday

  • Empty trash in staff offices
  • Check all bathrooms for cleaning needs
  • Inspect building for needed repairs
  • Do Monday p.m. through Tuesday a.m. setups
  • Routine maintenance
  • Clean coffeepots
  • Clean kitchen
  • Clean banquet hall
  • Police sanctuary, foyer, and halls
  • Secure building

Tuesday

  • Tuesday setups
  • Empty trash in staff offices
  • Clean classrooms
  • Extract and/or bonnet clean carpets
  • Police choir room
  • Secure building
  • Inspect and refuel vans

Wednesday

  • Clean restrooms
  • Finish cleaning all areas
  • Clean sanctuary (first floor/platform)
  • Do Wednesday setups
  • Vacuum church office

By 6 p.m.

  • Unlock doors and turn on lights
  • While unlocking . . .
    - Check room temperatures
    - Check all setups

During church

  • Clean kitchen

As soon as church lets out . . .

  • Lock exterior doors
  • Lock interior doors/turn off lights
  • Do Thursday a.m. setups
  • Check restrooms/nurseries
  • Lock interior doors and turn off lights
  • Secure building

Thursday

  • Clean choir room
  • Clean classrooms
  • Police entire building
  • Clean staff offices
  • Clean banquet hall
  • Van maintenance
  • Extract and/or bonnet clean carpets
  • Lock and secure building

Friday

  • Finish classrooms
  • Do setups
  • Building maintenance
  • Special cleaning projects
  • Extract and/or bonnet clean carpets
  • Lock and secure building

Saturday

  • Clean restrooms
  • Clean sanctuary
  • Set up banquet hall
  • Clean classrooms
  • Clean and set up house (college and career)
  • Clean nurseries
  • Spot-check entire building for cleanliness and setups
  • Inspect and refuel vans

—Merwin Pickney, Tulsa, Oklahoma