Thinking Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 My wife told me that today in church the bishop announced a change in the procedure for assigning members to clean the building (I believe this is for our ward and not church wide). Previously members were asked to volunteer by signing up. Since the same few families continued to rotate the cleaning responsibilities, the cleaning will no longer be by voluntary signup. Each family will be given an assignment on a specific date. If the family cannot complete the assignment, they must trade with another family. How is this done in your ward?
Tacenda Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Same way, we are to notify in advance if we can't make it and try to change with someone else. They do what they gotta do I guess, speaking about the procedure change.
Anijen Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Same procedure in our ward. Has been this way for a long time, although it isn't mandatory. Sometimes we share the same week with 2 other families and many times it has only been our family that would show up to clean. It only takes my family at most an hour.
Garden Girl Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) We have "teams" made up of six to eight families/people that rotate the responsibility... Red Team, Blue Team, Yellow Team, etc etc. which means that each team only has to clean the chapel once in every six to eight weeks. "Cleaning the chapel" means vacuuming hallways/chapel, emptying trash, dusting pictures/railings etc.,, washing interior side of glass doors, and a cleaning of bathrooms (mirror, sinks, floors, toilets), straightening up classrooms. All cleaning supplies, rubber gloves and any equip are supplied.It usually takes about an hour for a team to clean. I think once a month a prof cleaning ser does a deep clean. GG Edited March 31, 2014 by Garden Girl
BCSpace Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Don't forget the mirrors over the baptismal font if any. Those can be much dirtier than they look from far away but are difficult (and sometimes dangerous) to reach.
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 My wife told me that today in church the bishop announced a change in the procedure for assigning members to clean the building (I believe this is for our ward and not church wide). Previously members were asked to volunteer by signing up. Since the same few families continued to rotate the cleaning responsibilities, the cleaning will no longer be by voluntary signup. Each family will be given an assignment on a specific date. If the family cannot complete the assignment, they must trade with another family. How is this done in your ward?It may be, but I have been in more than one Ward who did this...I find cleaning the Church buildings theroputic (hope I spelled that correctly).
Kenngo1969 Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Same procedure in our ward. Has been this way for a long time, although it isn't mandatory. Sometimes we share the same week with 2 other families and many times it has only been our family that would show up to clean. It only takes my family at most an hour.Do you have twelve kids? (Sorry. Couldn't resist!)
3DOP Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 My wife told me that today in church the bishop announced a change in the procedure for assigning members to clean the building (I believe this is for our ward and not church wide). Previously members were asked to volunteer by signing up. Since the same few families continued to rotate the cleaning responsibilities, the cleaning will no longer be by voluntary signup. Each family will be given an assignment on a specific date. If the family cannot complete the assignment, they must trade with another family. How is this done in your ward? Hah! Good night. The same way they do it my parish! Just take responsibility for your week. Do it or trade. I shouldn't let you know this...but be assured...if you don't somebody else is watching, and they will do it if you don't.
halconero Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Pro tip: invite non-members/investigators/less actives/recent converts. They usually seems to enjoy it more than members, are more willing, and love to help.It also gives them the opportunity to associate with members, enjoy the spirit of the chapel, and serve. 1
Anijen Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Do you have twelve kids? (Sorry. Couldn't resist!)No, just half that, but half are away married and in school. So just the 5 of us do it now. We have a small building and it takes us a little over an hour to clean, when another family shows up a little less. Like Papa said its therapeutic. We drive in our ward is about 32 miles away so we usually do it after young mens and young womens (Wednesdays) and wait till after those meetings. 2
CV75 Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 My wife told me that today in church the bishop announced a change in the procedure for assigning members to clean the building (I believe this is for our ward and not church wide). Previously members were asked to volunteer by signing up. Since the same few families continued to rotate the cleaning responsibilities, the cleaning will no longer be by voluntary signup. Each family will be given an assignment on a specific date. If the family cannot complete the assignment, they must trade with another family. How is this done in your ward?By assignment also, as well as misionary splits, temple cleaning and other responsibilities.
cdowis Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Seems to work well in our building. If they cannot fill the assignment, they are responsible to trade with another family, but, frankly, certain families end up doing multiple times for those who "forget". "nonmembers" -- great idea to invite inactives and for the missionaries to invite their long term investigators. Edited March 31, 2014 by cdowis
Scott Lloyd Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) My wife told me that today in church the bishop announced a change in the procedure for assigning members to clean the building (I believe this is for our ward and not church wide). Previously members were asked to volunteer by signing up. Since the same few families continued to rotate the cleaning responsibilities, the cleaning will no longer be by voluntary signup. Each family will be given an assignment on a specific date. If the family cannot complete the assignment, they must trade with another family.How is this done in your ward?It's assigned through the Melchizedek Priesthood quorum or group. In our high priests group, assignment schedule for this and other things is made in advance for the whole year. Then, individuals are expected to trade if necessary. Fortunately, my group leadership got out of the habit of giving me the building cleaning assignment on general conference Saturday, the two occasions in the whole year when I'm certain I can't do it due to my employment. Edited March 31, 2014 by Scott Lloyd
Scott Lloyd Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Seems to work well in our building. If they cannot fill the assignment, they are responsible to trade with another family, but, frankly, certain families end up doing multiple times for those who "forget"."nonmembers" -- great idea to invite inactives and for the missionaries to invite their long term investigators.Depends on the individual, I suppose, but if I were reticent about going to Church or getting involved in other ways, I'm not certain how eager I'd be to go clean a facility I never use.
Gray Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Yes, we are "voluntold" as well. I don't mind it except for the bathrooms, which I'm squeamish about. Apparently everyone else feels the same way because our bathrooms stink to high heaven every week. Edited March 31, 2014 by Gray
katherine the great Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Yes, we are "voluntold" as well. I don't mind it except for the bathrooms, which I'm squeamish about. Apparently everyone else feels the same way because our bathrooms stink to high heaven every week. "Voluntold"! Haha! I don't mind cleaning the ladies rooms but you're on your own for the men's rooms! 1
Calm Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 I grew up washing the bathrooms every Saturday that I remember…must not have had to all the time otherwise, what did my siblings do…but enough to imprint it on my brain. Doesn't bother me at all as long as it doesn't smell like urine and if it is done at least weekly, that's not a problem. I think too many outhouses and few public bathrooms in Russia that were worse than outhouses have desensitized me. 2
strappinglad Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 If you don't clean a bathroom, it smells. If you do clean it, it doesn't smell...as badly. As PFR I can testify that both genders are equal in that department. Having spent some time cleaning pigpens on a hot summer day, I also testify that there can be worse smells. 1
Wants2know Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 We have a member who's calling is to make up the schedule. We are paired up by families and it ends up being a once every three month job. This year they let go of the person who shoveled and sanded walkways. I'm perturbed about that as it has become a voluntary effort and isn't done well or timely.
The Mean Farmer Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 Each member of the ward is asked to come help with the building cleaning based on the first letter of their last name: A - IJ - NM - ST - Z That way EVERYONE is asked to participate. If you can't come your week please come another. We went on a Friday night once and did 1/4 of the building as we couldn't come on Saturday. It is the best way I have participated in.
Rain Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 In my last ward everyone was assigned. We had 3 wards in the building so each ward only did it once every 3 months. We had 4-6 families/singles/couple assigned each week. So we were cleaning the chapel about twice a year or less. In this ward I don't have any idea how they do it since we just moved here.
Petey3 Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 When we were in Germany the ward we were in had it by assignment. There was ample notice given and we were able to trade if needed. the rules that the German saints had for cleaning the building were very strict and thorough.
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