Good News! All of our Parish Work Day teams have team leaders! Now we need volunteers to assist those who have stepped up as team leaders.

Childcare is also available for children 5 and under!

Below are the workday focus areas and what each entails. There are sign-up sheets in the Atrium; please sign up this Sunday so team members will know who is working with them. If you email me (Scott Lingamfelter) at slingamfelter@comcast.net in advance, I will put your name on the list.

1. Arthur Pedersen: Spreading mulch: Entails spreading mulch on garden beds and around trees. Tools needed:

a. Wheelbarrows

b. Rakes

c. Hoes

d. Shovels

2. Ed Speare: Sweeping/blowing debris from sidewalks: Entails sweeping/clearing walkways of debris. Tools needed:

a. Brooms

b. Leaf blowers

3. Draper Bowne: Trimming trees and weeding parking islands: Entails trimming trees in and around the Church, as well as the trees that line our property next to Gideon Drive. Drapper was planning to get a jump on this this week and next, but we will still have some to do on Saturday, 21 March. Tools needed:

a. Branch loppers

b. Power trimmers (battery powered)

c. Weed trimmers (for near and around tree trunks)

4. Justin Barnes: Clear parking lot gutter and drains: Entails clearing parking area drains and gutters of debris or anything blocking them. We must take pictures of our work on these to document for the county that we did this. Doing so is part of our requirement to receive cuts in county property taxation. If this work occurs quickly, team members can help out in other areas. Tools needed:

a. Gloves

b. Garden trash bags

5. Jean McCleerey: Caring for gardens and flower boxes around the church: Entails weeding garden areas and garden boxes. Jean McCleerey is a master gardener and will give people doing this task the guidance they need to do this very important beautification properly. Tools needed:

a. Garden utilities, weeders, and clippers.

b. Branch loppers

c. Shovels

d. Rakes

e. Hoes

6. Scott Lingamfelter: Inside Tasks: Entails assisting the contract cleaning team in moving and resetting sanctuary chairs and kneelers as the contract team cleans the carpet. Also, dusting kneelers and identifying those that need repair. Tools needed:

a. Dusting rags.

b. Dusting spray for kneelers.

Please sign up right away!