The Dubbo Chapel:
Friday Dec 30 we met Fiona Stevenson (abt 19) at the Dubbo Chapel to teach her the missionary discussions.
The Building consists of 1 hallway. The Chapel itself is a room filled with chairs and a small pulpit like the ones they have in a Primary room.
If there is a party, it is to held in this room being the largest in the building.
The kitchen has folding doors that open up into the Chapel. The custodian room also opens up into the Chapel. Large curtains hang draping the whole back wall and the whole front wall.
There are 5 class rooms, male and female restrooms, a mothers room, Bishops office, & a small foyer. In the back end of the foyer is a small Baptismal font. It is about 4'x8' with steps going up each side to the back of the restrooms.
There is a Family history closet at the end of the Relief Society room. It has a sliding UP door that looks like a Garage door. Lift it up and there is a desk with a computer on it and a shelf up above.
I have noticed the last couple of weeks that we have come, that the Building inside is absolutely filthy. And I mean FILTHY. I have never in my life seen an LDS church building look so sloppy.
I don't think it has been cleaned for months and months. So we set out to clean it today after Fiona had left.
Part of the back walled curtain was falling loose from it's hooks at the top. I re-hooked it and made it hang decent again.
There were dead bugs lining the edge of the hallway and the outside edges of the classrooms. The glass doors were plastered with finger prints.
The mens restroom smelled of Urin. The carpet had black spots all over concentrating in large groups. I got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed and they came out pretty good. Elder Tietjen cleaned the restrooms.
The glass of the baptismal font was very fingerprinted and the inside looked kind of like some one splashed mud on the glass. Anyway, it is all nice and shinny now. The church looks a hundred percent better. I wonder if anyone will notice.
They really do need some new carpet. This carpet is so faded and worn. No holes but old looking. When things look old then cleaning sometimes does not help it look clean. Oh, well, we can sure see and feel the difference.
We shined, vacuumed, scrubbed, straightened and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned.
We spent 3 hrs and 45 min (each) We were beat but full of gratitude for all those that share in cleaning the churches.
The main active families that come to the Dubbo Branch live 1 to 3 hrs away from the church. They bring lunches for their children and feed them inside the church immediately after church meetings ends. The parents then get to visit with each other for awhile. (Which I don't blame them at all) Therefore, fingerprints, everywhere. And crumbs. Then leave for their long journey home.
It does not look like they have any kind of a cleaning schedule for this building.
So keep those buildings clean for the spirit of the Lord to dwell in.
The Building consists of 1 hallway. The Chapel itself is a room filled with chairs and a small pulpit like the ones they have in a Primary room.
If there is a party, it is to held in this room being the largest in the building.
The kitchen has folding doors that open up into the Chapel. The custodian room also opens up into the Chapel. Large curtains hang draping the whole back wall and the whole front wall.
There are 5 class rooms, male and female restrooms, a mothers room, Bishops office, & a small foyer. In the back end of the foyer is a small Baptismal font. It is about 4'x8' with steps going up each side to the back of the restrooms.
There is a Family history closet at the end of the Relief Society room. It has a sliding UP door that looks like a Garage door. Lift it up and there is a desk with a computer on it and a shelf up above.
I have noticed the last couple of weeks that we have come, that the Building inside is absolutely filthy. And I mean FILTHY. I have never in my life seen an LDS church building look so sloppy.
I don't think it has been cleaned for months and months. So we set out to clean it today after Fiona had left.
Part of the back walled curtain was falling loose from it's hooks at the top. I re-hooked it and made it hang decent again.
There were dead bugs lining the edge of the hallway and the outside edges of the classrooms. The glass doors were plastered with finger prints.
The mens restroom smelled of Urin. The carpet had black spots all over concentrating in large groups. I got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed and they came out pretty good. Elder Tietjen cleaned the restrooms.
The glass of the baptismal font was very fingerprinted and the inside looked kind of like some one splashed mud on the glass. Anyway, it is all nice and shinny now. The church looks a hundred percent better. I wonder if anyone will notice.
They really do need some new carpet. This carpet is so faded and worn. No holes but old looking. When things look old then cleaning sometimes does not help it look clean. Oh, well, we can sure see and feel the difference.
We shined, vacuumed, scrubbed, straightened and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned.
We spent 3 hrs and 45 min (each) We were beat but full of gratitude for all those that share in cleaning the churches.
The main active families that come to the Dubbo Branch live 1 to 3 hrs away from the church. They bring lunches for their children and feed them inside the church immediately after church meetings ends. The parents then get to visit with each other for awhile. (Which I don't blame them at all) Therefore, fingerprints, everywhere. And crumbs. Then leave for their long journey home.
It does not look like they have any kind of a cleaning schedule for this building.
So keep those buildings clean for the spirit of the Lord to dwell in.
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