Annual spring cleaning is essential to maintain the luster of the churches.This is a necessity to ensure the safety and good health of the members as well as the thousand of guests visiting the church, all through the year.

To begin cleaning having a checklist on hand is essential. A checklist segregating the different areas of the church and a separate checklist separating the tasks would make in easier to ensure that none of the places go unnoticed or no tasks are left undone.

Checklist of areas:

• Bathrooms

Apart from regular cleaning, bathrooms should be thoroughly cleaned, scrubbed and disinfected. All faulty faucets and fixtures repaired.

• Kitchen

Cleaning the church kitchen thoroughly is a must to protect the health of its members. The steel equipments and other utensils need to be maintained and replaced. Scrubbing the counters and sinks. Airing and organizing cabinets and drawers, cleaning and scrubbing the kitchen floors are required to be done to keep the room shining.

• Lobby

The main entrance of the church, the lobby or the foyer need special care. It may need thorough dusting and mopping. The paintings and murals may require repair. The lighting need to be inspected and any frayed wires replaced. It should be welcoming and bright to impress the gathering.

• Sanctuary

The worship place or the sanctuaries attract the maximum foot fall and it require regular cleaning, and an annual maintenance and repair. The walls should not look dingy. The wooden furnitures need to be polished and repaired if necessary. The painting , murals and sculptures require inspection and repairing.

• Classrooms

Church classrooms like any other classrooms need to be tidied, cleaned and washed annually. This is where Bible studies are held, so the maintenance of cleanliness is a must as it is a part of education.

Checklist of the jobs would include :

• Clear clutter : throw away devotional magazines and books that has been lying around for quite a while.Organize each drawer, counter, cabinet and table top, and put things back in place.

• Clean : Use cleaning agents to wipe and clean every surface top, including the door knobs and furnitures.Wash and clean all fabrics, drapes, carpets, curtains.

• Fix : The walls, furnitures, lighting, wiring, painting and all that require repairing and replacement.

• Work as a team : Spring cleaning can get all the members, including the children to work together as a team, eat and pray together between the cleaning.

If required the church authorities can call for the service of domestic cleaning service providers to do the job efficiently and effectively.