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Community Garden spring planting day - Church grounds
May
23
9:00 AM09:00

Community Garden spring planting day - Church grounds

Come and join us for the spring planting of our renovated Community Garden! Read more about it - and how you can reserve your spot.

We will start planting at 9:00 am and expect to wrap up at noon. Experienced gardeners will be on hand to help. Questions? Email the Building and Grounds Committee.

Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler.

(Posted 4/9/26.)

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Workday for David Jahoda's Eagle Scout project - Church grounds, Great Hall
Apr
18
9:00 AM09:00

Workday for David Jahoda's Eagle Scout project - Church grounds, Great Hall

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All are welcome to support David Jahoda as he assembles and fills eight raised garden beds for his Eagle project - a part of the restoration of the FVPC Community Garden. This work will begin in the garden at 9:00 am if you wish to lend a hand. The family will serve lunch to the workers outdoors.

In case of bad weather, garden beds will be assembled in the Great Hall and lunch served there as well.

Can’t make the workday and wish to make a monetary donation? Here’s how to do it:

  • Write a check to FVPC with "Eagle project - garden beds" in the memo line, or

  • Use the church giving page, choosing “Eagle project - Garden beds” from the dropdown menu.

Questions? Email David Jahoda and Mike Jahoda.

(Posted 4/7/26.)

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Spring work day - Church building and grounds
Apr
11
9:00 AM09:00

Spring work day - Church building and grounds

All are welcome at our spring work day to help maintain and beautify our grounds and building, as we have done in the past. Please bring work gloves, pruners, and a hedge trimmer if you have one. There’s a variety of things to be done, so we will gather at the main entrance to get our assignments.

Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler

(Posted 3/24/26. Source: 3/23/26 Communications request form.)

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Apr
3
11:30 AM11:30

Eagle Project garden bed assembly - Community Garden

As part of the restoration of the FVPC Community Garden, David Jahoda will be assembling and filling 8 raised garden beds for his Eagle Scout project. Work begins at 9:00 am. All are welcome to lend a hand. Questions? Email David Jahoda.

Organizer for this event: David Jahoda

(Posted 4/3/26. Source: David Jahoda’s 4/2/26 Communications Request Form.)

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Fall landscape workday - Church grounds
Oct
25
9:00 AM09:00

Fall landscape workday - Church grounds

Join us for our fall landscape workday! All ages are welcome. Come for the whole time or for what you can - all help is appreciated. Your participation supports our move toward a more sustainable, inviting and functional landscape for ourselves and our community. This morning, we will be planting bulbs to beautify our church garden

Organizer for these events: Building and Grounds Committee

(Posted 9/2/25. Source: Canva slide created by Matt Fleshman.)

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Fall landscape workday - Church grounds
Sep
13
9:00 AM09:00

Fall landscape workday - Church grounds

Join us for our fall landscape workday! All ages are welcome. Come for the whole time or for what you can - all help is appreciated. Your participation supports our move toward a more sustainable, inviting and functional landscape for ourselves and our community.

This morning, we will be planting small shrubs and perennials, weeding and trimming groundcover.

Organizer for these events: Building and Grounds Committee

(Updated 9/2/25. Source: Canva slide created by Matt Fleshman.)

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Aug
24
10:30 AM10:30

Activity center for Building and Grounds Committee - Sanctuary

Matt Fleshman, Building and Grounds Committee Chair, will welcome visitors in groups of 10 in the Sanctuary, 10:30-11:15 am, and lead them in a Passport Sunday activity. Click here for Passport Sunday details.

Organizer for this event: Matt Fleshman

(Posted 8/5/25. Source: Ruth Ann Seney’s 8/5/25 email).

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Rooftop installation of new HVAC units - Church building and grounds
Aug
1
to Aug 2

Rooftop installation of new HVAC units - Church building and grounds

On Friday, August 1, and Saturday, August 2, visitors to FVPC may encounter a crane and other construction equipment in the church parking lot and on the roof of the church due to installation of new HVAC units for the Great Hall and church office. As more information about the installation becomes available, this calendar entry will be adjusted accordingly.

Organizer for this event: Building and Grounds Committee

(Posted 7/28/25. Source: 7/28/25 phone conversation with Jill Reilly, Financial Administrator.)

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