The Building and Grounds Committee will meet in the Conference Room, 6:30-7:30 pm.
(Updated 3/23/26. Source: Minutes of the 3/3/26 meeting of the Building & Grounds Committee.)
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.)
The church’s custodial service will be cleaning the Great Hall & Kitchen, preschool entrance, hallways, and Great Hall and main restrooms following Lois Olden’s reception.
(Posted 2/18/26.)
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, or indoors in the Great Hall in case of bad weather.
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.
(Posted 4/7/26.)
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Chem Wise will make a routine exterminator service call, 2:00-3:00 pm.
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Chem Wise will make a routine exterminator service call, 2:00-3:00 pm.
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Chem Wise will make a routine exterminator service call, 2:00-3:00 pm.
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
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.)
FVPC Operations will meet in Rooms 2 & 3, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
(Posted 3/10/26.)
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
The Building and Grounds Committee will meet in the Conference Room, 6:30-7:30 pm.
(Posted 2/26/26.)
A routine exterminator service call will take place throughout the building, 10:00-11:00 am.
(Posted 2/11/26.)
Routine backflow testing is scheduled to take place, 1:00-3:00 pm.
(Posted 2/6/26.)
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Our annual fire extinguisher testing will be Friday, January 23, at 9:30 am. The six-month kitchen suppression testing will take place at the same time.
Organizer for this event: Building and Grounds Committee
(Posted 1/12/26. Source: Jill Reilly’s 1/12/26 email.)
ChemWise will be making a service call throughout the building, beginning at 3:00 pm.
(Posted 11/19/25.)
Copying and printing services will not be available on Friday morning. There is a back-up black and white printer available in the meantime.
(Posted 11/13/25.)
ChemWise will be making a routine service call throughout the building, between 2:00-3:00 pm.
(Posted 11/6/25.)
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.)
ChemWise will make a routine service call throughout the building, starting at 3:00 pm today.
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.)
The fire alarm and sprinkler system will be tested throughout the building, beginning at 9:00 am. The testing company will ask all building occupants to leave the building while the fire alarm is tested, due to noise levels.
Organizer for this event: Jill Reilly, Financial Administrator
(Posted 9/4/25.)
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).
Members of the committees and teams that use the Great Hall Kitchen will gather in the Kitchen to reorganize the pantry, beginning at 9:00 am.
Organizer for this event: Ruth Ann Seney
(Posted 8/15/25.)
The Sanctuary organ will be tuned, beginning at 9:00 am.
Organizer for this event: John Stombres, organist
(Posted 8/19/25. Source: John Stombres’ 8/19/25 phone call.)
A hydrotest for the fire suppression system will be conducted in the Great Hall Kitchen, beginning at noon.
Organizer for this event: Jill Reilly
(Posted 8/5/25. Source: Jill Reilly’s 8/5/25 email.)
Drop door testing for the Sanctuary fire doors will take place beginning at 10:00 am.
Organizer for this event: Jill Reilly
(Posted 8/5/25. Source: Jill Reilly’s 8/5/25 email.)
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.)
The Great Hall Kitchen suppression system will undergo routine testing, beginning at 10:00 am.
Organizer for this event: Jill Reilly
(Posted 7/8/25. Source: Jill Reilly’s 7/3/25 email.)
Chem Wise will be making a routine service call between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm today.
Organizer for this event: Gerry Reed
(Source: Gerry Reed’s May 13, 2025 phone call to Chem Wise.)
ChemWise will be making a routine service call, beginning at 2:00 pm.
The Building and Grounds Committee is hosting a Spring Cleanup Day, beginning at 9:00 am. The majority of the work will be outside landscaping work, turning and transferring mulch and edging beds. All are welcome to come and lend a hand at this intergenerational fellowship opportunity.
Organizer for this event: Matt Fleshman, Building and Grounds Committee Chair
There will be a routine service call for the lift in the Cafe, 9:00 am-noon.
ChemWise will be making a service call, beginning at 3:00 pm.
The Geneva Police Department will conduct a vulnerability assessment of the building, 1:00-2:00 pm.
Organizer for this event: Matt Fleshman
ChemWise will be making a routine service call throughout the entire building, 10:00-11:00 am.
