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This is the second article of the two part series How Clean is Clean?. Read part one if you haven’t already.

In the first article, I addressed some principles and foundational issues for keeping the church clean. This article will give you some specific standards and ideas you can implement that will help you practice the art of Clean-Fu beyond the day-to-day rituals.

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My wife is the Zen Master of cleaning. She can wield a dust mop and work a pair of rubber gloves like Spiderman slings a web or Chuck Norris works over a band of thugs. I don’t think of it as cleaning as much as she’s practicing the art of Clean-Fu. Our house gets messy and cluttered from time to time but it doesn’t take her long to work her magic and get the place in shape. When we’re expecting visitors, step aside because you’ll see some moves that will impress the most severe germophobe. I’m never worried about how our house will look when we’re planning to entertain friends or if someone drops by with little notice because my wife keeps the house up with black belt skill. I lend a hand from time to time when I’m able but I’ve found it’s best to just step back and be a spectator in this clean-fu match of woman vs. mess.

We’ve been married for eleven years and I’ve come to appreciate her, her hard work, and the clean house as a result. There are times when I walk into someone’s house, an office, a store, or even a church and notice the standards of cleanliness are less than what I enjoy at home. Those places are by no means on the verge of being condemned or overrun by germs, dirt, and clutter but it is apparent that the standards are different; not terrible, just different.

Unless your church meets in a mud hut or in the littered alley behind your local grocery store, you should have certain standards for the cleanliness of your building in preparation for worship on Sunday morning and other uses throughout the week. It’s possible you have little or no control over the cleanliness of the environment because you worship in a school or another public or rented space. Whatever your situation, whether you are paid or volunteer cleaning staff, you should have principles for cleaning, standards of cleanliness, and a schedule.

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