The Third Sunday After Easter
Buildings and Grounds
St. Peter’s has been blessed with many renowned architectural buildings, beautiful stained-glass windows, and intricate wood carvings throughout. Our grounds consist of beautiful trees, flowers, bushes, and our Memorial Garden. Of course, the age of these wonders generates a lot of care, ongoing maintenance, and repair work. This is what being a part of the Buildings and Grounds Committee is all about.
The committee identifies issues, establishes priorities, and then reaches out for bids that are competitive from competent contractors that have proven experience. The committee itself is not tasked with doing the work, but members take on projects that have been identified and reach out to our current list of vendors, or in the case of a specialty issue, vendors that work in that area.
We are currently involved in a big restoration project in the rectory that is dealing with water intrusion so some repointing of the stonework was needed, roofing issues, new windows to match the original architectural style of the current windows, some repair of the interior that has been damaged by water intrusion, and zoning the heating system so that when rooms are not being used, the heat can be turned off. This is a massive project that has a two-year timeline. Sometime this spring we hope the new windows will be installed and the project will be drawn to a close by the end of 2024.
The committee oversees the landscaper and cares for our trees and grounds. The Memorial Garden includes perpetual care, so we monitor shrubs and perennials in the garden too. We have a few volunteers that do the weeding, but we can always use a few more – you pick the time that is convenient for you!
The committee, headed by co-chairs Lucille Knapik and Bob Rosener bring a lot of experience to the committee, and of course Mario Ramos works fulltime to manage and secure our buildings. We have a 5- and 10-year deferred maintenance study that was done in 2019, so we use that as a guide for projects as well. We need more members who can make phone calls and meet contractors once projects are outlined by the B & G committee. Members then report back to the committee. Some projects require the approval of Rev. Anne and the Vestry. Meetings are held once a month on the second Tuesday at 5:00 pm via zoom. If you would like to join the committee, or have further questions, please contact Lucille Knapik at lknapik@optonline.net or Bob Rosener at rosener1@aol.com.
