Facilities & Maintenance

The Facilities and Maintenance Committee works to provide an assessment of parish maintenance and improvement needs, evaluation of possible plans to meet those needs, and the formation of an overall plan to manage parish resources to provide and maintain a safe and healthy environment for parish activities. The committee also works to plan for long range replacement of parish equipment and resources and to provide capital improvements to the parish.

Adopt a Garden

We are so blessed to have such wonderful gardeners at Our Lady Queen of Peace. There are eleven garden areas on Our Lady Queen of Peace premises and we have gardeners who have adopted one of those garden areas who are making our church grounds beautiful.

The garden areas are: St. Francis Garden, Bell Tower, Cafeteria Entrance, Gardens by main air conditioners, Mary’s Garden on House Springs Side of church, Parish office, Angel Garden down by school, Gardens along church choir side, Rectory, Rock garden and flagpole in front of school office, and island garden on lower parking lot (still up for adoption.)

Thank you garden angels for the areas that you have made so beautiful!

Parish Workdays

A group of parishioners dedicated to periodically tending to plants, landscaping, painting, and other light repairs to the parish grounds and facilities. Look in the bulletin for upcoming workdays.

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Repair & Replacement (R&R) Fund

The Facilities and Maintenance Committee, in conjunction with the Finance Committee, established a Restricted Repair and Replacement Fund in response to the campus nearing 60 years of service. After a thorough assessment of the condition of the campus, it shed a light on a number of problem areas. It also became obvious that a major breakdown would be catastrophic to the parish budget. Breakdowns such as heating, or air conditioning could easily cost $10,000.

As a restricted fund, money donated can be used only for the repair or replacement of structural components and equipment critical to the operation of the parish (e.g. roofs, windows, tuck-pointing, foundations, well and water system components, heating and air conditioning units, sewage treatment plant, safety and alarm systems, and the like – elements critical to the infrastructure of the parish.) It may not be used for general parish operation or the repair or replacement of non-critical equipment. Use of the donated funds is restricted to the repair or replacement of critical equipment with an estimated cost of over $2,000 and will require the recommendations of both the Facilities and Maintenance and Finance Committees and the approval of the pastor. The pastor can approve using these funds for projects estimated to cost less than $2,000 on an emergency basis. All funds donated will be deposited with the diocese and will earn interest until they are needed for critical repairs.

The “R” and “R” Fund has worked well for Our Lady Queen of Peace and continues to be a vital part of the Financing and Facilities and Maintenance of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish.

New Building Fund

In 2007, Our Lady Queen of Peace began a building fund to help construct a new Parish Center and school addition. Although we no longer have a school, we must continue to record the building fund donations as restricted. Since these funds are in a restricted account, they can only be used for a parish center and school. To use the money for anything else, a written release from the donors would be required. The Pastor and Finance Committee oversee the future of this fund.

Check the bulletin for the up-to-date total.