By Anton Kapusi – Pueblo, Colorado … Pueblo First Adventist Church purchases equipment to ensure visitors are kept safe while attending worship services.

With the pandemic, safety and sanitization of the church is important to building healthy churches.

Pueblo First was eager to begin meeting in person to continue outreach to the community. When the safety committee began to meet, it became evident that new procedures had to be initiated to ensure members were returning to a safe, germ-free area.

Bob Guagliardo, safety leader for Pueblo First, knew he had to think outside the box about how to quickly and efficiently clean the campus. After researching the best equipment to sanitize a large area quickly, Guagliardo decided to bring the idea of purchasing an electrostatic sprayer to the safety committee. This machine provides a mild electrical charge (harmless to humans) which is added to the sanitizer mist that eliminates any microorganisms.

“We were aware that finding volunteers for (to clean the building) an extended period of time would be challenging. We decided to purchase a sprayer that sanitizing the church in a fraction of the time (it would normally take to clean the church), with far less labor and more efficiency,” Anton Kapusi, pastor of Pueblo First church said. “Today it takes only one person about 45 minutes to use our new electrostatic sprayer to sanitize and disinfect the sanctuary, classrooms, office spaces, bathrooms, and the fellowship hall (around 10 thousand square feet).”

“When we open the doors for worship, and throughout the week we can say that we worship, sing, pray, and enjoy the presence of each other in the safest environment we can provide,” Kapusi concluded.

–Anton Kapusi is pastor of the Pueblo First Adventist Church; photo supplied