Shortsightedness will always catch up with us. Looking at what's best for today has its attributes for some things, and yet an eye to the future is also helpful. I was reminded of this again during our master planning process. Our plan is designed to help us look out twenty or so years for practical needs, but also with a longer term eye, knowing that we are a historic congregation that has existed for a very long time and intends to keep existing for a really long time. 

 

One of the concepts that was raised in the planning process so far, like many of the concepts, had a couple of variations that could be considered. I'm not going to name it because it's still in a conceptual phase and I don't want to give the impression it's done. But, as we discussed this one aspect of the plan, the Vestry and working group unanimously agreed that the more ambitious option made sense with a "100-year" view in mind. A less ambitious, and slightly less expensive option would meet our needs for the near term, yet we all agreed that for a bit more investment now, generations of Christ Church worshippers and guests would benefit from our initiative. The cost differential is great enough that we wouldn't want to do one now and one later - it's more cost effective to do the whole thing now.