[Vision2020] Dougs downtown cathedral? (was NSA Zoning Trouble)

[Scott Bauer]

  Visionaries,

Joan is correct. I have appended below an excerpt from the Christ Church Heads of Households Meeting Minutes, dated March 4, 2003. You can see that less than two years ago, Christ Church had ambitious plans for Garts. And judging from the Christ Church sermon notes (below), Doug Wilson’s ambitions encompassed far more than Garts.

Scott

“The deacons gave a power point presentation on the Garts Building, It is 1500 square feet larger than the fieldhouse. It will hold 800 people with chairs, 1200 with pews. The cost of purchase is approximately $1 million. Mark Wintz gave an overhead look at the floor plan. The cost of remodel would be $200,000-300,000. Garts lease expires in October 2004.” (Christ Church Heads of Households Meeting Minutes, dated March 4, 2003)

“In the 60s, my father wrote a small but enormously influential book called The Principles of War. In it, he applied the principles of physical warfare to what he called strategic evangelism. This idea of warfare is necessary in order to understand a central part of what is happening here, and by this I mean the concept of the decisive point. A decisive point is one which is simultaneously strategic and feasible. Strategic means that it would be a significant loss to the enemy if taken. Feasible means that it is possible to take. New York City is strategic but not feasible. Bovill is feasible but not strategic. But small towns with major universities (Moscow and Pullman, say) are both.” (Christ Church sermon notes, December 28, 2003)


  ----- Original Message -----
From: Joan Opyr 
To: Vision2020 Moscow 
Cc: Linda Pall ; Nancy Chaney ; John Dickinson 
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Doug’s downtown cathedral? (was NSA Zoning Trouble)
  Joan Wrote:
 
Believe it or not, it was meant to be helpful -- if Doug and NSA lose their zoning fight, this does not mean that they will lose their building. They’ll simply have to put it to another use -- a legal use. Why not a church? Rumor has it that Doug was once upon a time interested in the Gart’s building. He already owns the Skattaboe. Right now, Christ Church meets for Sunday services in the Logos Field House. Could they not meet in the Skattaboe instead? Perhaps no single room in the building is, at present, large enough, but “sweat equity” from Doug’s parishioners might well take care of that; I believe that’s how Doug achieved the original renovation of NSA. According to the two or three building permits issued, Doug renovated the Skattaboe Building for well under $20,000. Surely he could renovate again using the same volunteer-labor model. 

Doug might also do what other churches in the area do -- hold more than one service on Sundays. Offer the congregation a 9 AM and an 11 AM service or some such. Zoning problem solved; Moscow’s comprehensive plan intact; downtown retail space preserved Monday through Saturday, and everyone happy. Sounds like a win, win, win, win to me. 

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com 



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