The pastor of a small chapel in the heart of Harvard’s property met with University officials yesterday to discuss the future of the church’s land.

Dwarfed by the towering height of William James Hall and the concrete mass of the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, the Swedenborg Chapel stands on a small patch of grass on the corner of Kirkland and Quincy Streets.

The church must raise $2 million by March 30 to remain on the premises—otherwise the property could fall to Harvard, which would have the right to the first chance at purchasing the land.

The pastor of the Cambridge Society of the Church of the New Jerusalem invited Edward Reiss and Carolee Hill from Harvard’s planning office to the meeting to discuss the congregation’s future plans for the property, according to Lars-Erik Wiberg, the president of the Church Council and a member of the congregation for the past 20 years, who also attended the meeting.

With time running out, $277,000 raised thus far and only 35 active members, the congregation is facing a grim future.

But they have begun a new fundraising initiative: the creation of a board of trustees to manage the property in the future. They hope to offer endowed chairs on the board for $500,000 to foundations, institutions and individuals—including Harvard.

“We hope the governing board would have seats for members of the Massachusetts Association of Swedenborg Churches, the church’s pastor, as well as Harvard,” Wiberg said.

The church’s pastor, Reverend Sarah Buteux, said that she hoped Harvard would be interested in endowing a chair.

“An endowed chair is a good investment,” Wiberg added, though she declined to comment on yesterday’s meeting.

At the meeting, Wiberg and Buteux gave Harvard’s representatives a tour of the property and the chapel.

“No one from Harvard had really even looked inside the chapel before,” Wiberg said.

“They familiarized themselves with the property, with what the chapel looked like, its condition, its roof,” he added.

According to Wiberg, he and Buteux also discussed their plans to build on the land—if they raise the $2 million in time—including renovating and separating the addition that is currently attached to the chapel.

But Harvard did not reveal any plans of its own at the meeting—nor disclose whether or not it would purchase the property if it became available in March.

“Harvard isn’t currently interested in purchasing the property,” said Mary H. Power, a senior director of community relations for Harvard, who was not at the yesterday’s meeting. “But as a neighbor, Harvard has an interest in ensuring that the future of the property is compatible with the campus.”