Quote to Ponder

Joseph Myers in his book Organic Community says:
"We can have some control over the environments in which community usually emerges, but we have little or no control over community actually emerging. We can intend for the process of community to begin, but we cannot create community intentionally."

I've been pondering this quote for the last day and a half and considering its implications. As Pastor of Community Life here at the local church I've pondered this reality for a number of years. It seems like we can lead some people to community but we can't make them really partake of it. We do everything we can to help people make connections and yet people seem rather content to sit back and come once a week (or even less), sit for an hour in a worship service, and then walk away content that they are a part of the community of faith. It could be that is exactly what some people need in their lives. They could very well be full of other relationships and groups that meet their needs for community and what they want and need in the church is found in the one hour they are here. However some of these same people come to me and say things like, "I've been attending here for ... and I really don't know anyone yet."

The reality is that I continue to look for ways to prepare for the possibilities of community developing but still find myself shaking my head and wondering why we don't get it right more often. Maybe the look of community that I have in my head isn't a real possibility in a large church setting and I need to make a fundamental shift in my understanding.
What do you think?