meditatio at the water's edge

What is our unit of measure for 'success'?
I think we need to be honest with ourselves about this question. Have we been conditioned by our culture to measure the effectiveness of what we are doing by the number of people who attend our gathering? Should not the measure of our 'success' rather be in how we are living in the Trinitarian reality? Shouldn't we be looking at how we, as a community and individuals, are becoming 'the cooperative friends of Jesus?'