Food and Community Take Time

When the Cumberland Community Cafe opens its doors on Labor Day Weekend, it hopes to be a place that helps us all to discover and affirm what matters—that each of us matter ad what we care about matters. This poem by Margaret Wheatley says it all about e Community cafe and what all the organizations present at Wills Creek Museum's Grand Opening Weekend were and are about. Please consider reading the following poem by Margaret Wheatley and then check out Rev. Martha's podcast about food in community--especially in this summer cookout season.

There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about.

Ask “What’s possible?” Not “What’s wrong?” Keep asking.

Notice what you care about.

Assume that many others share your dream.

Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.

Talk to people you know.

Talk to people you don’t know.

Talk to people you never talk to.

Be intrigued by the differences you hear.

Expect to be surprised.

Treasure curiosity more than certainty.

Invite in everybody who cares to work on what’s possible.

Acknowledge that everyone is an expert about something.

Know that creative solutions come from new connections.

Remember, you don’t fear people whose story you know.

Real listening always brings people closer together.

Trust that meaningful conversations can change your world.

Rely on human goodness.

Stay together.