What's it really take to change the world?

I am in way over my head ... probably not the opening line to anything that is intended to be inspiring in anyway. shape or form.  I've been told that one of my strengths is "self-awareness", which I think means that I am painfully aware of all of my flaws and tend to be truthful about them.  In other words, don't bother listing for me all of the ways that I may be inadequate, chances are that I am way ahead of you on that list. 
The latest revelation of my inadequacies took place during a walk from downtown recently.  As I was walking and observing all of the projects in process around here, my mind drifted to the forces driving all of this.  I began to think of the investors and the investments necessary to enable all of this.  Within two blocks of me are two 13 story projects running simultaneously ... with half a dozen currently in the pipeline to break ground soon.  To say that this neighborhood is taking shape overnight would not be an exaggeration. There is big money and big investors seemingly moving heaven and plenty of earth to form a new destination and neighborhood.  Within a mile of where I sit right now, savoring my eggnog latte, people with the last name Gates, Allen, and Bezos are making world changing decisions.  This neighborhood is quickly establishing itself into, arguably, the most influential neighborhood in one of the most iconic cities in the country.  These names are changing the worlds that they lead, which are in turn changing the world itself ... for better or worse is still up to history to decide. 
Amazon, Bill and Melinda Gates, Vulcan Development, a host of other world renowned entities, and Common Table all call South Lake Union home.  Now lets all play the "one of these things is not like the other" game.  The, in over my head, self aware part of me can spot the obvious in just a quick glance at the list.  But, and I do mean one big "but", fortunately looks can be deceiving.  One other thing that I am aware of besides self is that "way over my head" is exactly where I need to be for Common Table to reach the status of world changer.  It is in this place that God gets to work his best stuff and when God works his best stuff, the world can't help but be changed
Back in the day, it used to be that, when a community was established, everything was formed around the influence of a church or churches.  In cities and neighborhoods alike, churches had places and locations of prominence.  They had influence.  Over the years we have gotten out of the business of forming new neighborhoods and churches have fled the cities that were influenced by them in earlier years.
So I ask myself, sitting here savoring eggnog lattes, a few questions as I continue to marvel at all of this.  What would happen to the formation of a new neighborhood today if a church or churches were central to its well being?  What would happen if Jesus became a bigger name in the neighborhood than the above mentioned names?  What might happen if God were really in charge and his people allowed him to work through them instead of despite them?  What might the result be if God's people invested in God's project like everyone else invested in everyone else's projects?
The only answer that I come up with to all of these questions is Common Table.  One of my other strengths happens to be that I am a dreamer.