Postmodern Community and The Colonial House | PBS

I was reading an interview of Stanley Grenz by ginkworld on Stanley Grenz's site. The interview includes a discussion about community. Here's a quote from Grenz:

Postmodern people do indeed "crave" community, but unfortunately they so often settle for "lifestyle enclaves," largely because the only way they know how to relate to others is as "consumers."

I agree with Grenz that we are greatly shaped by our culture as consumers. Consumerism informs so much of our lives. So the question in my mind was what does community look like that is not radically shaped by consumerism?

Enter Colonial House, a wonderful PBS program documenting the efforts of twenty-first century westerners to live like 17th century American colonists.

Colonists around the campfire. 

These individuals experienced community in terms that few in our modern age ever will. They had to depend greatly upon one another for food, shelter, and companionship. Their experiences included shared grief, mutual suffering, celebration, intense conflict, and a common mission. Sounds like koinonia doesn't it?

Yet how much of our current communities even church communities are based on consumption?