Nothminster Presbyterian Church joins other

The picture shows a youth gathering at UYC’S Project 25 Awarding Ceremony posted on their Facebook page on May 15. (Photo taken from the organization’s Facebook page)

Northminster Presbyterian Church is one of the 56 church partners of the Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC) to assist student-led faith clubs and motivational gatherings at more than 100 middle and high school campuses in San Diego and Mexico.

The church website stated that they are working with Pastor Nate Landis to set up their volunteers. They teach students at Clairmont High and Creative Performing and Media Arts School (CPMA). Students in San Diego serve physical and spiritual food to 3,240 young adults per week. The website noted that they look for realistic ways to create a difference in their local communities.

Members interested in helping the church said they could send a message through their e-mail. The said website also noted that they would like all monetary support to go through the church for donations. So it would be recorded on their Northminster giving statement. The said process would allow them to know how much their members have given for their mission.

UYC

The UYC website emphasized its mission is to win students to Christ. They mainly focused on those from at-risk and unfortunate backgrounds. The group desires to connect them to a local church and the resources of their community. They trained them as agents of transformation so they could change their families, schools, and neighborhoods.

The organization believes in the unlimited potential and irreplaceable value of every young person. They want to see them succeed to their full God-given ability.

They look forward to a day when these young leaders all over the U.S. meet in a student-led campus club so they can live out their dreams for their friends, families, and communities.

Last year, youth leaders noted over 34,000 hours of voluntary community service in Southern California and worldwide. They said they aimed to strengthen student leaders' so they could spread the love of Jesus in schools and communities of America.

Public School Campus: America’s Largest Mission Field

The same website reported that separating the church and the state had led most church leaders to believe that they did not have a business on public school campuses.

Meanwhile, the nation’s Gen Z has become the most significant generation in US history. The website noted that one-third of the US population in 2020 belongs to the said age group. The organization emphasized that Gen Z is primarily likely to have an unchurched identity more than its numbers.

The website reported that Gen Z children do not have a relationship with Jesus or the church. They do not believe that church involvement warrants attention compared with any other generation in US history. George Barna said in an interview that the said pattern is unquestionable. She added that the younger the person, the more post-Christian it is.

About 80-90% of San Diego’s public middle and high school learners have no regular and deep relationship with the church. The national research also mentioned that the story is similar in other cities and towns throughout America.