Youth are encouraged to serve as vital and active members of Central Church.

Youth education takes place in church school classes for middle and senior high school students and is enhanced by weekly youth fellowship meetings, special trips, outreach projects, and an extensive mission experience each summer. Summer mission experiences for youth alternate between a U.S. mission and a partnership in mission with a site outside the U.S.

Youth serve on the church's Session and Diaconate and participate alongside adult members in serving on committees, assisting during Worship as ushers, musicians and liturgists, and participating in Central's intergenerational groups and activities.

Youth Sunday

February 21, 2010

Youth Town Hall with Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218^th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

“I’m here for the youth”. 

These were some of the first and last words spoken by Bruce Reyes-Chow during his visit to Central. In addition to being Moderator for a two year term, Bruce also serves as pastor of Mission Bay Community Church in San Francisco, CA.

Central’s youth first came to know Bruce while they were in San Jose for the General Assembly in June 2008. During the election of the Moderator, Bruce spoke about the importance of youth and young adults in the denomination.

At that General Assembly, our youth brought a commissioner’s resolution seeking to remove the restriction that only those over the age of 18 be allowed to volunteer at the General Assembly. The resolution did not pass, so the issue remains. When we returned from San Jose, the session decided to invite Bruce to Central. 

During the trip to the inauguration in January 2009, we saw Bruce again as we were all at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church after the inauguration ceremonies. Several of the youth approached Bruce, introduced themselves, and repeated the invitation to come to Central.

Almost exactly one year later, Bruce visited Central. He led a worship service prior to the January session meeting and spent time with the youth and their parents, as well as with the session.

See where we have been and what we have done  

See where we are going and what we are doing 

Sunday Schedule

Youth Handbell Choir rehearsals 9:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.

Middle School and Senior High Church School Classes 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Jerusalem Choir rehearsals 4:50 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Youth Group  6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.