The Church of Central Texas 13. The community calls forth the gifts of these young people by affirming their importance and empowering them to invest the church with these gifts.
Youth are able to endow the church with an exceptional energy for the future.
They also challenge the church to examine the adequacy of its present witness. The path of the church to the future is through them. They are not to be considered simply as objects of pastoral interest, but subjects of involved concern on behalf of the church. They can be leaders in the evangelization and renewal of society. The church has much to share with youth, and youth have much to share with the church.