At a time when there is great uncertainty in the world, 17-year-old Chris Catrow said he is putting his faith in God.

Chris Catrow, Sr. baptizes his son Chris Catrow, Jr. (Photo by Hamil Harris)

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center study, millennials, people born in the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, were less likely to attend church or be religious. However more Generation Z youth, those born in the late 1990s and early 2000s, may be headed back.  Local Prince George’s County youth are even becoming more active in church programs.

From attending to Sunday school to leading the choir during the worship service at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George’s County, Catrow is part of a generation of young people who are finding solace in their faith.

“It was important for me to get baptized, because God is a constant in a world that is always changing,” he told the AFRO. Catrow is a senior at Charles Flowers High School in Springdale, Md. He was baptized   on Sept. 24.

From Catrow leading the choir to 15-year-old Clarissa Brooks hosting a tea party at University Park Church of Christ, Hyattsville, Md. church, a growing number of high school students are getting involved in church ministries that are creative ways to serve.

“I’m trying to be a bigger person to show people that I care,” Brooks told the AFRO. Esther Brooks said her daughter is working on her Girl Scout Silver Award in Troop 3385 where she taught other teenagers about etiquette and manners.”

Paris Scott,16, a junior and cheerleader at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Md., said she loves cheering but when it comes to attending weekly bible study at the Glenarden Church of Christ,  she doesn’t comprise.

“I invited some of the cheerleaders to bible study and too movie night,” Scott told the AFRO. She said she tries to be friend her fellow cheerleaders because, “ you never know who really needs someone to talk to and you can never have too many friends.”

Paris went onto say her efforts are important because, “It’s hard to be around people at school who don’t go to church. You don’t loose your faith but you can slip up.”

Melody Scott, Paris’ mother, said she was worried about cheerleading and attending bible study but her daughter didn’t want to compromise.

“Then we learned that her coach’s husband  is a pastor and they decided to stop having practices on Wednesday,” Melody said. “Sometimes it  takes   one person to make a stand for their convections and their faith.”