But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Is this a co-ed youth group? Many times, men will not take the steps to be leaders of the faith, if women do it first. Let the boys take the lead by keeping quiet in the church. You do not need to pray publicly for all to know that you are a wonderful young lady after God. Talk is cheap, you will be known by your gracious actions towards others. Your shyness is not always a bad thing, there are many beautifully strong woman who are shy. The shy ones are usually the ones who can listen better, assess situations more effectively, because they have grown wise in taking their time to have inner conversation with themselves and the Lord. Maybe you can practice over-coming shyness in a different form, like starting your own charity in the name of Christ. Collecting aluminum cans and selling them, using the proceeds to benefit a good ministry or the poor would be fun, help recycle, show the love of God to those in need, and would help you have new experiences. You don’t have to be a super great talker to do work for God. My husband, who is a great genius, used to just have a bucket for co-worker’s cans at work, we sold them, and sent the money to an orphanage in Malawi Africa. He didn’t have to talk to anyone. He just put up a sign saying please recycle cans to benefit —– and he taped up the receipts of checks to show proof of the donation! There are many ways to be open and receptive to people without doing public speaking in the church. You go girl for trying! Awesome!