Here at Paragon Church through our "Not A Typical" disability ministry, we offer mature teenagers and adults as a "BUDDY" to sit with families with kids that have special needs during our worship service and attend Sunday School class with each child. For more information, or if you are interested in being a buddy or are in need of one on Sunday mornings, please reach out to Jessica Cook via (EMAIL)
We offer three fully inclusive class levels.
Nursery 0 to 3 years old | PreK thru 1st grade | 2nd thru 5th grade
We have buddies available to assist "one on one" with your kids in their classroom.
Currently, Paragon's Sunday Morning format has all kids sit with their families for worship through music before being dismissed to their classes. However, if your child is unable to sit through worship, please let us know and their buddy can take them to the classroom early so as not to cause any disruption while you worship.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Jessica Cook via EMAIL
"Not a Typical" Young Adults group.
This group is designed for young men and women with special needs, to have a place to make friends and continue learning about Jesus in an environment that is more to their level of learning ability.
Young Adults with Special Needs (ages 16 and up) are encouraged to join.
We would also like to incorporate "typical" young adults (ages 18 to 30) who would be willing to come alongside and get to know our young adults with special needs.
Please reach out to Jessica cook for more details. EMAIL
(Check the calendar for the list of upcoming events.)
Respite is a FREE 3-hour long typical/Not typical event (usual time is from 11:00am to 2:00pm).
This event provides caregivers and/or parents an opportunity to hang out, go out to lunch, get some extra sleep, or run errands without children.
During this time, our trained loving and caring "buddies" are going to hangout one on one with your kids with special needs and their siblings as well as adults with special needs in a safe, friendly, fun environment.
We will serve lunch, have arts and crafts, and games.
Please note: Space is limited to volunteer availability
If you have any questions, please reach out to Jessica Cook (EMAIL) - registration is on this site under "calendar"