Special Needs

Our Mission

Our mission is to embrace families, facilitate inclusion, and create a home here at NorthStar for every family that walks through our doors.

Overview

Tailored to your family’s needs, Imagine Ministry offers alternative classroom settings differing by age group as well as an inclusive buddy system in our typical Sunday morning environments. In addition, we provide a Sunday school small group setting for high functioning adults with special needs.

Our two alternative classroom environments offer age-appropriate settings and Bible stories for our Imagine kids and students.

Our buddy system offers the option of joining along in our Preschool through Middle School Ministries on Sunday mornings.

FAQS & POLICIES

Room Environments

Birth - 5th Imagine Classroom

9:30 & 11:00AM

Located in Compass, our Birth-5th Imagine classroom offers a sensory Bible story, toys and sensory activities that go along with the morning’s lesson, as well as caring classroom leaders who enjoy getting to know and spend time with your children.

Buddy System and Sensory Room

9:30 & 11:00AM

Our sensory rooms (one for kids and one for students) provides a “break room” for kids/students in our special needs ministry during the service hour in case any portion of our programming leads to overstimulation or frustration. Our multi-sensory environments are offered at both hours as well as our buddy bins that are assigned specifically to a child filled with materials such as pill box schedules, fidget toys, and more to take to class. Our Buddy System takes place in our NorthStar Kidz and 678 environments. Your child will participate in these environments along with their peers.

Youth Imagine Classroom

9:30 & 11:00AM

Our Imagine Youth classroom is located in our True North building along with the Middle and High School environments. It offers a sensory wall as well as the capability to create an entire sensory environment with blackout curtains, a LED bubble tube, and a galaxy star projector. In this class, we also offer a sensory Bible story in an environment that caters specifically to Middle and High School students.

Adult Sunday School Classroom

9:30AM

*Ages 18 and older*

Located in True North, our Gather ministry is an adult small group that utilizes Together curriculum. Gather is an inclusive adult Bible study that provides an important set of tools so that each participant can grow in relationship with God and with one another. Our mission is to create community among adults with special needs in a Spirit-filled environment. A facilitator leads the Bible study portion and participants are given the opportunity to take different roles for the morning such as prayer leader, activities coordinator, and more.

A Night Designed Just for You

Respite Nights

Intermission Respite Nights are for families with special needs kids through adults and is held on four Saturdays throughout the year from 4 to 6:30pm. We provide fun activities, dinner, and a sensory Bible story experience while parents and caregivers enjoy a night out to themselves.

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Nights of Fun with Each Other

Family Night Out

Come join us for a free night of fun for your whole family. Our desire is to help families with special needs build community. Out of that desire we’re excited to offer family nights every other month! Make sure to click the button below and see what the next Family Night Out is.

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Kings and Queens

Night to Shine

Night to Shine is an unforgettable prom night experience for people with special needs ages 14 and older. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Night to Shine 2021 will be provided as an unforgettable VIRTUAL and DRIVE THROUGH EXPERIENCE. Please know that this decision was not made lightly by the Tim Tebow Foundation and has come through extensive prayer, discussions, counsel-seeking, and conversations with families and medical professionals.

We are still so excited to be a VIRTUAL host church for NTS 2021. As a part of registering this year, you will receive the virtual link for February 12th, 2021 as well as a special SHINE-Thru drive through experience (details upon registration).

Join us in praying for our nation and that we get to see you in person and INSIDE in 2022!! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.