What We Offer
Buddies Program
Our buddies program allows children K-5th grade with special needs or disabilities to be able to participate in our Sunday programs. Buddies serve to ensure inclusion, safety, participation, and friendship for those who have a disability or special needs. Buddies are available on a Sunday morning. If your child would benefit from having a buddy please fill out a PAC Kids registration form and the Buddies Accommodation form that is included.
Serve
Do you have a heart for children with special needs and feel called to accompany them on their walk with Christ? Check out the different ways you can serve in our Buddies Program below
Frequently Asked Questions
We wanted to bring greater focus on what our ministry provides and how we serve our community. Some of the children and youth we serve do have a disability, while others may have a physical, intellectual, or developmental delay or challenge. Not all of the individuals we serve have a diagnosed disability but some of our friends need more support in feeling safe and staying engaged with some of our programs.
Our Buddies Ministry is led by a team of staff and volunteers. Our staff include our Children’s Director, Elementary Coordinator, Youth Pastor, and Executive Pastor of Family Life. Our volunteers include individuals with experience serving our diverse community and paraprofessionals.
Our buddies are volunteers within our church who have a heart to ensure this church is a safe space for all individuals. Each of our buddies have gone through a background check and training through our ministry’s leadership team. If you have a heart to serve as a buddy, let us know!
The first step would be to fill out a PAC Kids Registration form which includes a Buddies Accommodation form. Please fill it out with as much information as you are able to provide at this time. If anything changes from the date that you submit the form, you can always reach out to update us. Once we receive the form, we will review the information to determine your eligibility in having a buddy paired with your child during our Kids or Youth specific programs.
Buddies are paired with our kids and youth during our PAC Kids Sunday services as well as our annual PAC Kids Summer Camp. We are also increasing our buddies to offer more buddies for our Sunday Youth services. In time, we hope to offer buddies for our Tuesday night Youth service as well.
At this time, buddies are offered for kids or youth checked into one of the programs listed above.
Right now our Buddies Ministry serves as a ministry that supports our PAC Kids and PAC Youth programs. Our buddies are paired with individuals checked into those programs.
We are always looking for more volunteers to be trained as buddies. You can always let us know you have an interest in serving by going to princetonalliance.org/sayyes and selecting our Buddies Ministry. We look forward to hearing from you!
Email our Buddies Ministry Core Team at buddies@princetonalliance.org.
Emails Signup
Please feel free to contact the Buddies Team with any questions.