Once you indicate you would like to receive more information, the ministry leader will contact you to set up a phone interview and guide you through the online registration process. If it is determined that your child requires support from our ministry, an individualized accommodation plan is provided to meet your child’s needs.

In order to meet your child’s particular needs, we offer several support environments:

• Regularly scheduled inclusion with other children and no extra assistance

• Regularly scheduled inclusion with volunteer assistance

In order to best meet your child’s needs, we offer several support environments: 

• Regularly scheduled inclusion with other children and no volunteer support

• Regularly scheduled inclusion with volunteer support

• Modified programming in a smaller class (Appleton location)

Parents or guardians of children who receive volunteer support will be given a pager upon check-in on Sunday mornings in DL, or when they meet their coach at Awana on Tuesday nights. Please keep the pager on you, it will buzz if you are needed during the service time. Please note, Awana parent(s)/guardian(s) whose children receive volunteer support are required to stay on campus during Awana.

You are welcome to come to check out a Sunday DL service or Awana night before your child visits for the first time. Once an appropriate environment is determined for your child’s needs, their Sunday or Awana experience will be one of the following options: 

• Sunday and Awana Fully included without a coach

  • Student check-in follows DL and Awana guidelines

  • Special Needs Ministry monitors your child for ongoing support needs 

• Sunday and Awana Fully included with a volunteer coach

  • See “Where do I check-in on Sundays and Awana Tuesdays?” 

  • Volunteer Coach is assigned to your child who provides support to meet their individual needs during DL Sunday morning or Awana 

• Sunday Special Needs Ministry Classroom (Appleton location)

  • Students have a parallel DL experience using the DL curriculum, but in a smaller classroom setting with more individualized support provided.

Sunday check-in (Appleton)

• Birth to Preschool children check-in at their age-appropriate check-in counter. 

• Children (kindergarten through 6th grade) check-in at the Special Needs Ministry Counter across from the Treehouse in Discovery Land. 

• Children who participate in the smaller class check-in at the Special Needs Ministry Classroom. 

Sunday check-in (Hortonville) 

• All students, birth-6th grade, will check-in at the Discovery Land Welcome Desk. 

Awana check-in (Appleton)

• Cubbies children check-in at their assigned color room

• Sparks children (Kindergarten through 6th grade) meet at the assigned Special Needs Ministry location near the east entrance of the building.  Coaches will then assist the students with check-in for Sparks

• T&T children (3rd-6th grade) meet at the assigned Special Needs Ministry location near the west entrance of the building.  Coaches will then assist the students with check-in for T&T

Awana check-in (Hortonville) 

• All students will check-in at the Welcome Desk. 

​Sunday pick-up

• Children are picked up from their assigned classrooms. 

• Children participating in the smaller classroom are picked up at the Special Needs Ministry Classroom. 

Awana pick-up

• Children are picked up from their assigned ministry area from the club your child is registered in (Cubbies, Sparks, T&T)