Welcome to R4C Ranch
Training Center & Retreat
Annual Charity Ride
St. Jude's Charity Trail Ride
rescheduled for August 7, 2010 9AM
Riders For Christ Online Bible Study!
Ranch Counselor
Trail Riders' Prayer Trail Riding
3rd Annual Patriotic Performance; BBQ, & Bonfire
It's Time to Ride!
R4C Ranch Show and Drill Team
R4C Ranch Volunteer Work Days
***Directions to Ranch**** email us at r4c_ranch@ yahoo.com
Our Vision Our Mission Our Purpose Our Motto
WELCOME TO R4C RANCH! Your piece of God's country!
The Annual St. Jude's Trail Ride has been moved from October 16, 2010 to August 7th, 2010 in hopes that we get better weather. Bring your horses (must have negative coggins and current vacinations) and enjoy riding the R4C Ranch trails while helping raise money for St. Jude's children's research hospital. Contact ride organizer; Mike Poland 816-225-9724 for details.
3rd Annual Patriotic Celebration at R4C Ranch arena--
4pm-11pm July 4th, 2010
-->MOUNTED DRILL TEAM PERFORMANCE-- 4PM
-->POTLUCK BBQ- 6pm
-->CAMPFIRE AT THE RETREAT AND FIREWORKS- DARK
The big event started out with the R4C Ranch Mounted Drill team in their patriotic performance and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. The team a mix of experienced and new to drill riders and horses did an excellent job of executed their drills in between rain showers. Excellent food was brought in by all and although a little soggy, we worked in a fantastic Potluck BBQ under the "big top". Due to impending t-storms we opted out of moving to the retreat and shot off as many fireworks as we could before the 'big top' came down. About that time folks had to scatter. If we didn't get a chance to tell you good bye, thanks so much for joining us for our 3rd annual Independence Day Celebration. Despite unfavorable weather, we gave this country a pretty decent birthday party. Hope you enjoyed it!!
Directions to R4C Ranch:
21300 227th Street, Tonganoixe, KS 66086
24/40 to Main/218th Street (between Pleasant Valley Vet Clinic and Subway),
North on Main/218th Parallel. Left on Parallel and North/Right on 219th.
Left on County Road 31/Leavenworth road (3/4 of the way up the hill). Then,
R- on 223rd
L- on Mitchel
R- on 225th that turns into 227th and we are on the right by the vault mail box across from the mini's barn that is next to the road (could be horses or cows or LLama's).
It's Time to Ride!
The next six-week session begins Saturday, July 10th (the week after the 4th) Sign up using our online form or email the ranch at R4C_Ranch@ Yahoo.com. We are also making up our 2010 Show and Drill Team schedule. This year we hope to add a few Schooling shows to our regular show schedule.
Our Riders For Christ Trail Ride and Campfire Worship will be scheduled in August Check back on the Ranch Calendar for exact dates. Come seek God's own heart in a Christian outdoor environment. Horse owners are welcome to bring out their horses (with a negative coggins and up to date on their vaccines/dewormer) to ride with us on scheduled events. Non-riders will hike back to the retreat for fellowship and campfire worship.
Volunteers are welcome at our monthly workdays to help with improvements for both the riding facilities and the retreat. Although Spring Clean UP day was canceled due to rain and mud, Spring Clean up has officially begun. As weather permits we are getting outside and preparing the fields for the big spring green fling which is just around the corner. We are clearing debri, seeding bare patches, and planning our pasture overhauls, roadwork and new fences.
Mark Sept 4th, 2010 on your calendar now. Our first annual Labor Day picnic at the retreat will feature students performing their acquired drill skills as well as a performance by our mounted Drill Team. More details to follow.
Check Back for Our Show Team Schedule
The Show Team Schedule, currently being updated due to rainouts and heat index cancellations, will be posted here. The Riding School is accepting new students. Students learn to ride on our string of school horses or may bring their own (see requirements for bringing horses onto R4C Ranch. Lessons include natural horsemanship ground training and riding undersaddle. Students who sign up for a full-session will be encouraged to ride in classes at a Horse Show scheduled at the end of that session.
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RIDERS FOR CHRIST is a trail riding fellowship whose desire is to seek after God's heart through equestrian and outdoor adventure. Check back for our 2010 trail riding and campfire worship schedule. Our online study small group is currently meeting at http://www.r4c-ridersforchrist.com Join us for our current study in "Following Christ."
TRAIL RIDERS
Find the Best Equestrian Trails in Kansas in
Kansas Outdoor Treasure by Julie M. Cirlincuina
Thanks, Julie, for putting this together!!
Trail Riding at R4C Ranch:
R4C Ranch is host to Riders For Christ a trail riding fellowship. Horse owners who want to ride with others in a Christian environment are invited to join us on scheduled rides and campfire worship at the ranch and throughout the region. Non-horseowners are welcome to join us for campfire worship. We have a few slots open to volunteers who have some equestrian experience to help train up a few horses for trail riding. Some of these horses have been ridden and just need some TLC to get back in shape for the trail, others are of unknown background and need more experienced handlers to assess where they are. Volunteers will work with the staff at the ranch to help prepare these horses for trail riding and then will have the priviledge of riding them on fellowship events. Email the ranch at R4C_Ranch@ yahoo.com to express your interest.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
It is our goal at R4C Ranch to offer affordable horse boarding and riding lessons through the efforts of our horse and riding community as well as volunteers who love to come out and enjoy the country with us. Volunteer days are fun, rewarding, and offer a great opportunity to make new friends and build a network of people to call when you need help at home. Everyone here loves to share their talents with each other so don't forget to ask if you need help.
Ranch Grounds and Gardens
Master Gardeners at the Ranch
If you enjoy getting your hands in the dirt, there will be plenty of opportunity this summer. The terrace gardens are being mapped out and it won't take long before you hear about the stone wall. There is always something to do at the ranch to keep you in shape. Who needs a gym when you can work out with purpose at the Ranch!
HORSE CARE AND OWNERSHIP
Deworming Schedule
Your Horse's Ideal Weight
Horse's Skin Problems: Download Equine Skin Problem Chart
Read Equine Skin Care Article (www.equisearch.com)
How to help your horse grow a long beautiful tail
Tail Management by Trainer Carol Poland coming soon!
RANCH MANAGEMENT
--> Roads & Grounds<--
R & R Trucking -- Ron Robinson 913-927-2625(h)/913-927-6665(c)
"Ron knows how to rock!"
Kansas' best source for Sand, Gravel, Dirt, and Hauling
Thank you for visiting R4C RANCH online!
If you have any questions or want to schedule a visit, please email the ranch at r4c_ranch@yahoo.com or call 913-845-3633.
The Vision of R4C Ranch is to prepare riders for Christ;
following Faithful and True on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
(Rev 19: 11-16)
Our Mission Our Purpose Our Motto
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Our Mission
The Mission of R4C Ranch is to mentor, inspire, and equip
individuals to live passionately for Christ in their families, communities, and corporations.
Our Motto
Our Purpose
The purpose of R4C Ranch is to share God’s love with all who are drawn here by the Holy Spirit and to serve them with all we have as the Lord leads us.
Our hope is to allow others to draw near to God as the animals, the birds, the earth, and the fish teach and instruct them about who the Lord is and what He has done.
R4C RANCH TRAIL RIDERS' PRAYER
Dear Father, Father of all creation,
hear our prayer,
let your spirit be with us, hear our hearts as we share,
As we saddle up our horses and prepare to ride,
We ask that you would be our guide,
Not just on this trail but on all trails of life,
Lead us out of darkness and into your light.
We thank you for our equine friends and your majesty you reveal through them.
Let them carry us safely as we ride today and reveal to us more of you, Lord, along the way.
Prepare us for you, Lord, renew our minds,
as we venture out, new treasures to find,
Following our leader, Faithful and True,
Everywhere we go, Lord, we'll follow you.
Thank you for Jesus, who came to save, In his name, Lord, today we pray. AMEN
Kimberly Brixey, MS
offers equine-assisted interpersonal development and skills training at the ranch. Email r4c_ranch@ yahoo.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Interpersonal skills help us form and keep healthy relationships with other people. Our beliefs, values, attitudes, feelings, choices, behaviors, habits, talents, thoughts, desires, and appearance all affect the way we inter-relate with others. Healthy relationships are important in our families, in our social lives, and in our work lives.
Early development and family life instills many of our interpersonal habits and many of these habits, both good and bad, we do without thinking. Some interpersonal constructs are inherited. The most obvious are genetic attributes such as height and other physical features, as well as some personality traits. Many interpersonal skills are learned and may or may not be helpful in developing healthy interpersonal relationships.
To improve our interpersonal skills we need to understand our behaviors, as well as our genetic attributes, from the perspective of those we interact with. Equine-assisted interpersonal development offers an experiential learning environment that helps individuals become aware of habits and behaviors that affect their relationships that would otherwise go unnoticed. Equine feedback is immediate and unbiased giving individuals an opportunity to evaluate how their beliefs, values, attitudes, feelings, choices, behaviors, habits, talents, thoughts, desires, and appearance might affect their interpersonal relationships.
The bible teaches us how to get along in relationship with God and others. Biblical interpersonal skills can be taught through equine-experential training where individuals can practice new skills in a safe equine-assisted environment and then transfer those skills into their other personal relationships.
Christian counseling in an equestrian environment.
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