Community Ministries

Community Ministries at New Life Ranch exists to be a transforming agent in our community. Our desire is to see children and families in the surrounding towns (Colcord, Kansas, Watts, and Siloam Springs) healed and made whole through a personal relationship with Christ. We strive to partner with the people in our community in order to make these towns places where God is glorified.:

Right Lead
Young Boy

Right Lead is the longest-running Community Ministries program, developed at New Life Ranch in 1998. Each week students of all ages arrive at the Ranch to clean out stalls, groom their horses, and then ride. They are engaged in a unique lesson and group discussion using the horses to explain various aspects of God and Christian living. Our desire is that young people grow in their understanding of God and that they also come to see horsemanship as an activity they can plug their time and energy into.

You can serve our Right Lead youth in two ways:

Become a Right Lead Group Leader
Right Lead group leaders assist participants in each of the classes. They help getting horses ready, guide beginning riders, and lead discussion times after the lessons. You don't need to know anything about horses to be a Right Lead group leader! All you need is a willing spirit and love for needy kids. We will provide you with enough training to help you become a successful group leader.

Group Leader Responsibilities include:

Become a member of the Right Lead Transportation Team
Transportation Team members are assigned to several young people to pick them up and/or drive them home before and after their Right Lead class. This is an essential part of our ministry because many of our students live in rural areas, making it very time-consuming for our leaders to pick up everybody for a class.

Transportation Team Responsibilities include:

If you are interested in becoming a Right Lead group leader or member of the transportation team, or you have further questions please contact Kristen Ediger at kristen@newliferanch.com or Alex Hedgepeth at alex@newliferanch.com.

 

Right Start
Young Boy

Right Start provides long-term mentoring relationships for youth ages 5-18. Through Right Start, youth gain access to an adult they can count on to be there through the tough times and to celebrate with them in the exciting times. Right Start mentors can choose with their mentees how they want to spend their time together each week. Ideas range from going to simply chatting at a nearby park to cooking a meal to going over homework. Several different Right Start events are also offered each month for mentors and mentees to attend.

A mentor supervisor is available to help make the mentoring relationship a success. This supervisor contacts mentors on a regular basis and helps answer any questions that the mentor may have or find resources that the student may need.

Right Start Volunteers
We are always in need of adult mentors!
In fact, we have many young people on the waiting list for a mentor right now.

Mentor Responsibilities include:

If you are interested in becoming a Right Start mentor, or you have further questions please contact Kristen Ediger at kristen@newliferanch.com or Alex Hedgepeth at alex@newliferanch.com.

 

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*Filling out an application does not guarantee a spot in the program.

For more information email alex@newliferanch.com