Where Hearts Meet Hope

Returning Glory Ranch is a peaceful and rural setting not far from the busyness of life – a place where people can experience healing, restoration, and personal growth through equine assisted experiential learning in a non-threatening faith based atmosphere.  Interaction with horses in various situations provides opportunities to recognize and overcome issues that often hinder personal growth and interpersonal relationships. 

Help comes on four legs …
Hope – horses help bring hope for a better tomorrow, whether individually, relationally, or in a group setting.  They have much to teach us about our patterns of behavior, communication, and relationships.

·        At-Risk Youth

During activities with horses, at-risk youth will learn alternative ways of responding to difficult situation rather that reacting. They begin to find hope for their challenging life issues as they ‘experience’ changes with the horses and learn of their God-created uniqueness and destiny.

·        Family

Equine activities are designed to develop parent-child bonding and build stronger, more respectful relationships for the family , including “blended” families, and families with adopted children.

·        Domestic Violence

This tragic type of relationship is drastically on the rise. With horses to provide teaching support in relational skills such as courage, boundary setting, trust, self-respect and respect between parent and child, there is hope for change.

·        Marriages

Marriage was designed by God to be a thriving, lifelong relationship between a man and a woman.  With the challenges of personal brokenness, parenting, communication, and worldly opinions, this is extremely difficult.  In the midst of your present marriage situation, you will find healing insight to improve and restore this relationship as you learn from the horses. 

·        Corporate Workshops/Group Leadership and Team Building

Have “experiential learning” fun with your corporate or group workshops
as the horses become your teachers. With solution-focused problem solving, you will enhance team building, improve motivational skills, and more clearly define your organizational goals. 

“At first I was skeptical about the entire thing because I had never experienced something like it before.  After going the first time I was blown away how God really spoke to me and our team through horses!  I have brought out my youth ministry interns for two years now and learn more about them in this short time at Returning Glory than I could have imagined.  I was able to see how the interns worked together, how they problem solve, and the spiritual leadership lessons that they gained are so worth it.  So far each group of interns has said at the end of the summer that this was the best experience they had.  Many of the students in our youth group learn best by not just hearing about something but also by experiencing it hands on.  The exercises that our students participated in really connected because their attention was captured by these magnificent creatures and God used that window of opportunity to speak to them  Our students are already asking when we are coming back.” 

Eddie Garlich, Youth Pastor, Deerbrook Covenant Church