Kids at Bibles & Bulls

Little Riders

Bring the kids. All of them. Nobody here is going to give you a look because yours is loud, dusty, or halfway up a fence.

Everybody starts somewhere.

Bring your family How we keep kids safe
A small child in a straw cowboy hat and chaps swinging a rope in the arena at golden hour
Our promise to you

Three things, every time

You'll know where they are

Same tag in, same tag out. Nobody leaves with a kid who can't produce the matching tag — not a grandparent, not a family friend, not anybody.

You'll know what they learned

You get the day's big idea before you get back to your truck, so the conversation on the drive home is easy.

They'll want to come back

And they'll be the ones asking you about it, which is the only thing that has ever worked on a parent.

Where we are today

Straight with you
about what this is

Little Riders is being built right now, and we'd rather tell you exactly where it stands than oversell it.

At every gathering today there's a marked, fenced kids area away from the stock, with games, shade, water, and a snack. It's run by checked and trained Trail Guides, and it's supervised the whole time. Your kid is looked after and having fun.

What's coming is the full thing — age-grouped rooms with real teaching, built on the same curriculum used by churches all over the country. First rooms open through 2027, everything running weekly when we launch in January 2028.

If you want to be told the day a room opens for your kid's age, get on the list and we'll let you know.

Keep me posted
Photo needed Kids at a gathering

Dirt on knees, running between hay bales, a Trail Guide crouched down listening. Shot at kid eye level, not from an adult's height looking down. Never posted without a parent's permission from check-in.

The Trail

Three groups, coming in order

Named for the way a young horse and a young rider actually come along — so a kid can feel themselves moving up it.

Colts

Birth – Pre-K

Held, safe, and around people who are gentle with them. Nothing more is expected of a colt.

Buckaroos

K – 2nd Grade

Buckaroo is the California word for cowboy — straight from the Spanish vaquero. These are the ones just learning to ride.

Wranglers

3rd – 5th Grade

A wrangler handles the horses so other folks can ride. Where a kid starts helping, leading, and looking out for the little ones.

Middle and high school get their own name once there are enough of them to need one. We're letting the first group of teenagers pick it.

Safety

The part that matters most

We meet at an arena. That means livestock, gates, and equipment — and it means we take this more seriously than a church in a building has to. These aren't goals. They're rules, and they don't bend.

Two adults, alwaysNo Trail Guide is ever alone with a child. Not in a room, not walking to a truck, not at a restroom.
Checked and vettedBackground check, an interview, and months of attending before anybody serves with kids. No exceptions for friends or family.
Matching tagsThe adult who drops off gets a tag. Only that tag gets the kid back — every single time.
A hard boundaryThe kids area is separated from livestock lanes, chutes, and equipment by panels. Not by cones, and not by somebody's attention.
No kids in the arena during stockEver, for any reason. Kids come in when the stock is out and the gate is shut.
Shade, water, and heat rulesWritten down ahead of time, not decided in the moment. Kern County summers get made a plan for.
Allergies on the tagCollected at check-in, printed on the tag, visible to every Trail Guide in the area.
Photos only with a yesWe ask at check-in and we honor the answer. Some families have real reasons, and we don't need to hear them.

Ask us anything

If you've got a question about how your kid will be looked after, ask it before you come — not after. Nobody here will think you're being difficult. It's the right question and we'd rather answer it than have you wondering from the parking lot.

Ask a question
Riders and older men bowed together in prayer beside the chutes
Trail Guides

This is built by
people, not programs

A trail guide knows the country and rides beside you. That's the whole job description.

A kid will forgive a plain room and a rough craft. A kid will not forgive an adult who doesn't know their name. If you can sit on a hay bale and listen to an eight-year-old talk about their horse, you can do this.

Every Trail Guide is background checked and trained before they're ever alone in a room — and they're never alone in a room.

Serve with Little Riders
First time

What to expect

Come early

Get there fifteen minutes before it starts and check in without a rush. Somebody will walk you over and introduce you rather than pointing.

What to bring

A water bottle and clothes that can get dirty. That's it. There's shade, snacks, and a place to sit.

What they'll wear

Whatever they wore to work on the place. Boots and a hat if they've got them. Nobody dresses up for this.

If they're nervous

Stay with them as long as they need. There's no rule about parents in the kids area — plenty of folks sit in the first few times.

Little ones

Babies and toddlers are welcome anywhere, kids area or not. Nobody has ever been bothered by a baby out here.

Still got questions?

Ask before you come. It's the right question and we'd rather answer it.

Get in touch
You don't have to clean yourself up
before you come to Jesus.
Neither do they.

Come as you are. Bring your family. Wear your boots and your hat. Pull up a chair.

There's a place for you here.

Bring your family