PROSPER...Equipping Youth for Life is a 10 month training and mentoring program for the community's teens. The goal of PROSPER is to equip youth with the life skills needed to pursue a prosperous future vocationally, financially, socially and spiritually and to expand their vision for their lives.
PROSPER is fun and active. Participants receive instruction and the opportunity to participate in activities and real-world experiences, including a summer internship. PROSPER participants successfully completing the 2023-2024 program will receive a tiered award/scholarship based on years of participation in the program.
The PROSPER building blocks:
Real-world experiences
Social skills and activities
Leadership skills
Interpersonal skills
Character building
Identity
Shadow Days
Work ethics/service projects
Cultural events
Dining out
Career exploration
Resumes/job applications
Interviewing
Internet use/etiquette/safety
Money management/budget
Employment fair (mock)
Meeting community leaders
Bible reading
Summer internships
WTSFM Saturdays is a fun indoor/outdoor community events for kids. It offers games, activities, Bible stories, and surprises. There is something for the whole family. In December we make it a Christmas party complete with gifts for the children and a mini-play of the Christmas story.
Kids' Place is an afterschool program with games, activities, Bible story, snacks, and a whole lot of fun!
Family CCG Community Wide Events including , It's a Spring Thing, spring carnival; the summer event; and the Harvest Festival.
Summer Fun is summertime activities for kids, including VBS.
And we do miscellaneous other service to the community.
Executive Director
Cindy Hutchins
Board and volunteer staff
Alison Birney
Allison Schoening, CPA
Jonathan Hutchins, CPA
Clark Watson
Felix Hutchins
Judy Bailey
Felicia Becknell
Amanda Hahn
Wendy Hutchins
Isaac Hutchins
Arabella Jestus
Julie Jestus
Emilly Pugh
Lorraine Roderick
Sara Smith
Marianne Stambaugh
Natalie Stuckenberg
Jessica Vann
Kay Watson
Nathan Way
Janey Wayne
Brooke Williams
Kim Winn
And a little help from our friends in the community, including guest speakers and internship providers
Allison Schoening Medicare Solutions
Phil Armstrong
Believers Church
City of Tulsa
Clary Sage College
Eastern Oklahoma Oral Surgery
Emergency Infant Services
First Methodist Church
Joseph Flewellen
Rick Griffith
Joe Jestus
Anna Lukes
Andrea Mohn
Rebecka Peterson
Abigail Singrey
Marianne Stambaugh
TCM Creative
Transformation Church
Tulsa Children's Museum...Discovery Lab
Jessica Vann
Williams
PROSPER
Our Team
Working Together: Simple Faith Ministries, Inc.
WTSFM Saturdays, Kids' Place,
+ other ministry