Program areas at The Good Okc
The Good Okc was created to equip and empower The people of Oklahoma city to experience The kingdom of god in their everyday lives. Far too often we separate our spiritual lives from our actual life. We believe following jesus is a 24/7 endeavor and is The key to an abundant life. We equip our people in three ways. We build intentional relationships with our neighbors and offer three different expressions of faith for individuals to participate. Kingdom gatherings (worship service), church in action groups (discipleship), and communities on mission (service & discipleship). We know that god meets people in different spaces and not everyone is ready to walk into The church building. Our communities on mission and church in action groups create alternative meeting spaces for people to experience jesus in their day-to-day lives. About 40 percent of our work and funding will be dedicated to this mission.
Dapper & darling - The Good Okc will establish funding to scale their clothing line which will employ 6 people full-time to begin with and as stated above,we believe we have seed funding for this project. These will be people who would generally struggle to find sustainable employment due to their circumstances. The Good Okc looks forward to working along side our neighbors and providing ongoing training, encouragement, and support through a dignified working environment and an above-living wage hourly rate.
The Good Okc believes that everyone deserves a second chance at life and that financial stability is a key piece to The restoration of our neighbors. So The Good Okc will be taking over The operations of tbd creatives. Tbd creatives will provide a training ground for our people to make candles, soaps, lotions, bath salts, upcycled clothing, and plant hangers. Recently, a possible grant became available to hire 6 employees who are currently working through a program with one of our local service partners. These employees will be people recovering from being unhoused, victims of domestic violence, differently-abled youth, kids aging out of foster care, or people transitioning out of incarceration and paid to manufacture our handmade products. We don't focus on productivity and maximizing profits. We are purposely less efficient to create opportunities to teach soft skills, and get to know our new employees so that they know that they are why we exist and that they are loved. Should tbd creatives have any remaining funds, such funds will go to support The missions of The gook Okc. About 33.3 percent of our work and funding will be dedicated to this mission.