Founder
Joe loves to tell the story of One Hope and our community in ways that offer God’s hope and love to all. Joe supports the Leadership staff in setting vision; sharing the vision in ways that encourage community collaboration; recruiting new staff, interns, fellows and volunteers; and counselor for staff and ministry.
Executive Director
Miriam has lived three blocks from the Rose Bowl since 2009 with her husband Nate and their four awesome kids. She earned a Master’s degree in practical theology from The University of St. Andrews, has a certification in Biblical counseling from CCEF, and is an alumni of Lead North and the Mine Fellowship. Her training along with her experiences in her neighborhood, as a chaplain, and as an adoptive mom have made her passionate about the intersection of trauma, theology, and resilience. She can't get enough of being outside, watching March Madness, winning at card games, and laughing with her kids.
Director of Operations
Matt is an ORU MBA grad with 4 years of corporate experience. Matt serves the community by managing behind-the-scenes things like HR and Finance. Outside of work, Matt enjoys making music, climbing, and backpacking.
Youth Coordinator
Jordan, a Harding graduate, joined the team in the fall of 2021, moving from Dallas, Texas. He is excited to use the gifts the Lord has given him to see youth come to know and be impacted by who Jesus is and what He has done.
Executive Assistant
Caleb initiates and maintains strategic partnerships, leads grant-writing efforts, and oversees neighborhood outreach. He also is program staff for Resilient Kids and plays a supporting role in other One Hope Programs.
Director of Children's Programming
Jillian has been teaching since she could talk. After getting degrees in English, business, and education, she moved from the PNW to Tulsa to work in One Hope's educational initiatives from 2009 to 2017. She lived and worked in a home for single moms and then became a foster parent and public school teacher. After a few years in school leadership, she returned home to One Hope in the summer of 2023.
Director of Youth Programming
After graduating from the University of Tulsa, Jerusha spent six years as a high school teacher at Booker T. Washington before moving into her current role. She is a Thrive Tulsa alum and is currently pursuing her Masters in Social Work as a Zarrow Transition Scholar. She shares a home in Rose Crossings with her spouse, adult goddaughter, foster son, baby girl, and frequent neighbors and guests.
Community Development Consultant
Glory Be is a community developer and human rights’ advocate from Tulsa, OK who is interested in collective grief, cultivated resilience, and creative hope.
She completed her B.A. in Community Development from Covenant College and her M.C. in The Study of the Bible & Ethnicity from The Edmiston Center. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana near her local church, favorite donut shop, and an old basketball court.
Social Worker
Rachel Willis is a Licensed Master Social Worker who is passionate about creating safe spaces for children and advocating for immigrant and refugee families. She earned her Social Work degrees from ORU and OU-Tulsa and has experience in case management and psychotherapy. Rachel lives with her husband Ethan and her dog Colby Jack.
Artist in Residence
Wes is an alumnus of the University of Tulsa where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies. He grew up in Fort Worth making short films with people around his community and has now brought that passion to the One Hope team. He worked with Every Campus a Refuge during his time at the University of Tulsa before coming to One Hope to intern in the summer of 2023. He loves playing tennis at McClure park, watching global cinema, reading books about art, and eating gluten-free pizza. His profile photo here was taken by one of our youth who he practices photography with!
A curious Tulsan, Elisabeth graduated with a degree in biology from the University of Tulsa.
After studying the neurobiology of emotional trauma and monastic prayer, she is interested in the relationship between healing, prayer, trauma, loneliness, mental health, and lament. Having experience in local missions among marginalized youth, hospice, and clinical intensive care, she is passionate about bridging the gap between academia and the needs of our community, between the Word and the self. How are emotions connected to spiritual formation? How does prayer change us? How can the Word becoming flesh and dwelling among us impact our daily existence? After the fellowship, she plans to attend grad school for clinical psychology and counseling. She’d also love to do longterm missions and community development. In her free time, you’ll find her trying to bond with her hedgehog, going on walks with friends, and learning how to be a kid again.
Lana Hill is an empath who is passionate about loving and caring for others and serving the body of Christ. She is the third born out of seven wonderful siblings and is from Atlanta, GA. Lana graduated from Covenant College with a degree in Psychology. Upon graduating, Lana worked at The Chalmers Center, joining the work of Biblical poverty alleviation in a way that restores dignity. Lana also has a background in leading new hire onboarding as well as culture and engagement and inclusion and diversity initiatives in the corporate realm. Lana is passionate about discipleship and ministry, and served as Life Group, greeter, and worship leader. Lana loves music and the arts, traveling, siblings dance parties, good food, and is a Disney enthusiast. Lana is so excited to be a Fellow with One Hope and to learn and grow alongside our amazing neighbors.
In 2003 a group of people associated with Springs of Grace Church were trying to love our city well and found particular needs in the education system which we felt we could help meet. Vision of Righteousness Ministries began as a means of organizing and funding those efforts to improve the graduation rates of students in Tulsa Public Schools by building relationships through sports training and tutoring. Many of our students had limited or no exposure to sports other than basketball and yet we saw how integral extracurricular involvement was to staying in school and graduating.
We began sports programs and later arts programs that allowed us to expose students and help develop basic skills in a wide range of sports and the arts. We also began a tutoring program that put us directly into the educational process with students. The actions of love and hope to students gave us opportunities to love our city – provide tangible help that was needed and allow us to build relationships over time that provided the platform to share the truth of the hope that Jesus gives that all can flourish. The neighborhood ministry arm of Vision of Righteousness began operating under the name One Hope Tulsa in the the early 200s and is now its own separate entity.
One Hope believes that the love and hope we have experienced can be life changing for everyone. Whether it is in education, sports or with the homeless or those impacted by the sex industry and sex trade, One Hope seeks those ways we can demonstrate love and do good to our city with the hope of staying in long term relationships where we can point individuals and families to the hope Jesus freely gives.
We have developed an extensive urban ministry summer internship to train college age students and those right out of college. We have also just launched a year round fellowship in urban ministry. This allows us to reproduce what we have learned, and the interns and fellows provide a talented and inexpensive work force for our ministry.
We continue to look for avenues and opportunities to demonstrate love to our city in ways that allow us to further these relationships. We will be launching a scholarship program this summer for students who attend our camps to get individualized sports instruction, dance lessons, art lessons, etc., at no expense to them or their family. As we re-enter the Rose Bowl, we anticipate providing sports leagues in a team format that intentionally groups players across racial barriers and has a leadership component to the leagues.
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