Metro church bringing supplies to Sulphur

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A truck load of supplies will be in Sulphur tomorrow, thanks to a metro church. Among the volunteers will be a man who was just released from prison after a wrongful conviction.

"When you give to people, you're actually helping your own self because it always comes back," said Glynn Simmons.

Simmons, Pastor Derrick Scobey, and volunteers with Ebenezer Baptist Church are preparing for their trip to Sulphur on Wednesday. They will bring a 53-foot-long semi full of supplies.

"There will be cleaning supplies, t-shirts. There will be generators. There will be tarps," said Scobey.

In 2021, Scobey partnered with the organization World Vision when a violent EF4 tornado swept through western Kentucky.

Just like they will in Sulphur, volunteers brought supplies and toys for children.

"You should have seen the children's eyes, just how bright they got when they were looking so sad," said Scobey.

Ebenezer is partnering with Compassion Church in Sulphur. Mid-morning on Wednesday, they'll meet at the Kehila Park Foster Care Community Center.

"Kehila" means "community" in Hebrew, which is something Simmons wants to give back to after only living off of donations following the conviction of an Edmond murder from 48-years ago.

"People have been real generous to me, you know, wrap their arms around me, having to make the proper adjustment back into society," said Simmons.

"I don't know if I would be able to push back the bitterness," said Scobey. "48 years that the state of Oklahoma took from my life. And now I'm going to turn around and serve the residents of Oklahoma, the state that took 48 and a half years of my life?"

"Oklahoma's good state," said Simmons. "I've always wanted to be one of those that responded and volunteered for help."