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Feed His Sheep

Being the hands and feet of Jesus "to the least of these". This journey began when my daughter, Amanda, and I attended a women's conference in April, 2009.

Our hearts have not been the same since! Matthew 25:40 and John 21:17 became our mantra, and on September 26, 2010, our ministry began with just 14 sack lunches and a lot of prayers and faith that the Holy Spirit would direct us to the right people. Our purpose is not to feed the needy and go home saying, ‘We did our duty’. The meal we provide is the icebreaker to deeper relationships. Sharing mea

ls creates a sense of community, something we all desire. We all want to belong. We have no agenda and no corporate sponsors. Feed His Sheep is led by the Holy Spirit. What began with our family of 6 and 14 lunches in 2010 looks a little like this in 2026:
• Our core group now numbers 15, with more than 275 volunteers serving throughout the month.
• A hot meal is prepared by a different church each week of the month.
• Multiple resource stations offer drinks, snacks, clothes, socks, hygiene, period products, dog food, wipes, hand sanitizer, reading glasses, and books.
• A prayer station is available to share requests and be prayed for on the spot. Feed His Sheep is God's ministry, based on the love of Christ, to show dignity and respect to the least of these in Oklahoma City. We have been blessed beyond anything we could ever imagine over the last 15 years. We invite you to join us on Sunday mornings at 8:00 at 609 W. Sheridan, in downtown Oklahoma City. We are there, rain or shine! Be prepared for a life-changing experience. John 21:15-17
Matthew 25:35-40
Ephesians 3:20

06/14/2026

Feed His Sheep 06 14 26...As he turned the corner, he spotted a little boy in a car waving to him through the window. Tears began flowing. The sweetness of that moment caught him off guard. My friend shared this personal moment, revealing more about himself than you would expect for a few minutes with a homeless man.

You never know when your time will come, and your purpose in this life comes to an end, he shared. Little things we do may go unnoticed, but you never know when it impacts someone else’s life, like that little boy did to his. The same with the many little interactions on one of our Sunday mornings.

As Serve Midtown Church filled plates with 135 meals under cloudy, misting skies after an overnight thunderstorm, Lee Langdon from Memorial Road Church of Christ helped us as part of the team praying and taking 15 prayer request slips from our sheep. Our environment fosters interaction with our guests. Those who help man this table each week are precious servants. Today 37 volunteers served in different capacities. That created opportunities for encounters and interactions. Nurturing relationships and friendships is so vital to our mission.

13 trays of breakfast casseroles, fruit, snacks, and other provisions filled 16 tables. To the surprise of our folks, we began a new gathering format. Closing off the parking lot entrance gave servants the opportunity to drop off food and provisions and set up our tables without the commotion of a parking lot full of people. A line formed on the sidewalk and wound around the corner until our start time of 8:15. Brad let about 20 people at a time enter in an orderly fashion to alleviate confusion and helping create a more relaxed, orderly atmosphere. Folks even commented later how they liked our new format for serving them.

With food and beverages being served first, guests could eat or go on to other tables for provisions or leave. If someone walked the length of the parking lot, here’s what they were welcome to: Serve Midtown Church’s Breakfast casserole, assortment of fruits and snacks, sandwiches, bottled water; Trish and Geoff Munro’s sandwiches and snacks; Diana McKinney’s Donuts from Parkway Donuts in Yukon; Tony & Deana Smith’s 10 gallons of beverages, Evan and Deek serving hot coffee with flavored creamers and syrups; our prayer team; Memorial Road Church of Christ Young Adults with snacks and clothing; Jobe, Amber, Abbie Young with wipes, hand sanitizer, dog food and encouraging scripture messages; our table of Period.OKC menstrual products, reading glasses and cases (30 pairs given out); and Robyn helped seven people to get replacement IDs, birth certificates, social security cards- these are essential to get the ball rolling to take advantage of any resources available. And we always welcome volunteers to just hang out and mingle. You would be surprised how many just appreciate someone taking an interest to talk with them and acknowledge their existence and worth. Others love the chance to talk sports or whatever breaks the monotony of their lifestyle routine. Breaking down walls opens the door to sharing God’s love with people living in unfortunate circumstances.

Some updates from friends today: One guy finally got surgery done on his stomach and now has followup doctor appointments to make sure he heals up properly and determine if anything else needs addressed. “A” finally took my advice to use a f***y pack. Someone has been pilfering her medications when she’s asleep or not with her gear. We always advise folks to carry meds and valuables in a f***y pack with them at all times. In the blink of an eye, someone can and will steal their valuables. Others got tyelenol and advil, gauze, band aids, batteries and ointments. And my “chocolate junkie” friend got his fix today when I gave him a some Hershey’s kisses. Seven got backpacks, including two who had ones that were falling apart.

Please continue to pray for the needs of our sheep. Today’s prayer requests included: Job, daughter drug addiction, housing, praise for pastors, “for everything”, landlord/housing issues, health and safety, anxiety, sleep, decision-making, Hope/Health ( diabetes), Eye problems, Life.....

Sheep patrol out, Clyde

06/12/2026

Feed His Sheep 06 12 26...”I’m one of the flock, honey!”...Seeing a woman with a cart full of bags near a corner, I turned and stopped across from her. “Are you hungry?” Smiling and crossing the street to us, she looked at our door signs and said she was one of the “sheep” and one of the flock. We couldn’t help but laugh along with her.

Overcast skies kept the temperature from being scorching hot. More and more, we find folks finding shady spots to sit or rest. Some have discovered that finding a shady spot on a granite wall affords a cooler spot to sit.

As Alex gave out the lunch sacks, Wendy gave 3 packets of flavoring to everyone. With all the water they consume, these packets offer variety and change of pace to their daily routines.

Prepping this week was similar to most weeks. Real prep usually starts Wednesday. I chunked 3 watermelon in baggies. Chopped up donuts and mixed in a quart of milk and dozen eggs and vanilla to bake bread pudding topped with peach pie filling. Filled that into portion cups. Thursday I made pbj sandwiches on buns. I usually get bread donated on Tuesdays and depending on what I get, finalize my menu. Hamburger buns are a staple. I can spread peanut butter and jelly and bag them quicker than regular bread slices. If I get hot dog buns like a week ago, I use those for the pbj. I also use buns to make our sandwiches on weeks we don’t serve a hot meal.

Timing and storage in the fridge is challenging. Organization makes everything rotate and flow in and out of the fridge. During the summer I try to serve cold water bottles. Because my fridge is usually so full, I freeze bottles then put them in an ice chest Wednesday and reload the freezer with bottles. These go in the ice chest Thursday. They will be half or mostly thawed by Friday to put in our lunch sacks.

This week I also went out on Tuesday and Wednesday, giving out sacks of a snack and cold water bottles. I sliced donated pita bread in half, put 3 in a Baggie along with a knife and packets of jelly and honey. Our Friday Sheep Patrol started with a goal of making sure folks had water or drinks at least one day a week. That evolved going to give out more water on other days as time permitted to try to keep people hydrated. It means a lot of cases of water needed every summer through September.

Sixty-two meals made it into hungry hands. Besides cruising up and down the streets, we know some of our folks hang out in certain spots. We will drive 3 or 4 blocks to go look for one person. Today I drove around the block to find one of our guys. We hadn’t seen him in two weeks. There he was on a bench we see him at often. And as always, we were greeted by a big smile and thank you. It’s important to us because we want him to know he is somebody who is as important to us as he is precious to God.

Sheep patrol out, Clyde

06/07/2026

Feed His Sheep 06 07 26...59 prayer needs shared today...As Coffee Creek Church served 180 meals, the prayer team prayed for folks, and took in 18 prayer request slips.

Huge crowds continued this week as folks filled the parking lot early. We were blessed not to have rain on this cloudy overcast morning. Chef Mike Lucas from Coffee Creek baked buns for the Brats. We appreciate the amount of time he dedicates to prepping meals for the first Sunday of each month. That’s a lot of dough to make up, then to bake for the Brats. Folks also got watermelon slices, snacks and bottled water.

An old friend showed up today, Joey, who says hi to our servants who know him. He’s working on getting into housing again. We go back a long ways with him in his journey and he credits God with anything good and for getting him through so many circumstances.

Geoff & Trish handed out sandwiches and snacks. They dropped off moving blankets, a sleeping bag, tarps, 2 foam bedmats, and a duffel bag yesterday. I gave most of those out today. Wouldn’t you know one person asked for a sleeping bag, a number asked for tarps, two asking for blankets or sleeping bags took the moving blankets while another took the bedmat. 10 people needed backpacks, plus one took the duffel to put his tarp and gear in. I gave out 10 tarps. Three of the people I gave backpacks to had ones that were worn and ready to fall apart.

After giving out 52 reading glasses last week, we gave out 46 pairs today along with cases. Demand has been increasing to almost double what we normally give out. I pack 96 pairs each week, 8 strengths with 12 of each. Mixed in also are women’s style frames. Since we first began giving them out years ago, we get to feel the thankfulness and hear the relief of folks receiving them. When someone says,”I can read my Bible, now” or “ Now I can see what I am signing for” you realize what a stumbling block not being able to read things can be.

Expecting folks to take advantage of resources available to them can be a daunting task when unable to read anything without glasses.

Our regular crew of servants remind me of how the Bible teaches about the body having many parts. Each one important in how it contributes. When all the parts are functioning, the body can function well. Today, Anthony and Linda Adams gave out socks, Joby & Amber Young bring dog food, wipes, and hand sanitizer each week, Diana brings around 200 donuts from Parkway Donuts in Yukon, Tony and Deana Smith serve cold drinks, Alex helps with our hot coffee, Geoff & Trish bring sandwiches and snacks to supplement the meal, Lynsey brought books, Brad roaming the pasture that is the parking lot, and volunteers helped fill in where needed including the Prayer Table. And this all in addition to Coffee Creek’s servant team who rotate teams that serve for them every month.

Being the first Sunday, we gave out around 180 bus passes as folks came through the food line. Trolleys are free til July 5. The third Friday’s are free bus days in the summer.

We had five of our sheep help pickup trash and clean up today. They not only do the parking lot but along the sidewalks and even across the street. Then they dump the trash bags for us. That leaves the area cleaner than when we arrive.

Two of my diabetic friends got snack bags of no sugar treats and low carbohydrate protein drinks. One guy had bad spider bite wounds on his stomach and I gave him some ointments to put on. Another needing wound care got a supply of gauzes to wrap her legs. Several asked for and got Ace bandages. Others got the usual allergy tablets or Acetaminophen or Ibuprophen, or for stomach and gas issues. Good report from one friend who said the head lice treatment I got him and his buddy worked.

As indicated by the number of prayer requests we received, we ask for continued prayers for spoken and unspoken needs of our folks. We don’t usually know if there’s anyone else in their lives who take the time to pray for them. For many, the answer is no one else cares...

Sheep patrol out, Clyde

06/06/2026

Feed His Sheep 06 05 26...When was your last hug?...When did someone say,” I missed you!”...I couldn’t help but see the joy today as Wendy joined us on Sheep Patrol.

First the eye contact, then the recognition, then the warm hug. When you remember their name, when you don’t care the dirty clothes worn or unkept hair, when all that matters is a moment of joy like reuniting with an old friend. Twice today, I got to wonder how long it’s been since two of our fiends got a hug from someone as Wendy gave them hugs. Imagine going weeks or months or years with no one caring enough to offer a hug.

Sixty-three lunches filled appetites today. Thanks to my grandson’s wedding reception this week, we were able to serve a complete meal of brisket, sausage, mac & cheese, green beans, baked beans and a dessert cup, plus lemon velvet cake or cranberry muffin, and a pbj sandwich.

“Now I can pay my rent!” We saw a man and woman at a bus stop with bags of gear at their feet, stopped, and offered lunches. The bus pass we gave the lady elicited her excited comment. Without engaging with people, you never know what concerns they are dealing with in life.

Being the start of a new month, we gave out bus passes to folks today along with each meal. Wendy also gave folks a choice of flavor packets for their bottled water. In the summertime, we try to give out flavor packets or electrolyte packets to encourage folks to stay hydrated. We had a box of cooling towels donated and will be giving those out.

Stopped by to see my friend at the skilled nursing home. I noticed he is always thinking of others and their well-being. He mentioned his roommate hasn’t been feeling wall and asked if I could bring his favorite candy, Peanut M&M’s. Despite being frail physically, he seems to be drawing his strength from God in caring about others above himself. I held up his cup of ice water to give him a sip before leaving.

Summer is definitely here, not only with high temperatures, but accompanied by humidity this past week. Folks love watermelon, so I will be cutting up some to serve whenever I can. There’s a routine I have to follow each week to make sure food gets prepped or cooked at the right time. Then heated on Friday morning if needed. It’s always a challenge to have enough room in the 2nd refrigerator. It’s usually pretty full with pbj sandwiches, pastries or desserts, fruit, side dishes, meats. Today was especially challenging in heating up so many different courses. The electric frying pan proved to be a time saver in addition to the oven and stove top.

Please continue to pray for the needs of our sheep. Many are disconnected or have minimal contact with any family or friends.

Sheep Patrol out, Clyde

05/31/2026

Feed His Sheep 05 31 26...Paid in full...Jesus paid it all...As our prayer team today took prayer requests and prayed for folks, it was a chance to be reminded that Jesus paid it all for us. The sin, shame and regret, lies and deceit, immorality, unbelief, pride, envy, anger, hate. So many issues complicate the lives of those we serve that the community surrounding them ignores or is unaware of. We offer our prayer station and prayer teams to personally extend the grace of God to them.

Just some of the needs expressed today to our prayer team: for disciplined strength to overcome addiction, family bonds broken, Faith/God’s presence and His will be done, need for housing, a number of requests for jobs, one starting a new job this week, loss of a mother, relationship with daughter and son, hope, anxiety, guilt, few or no friends. Same needs as people in your community. These folks just happen to be in different circumstances, homeless.

Eight years housed...Two years...Three years...Folks were telling me how long they have been housed or clean and sober. And a bit of advice from them. They didn’t fall into the trap so many get snared in causing the loss of housing. Obey the rules and be appreciative of having a place to live. Don’t keep bringing folks over for parties and making noise. Obey the curfew. Simple basic rules that are often one of the reasons someone loses their housing.

One friend moves from his slum lord apartment and hopefully into an inhabitable one tomorrow. He’s sick of dealing with the mice, bugs, mold, broken windows, and on and on. He may have been homeless, but he says he’s a human being and should not just be an afterthought. If not for covid, he may have been back on his feet and working a full -time job that he was qualified for and preparing to start.

After serving this morning, I helped a friend who’s had his share of adversity in the last week. AC went out. The repair man said the unit was shot, couldn’t fix it, and they didn’t have a replacement. Temperatures are in the 90’s. His microwave died, but fortunately I had one on hand to replace it with. I also gave him a bed fan to use.

Summer heat is arriving. Morning temperature started at 75 degrees. Shortly after serving started, over 170 people filled the parking lot. We ended up serving 225 meals today of Chili Mac with sour cream and jalapenos, chips, crackers, snack cakes granola bars, bananas, oranges, donuts, and bottled water. Despite the huge record-breaking crowd, we had just enough food! Our families from a house church in Guthrie made 18 pans of chili mac which normally would have meant leftovers.

Showing me his backpack, the shoulder straps were completely frayed and ready to give out. I’m not sure how long ago I gave it to my friend, but it’s seen better days. I replaced it with one that has a lot of storage room. Ten backpacks were given out plus 6 tarps. I trimmed a pair of insoles for a gal to her size. I gave nutrition drinks to one friend who has trouble swallowing food and told him folks have been kind and donated cases of drinks for me to keep him stocked up. 52 pairs of reading glasses were given out, a new record!

Once again Shannon Hayes brought a group from Forest Park Church of Christ to give out clothing and shoes. This is one of the ways their church volunteers are given an opportunity to serve. To live in such a way that their actions and deeds positively impact the community around them. By shining the light of Christ through their actions. Like today, they do this by being a positive influence and making meaningful contributions to the community that bring honor to God.

Lots of new faces today. They quickly got into the flow of traffic in the parking lot. Folks went from station to station, checking out clothing from Forest Park Church of Christ; wipes, sanitizer and dog food from the Youngs; socks from Anthony & Linda Adams; books, period.okc menstrual products, and reading glasses from the Dalvines; coffee or cold beverages from Tony & Deana and our volunteers, and from Geoff Munro: 114 PBJ sandwiches, 112 ritz bits, and 91 peanut bags.

Several people came up to just thank us for coming to serve them. Others stepped in to help clean up the parking lot and dump the trash. One showed up late and apologized because he wanted to be able to help clean up. People wanting to feel belonging, give back or do their share. Just like a community.

Sheep patrol out, Clyde

05/29/2026

Feed His Sheep 05 29 26...God, I know you’re busy, but you never forsake or abandon us...then he prayed for his nursing home roommate, Robyn and me and the ministry, finishing the Lord’s prayer and putting others ahead of himself...The aide just brought him lunch when I got there, Chili dogs and onion rings. I told him we served 61 hot dogs today.

Finding my friend talkative and attentive was encouraging. Between taking bites, I helped him with sips off water. He’d had a good breakfast. I told him about the morning’s street patrol distributing lunches downtown. He wanted to know who was helping us to serve on Sundays and if any of the regulars he knew were still coming.

Alex and I found quite a few people on the streets. Perhaps they were taking advantage of the morning rains subsiding just before we started serving. It rained hard downtown. After giving out 24 lunches driving around, we stopped by the library and as in the last few weeks, it was nonstop until all the food was gone.

This week, I cooked turkey apple sausages and some hot dogs that had been donated. Our weekly donation of breads was perfect as we got brioche and Hawaiian bread hot dog buns. I made pbj sandwiches, peach bread pudding and brownies. Water and flavoring and a snack bar rounded out the meals.

It’s always interesting to see who shows up from week to week. This time I recognized many but missed seeing a number of our old time regulars. Several needed help for toothaches or headaches and I some tylenol in the car. Another got triple antibiotic lotion.

Stopping at Curbside Flowers and Curbside Apparel is always uplifting.We can’t help but notice how upbeat and friendly all the workers and staff are. They love what they do and the atmosphere there.

It takes more than a job to end homelessness. Curbside is now an independent nonprofit and operates four social enterprise programs—Curbside Chronicle, Curbside Flowers, Curbside Apparel, and Sasquatch Shaved Ice. Not only that, their support services program provides housing case management and works alongside participants in their employment program to help them secure and maintain housing. They rely on donations to cover services that go along with their program costs.

Each year they help over 200 people gain or maintain housing after experiencing homelessness. Buying a magazine from one of their street vendors or patronizing the flower or apparel/print shop, or Sasquatch Shaved Ice in the Paseo District is just some of the ways you can be supportive of their mission and the impact they make to curb homelessness.

Sheep Patrol out, Clyde

05/25/2026

Feed His Sheep 05 25 26...When the sheep serve...Memorial Day presents problems for our homeless friends. Options to get a meal are limited on holidays. We’ve made an effort to serve a meal on most major holidays.

Overwhelming was today’s turnout as a packed parking lot greeted us upon arriving. We usually prepare for 70 or 80 meals. I made enough for around 110. We served everything we had and sent folks to McDonalds to buy burgers and we got more gallons of drinks to serve. We ended up serving around 135 meals.

I cut up 5 watermelons; made around 90 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches; cooked 25 pounds of meat for sloppy Joes; brought around 100 chilled bottles of water and 5 gallons of juices. We had 7 trays of donuts from Parkway Donuts and served around 200 donuts. Wendy brought flavor packets. I also randomly gave out green licorice. Folks had a choice of green beans or corn.

Special thanks to some of our sheep who helped us set up, serve, and clean up today. Without a regularly scheduled group coming to serve, we had just enough hands with our regular servants and sheep who pitched in to help. They love it as a way of giving back and being a part.

I literally had to cram everything into the van today as we had so much food and drink to keep hot or cold in our insulated bags or food carriers. Folks who were not able to get a backpack yesterday came back. I was able to help them with one today as 6 more were given out. Looks like I will be squeezing in some thrift store shopping again this week to look for more backpacks.

Folks continue to ask for blankets and tarps. One friend showed me his bike with 2 chains and locks I gave him to try to keep folks from stealing the bike or wheels. I brought him lights and a hand pump today. Two guys were suffering from toothaches and I gave them Oralgel. One gal took a fall on her way to us and I gave her triple antibiotic and Bandaids.

Another friend was helping folks get free phones. Last time I saw him, he grabbed a lunch from us on a Friday. He diligently tried to keep working and said he now had a van to drive around to work.

”It’s been 2 years and 3 days now I’ve been clean!” Folks coming to proudly tell us of the victories in their lives is encouraging and bring uplifting moments. When you have no family or support system to connect to, being able to share special moments with others can help bring a sense of belonging by knowing someone cares.

Sheep Patrol out, Clyde

05/24/2026

Feed His Sheep 05 24 26...If it were only that easy...We hear it often from the general public of the homeless...They need to get a job...

Today’s prayer requests included for a job, car, housing. Just as we were leaving, A gal living in her car couldn’t get it started. She was completely out of gas and didn’t have a gas can. I told her I would bring one tomorrow if she’s still stuck. . Another friend who has lived in his car for years was also on empty. Many others asked for bus passes. How do you get back and forth to work? Do you get cleaned up with a fresh set of clothes? Most of our folks don’t have that luxury. Survival is day to day, week to week.

The line was nonstop all morning for Robyn. Folk were needing Identification cards or birth certificates. Often the prerequisite for filling out applications or forms. Many don’t have a mailing address or phone. How do you stay in touch with an employer. Many side issues complicate the matter that are beyond a person’s control.

I provided more head lice treatment kits to a friend whose group all got infested. One guy in a wheelchair was looking for someone to wheel him to another location where they were serving a meal. Others were looking for clean clothing. The needs are so many and so varied from week to week.

Before the first meal was served, I counted 110 people in the parking lot. A huge crowd showed up that early. 165 breakfasts were served by New Hope Church of Christ, who come on the fourth Sunday of the month. Breakfast casseroles, watermelon ( a favorite!) , sandwiches, snacks, drinks and fruit fed the nonstop line of folks in perfect weather.

One friend makes jewelry and necklaces and bring them every Sunday to sell for a dollar or so. It helps her pay her rent and expenses. We are seeing more and more Curbside Chronicle vendors all around town wearing their green aprons selling the magazine. The few dollars these folks make go a long way in helping them survive.

All ten backpacks were given out. Folks were asking for tarps again but we gave out our last one last week. It’s a family affair as Toni and her entourage of kids helped us give out sunscreens and tootsie pops. The handful of blankets our volunteers had disappeared quickly. Many came asking for blankets the last few weeks. Helped one guy with severe tooth pains with some Oralgel. Three people lucked out because I had just restocked on ace bandages and helped them today. My diabetic friend got his weekly bag of sugar free snacks.

Fourteen prayer request slips were turned in. New Hope servants always welcome those in need of prayer and pray for them in the parking lot. Today, some of the needs included for children, friends, faith and God’s presence, health and self-confidence, bills, lack of control, perseverance and resilience, Hope, Loneliness and connection, peace, Attacks of Satan, Anxiety, to all pastors God has given to be His heart.

Our regular servants are so reliable, humble and dependable, coming every week. The Youngs with dogfood, sanitizer and wipes. Tony & Deana with cold drinks, Alex helping where needed, Geoff & Trish with sandwiches and snacks. Today, Acts 2 United Methodist from Edmond brought a variety of provisions that filled tables. Diana the donut lady also had antiperspirant.

Thank you all for Serving one another with love...

Sheep Patrol out, Clyde

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