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July 28, 2021 7 Call today to support the church page! Devotional 580-225-3000 SANCTUARY Photo Credit: bigstockphoto/bennymarti O n vacation there is so much to see and do that it is easy to forget about worship. What an opportunity to visit a new house of God, whether it is a monumental cathedral or a small historic sanctuary. Stop in for a while and spend some time with Him. Let serenity spread through your spirit. Sing praises to the Lord, for He is with you wherever you are…the Creator of the splendor that we enjoy on vacation and each day. May God bless you with His protection as you travel on your way. Daily Devotional Reading 1 Thess. 1 Thess. 2 Thess. 2 Thess. 2 Thess. Matthew Matthew 4:1-18 5:1-28 1:1-12 2:1-17 3:1-18 15:21-39 16:1-12 Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society Killing Snakes ©2021, Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.O. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com Area Church Directory Swamp Wars, follows rible, deadly, constrict- First Baptist Church Canute Assembly of God 580-471-3688 Seventh-Day Adventist wildlife experts battling ing virus that overtakes Seventh-Day Adventist Assembly of God Pastor Martin Brown to keep the Everglades cultures and individual 115 W. 5th St., Erick 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City from being overtaken by lives. There is only one Pastor: Gary Griffin Retrop Baptist Church 580-472-3472 Pastor Wes Via “vaccination” for it. Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 pythons that have been 580-303-0791 Without the blood of Je- Assembly of God Methodist released by pet owners 7th and Locust St., Sayre Canute United Methodist 580-928-4296 Queen of All Saints into a wild environment sus, there is no way to 914 N. 5th St., Sayre Mains St. and Harton Ave, Canute slow its spread. Jimmy Blanken, Min. 580-225-5080 with no natural preda- 580-928-2385 tors. Their population is Rev. Danny Grover Timothy Israel, Min. First Assembly of God 2701 S. Randall , Elk City United Methodist exploding and it has be- A python kills by tight- 580-225-1167 St. Mathews Catholic 3001 E. Hwy 66, Elk City 702 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk come necessary for peo- ening its coils around Kevin Akins, Min. 580-225-0066 City Dixie Yoder ple to fight to keep their its prey and squeez- Grandview Assembly of God Rev. Danny Grover 580-225-0262 numbers in check. ing until breath is gone. Scott Rodgers, Rev. Pioneer and Country Club, Elk City I don’t like snakes! I’ve Some pet owners have 580-225-7742 Mark Little, Min. Christian Antioch Christian United Methodist heard what experts say 3200 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 320 S. Magnoliea St., Erick In the beginning, hu- been killed by snakes 580-526-3949 about snakes—they’re Baptist 580-243-0066 mankind’s only natural they’ve fed and handled Jeff McDowell from very small. They ecologically necessary United Methodist enemy, Lucifer, invaded and beneficial. Many Great Plains Baptist Assn. 802 N. 4th St., Sayre 1902 Watts St., Sayre Christian Church the sinless Garden of foolishly believed that 1 S. Walnut, Erick 580-928-2146 “their snake” was dif- have beautiful designs 580-928-2585 Eden equipped with the 580-526-3284 and colors in their Nazarene Lie—“you can be as ferent, placing trust in a Bible Baptist Church First Church of The Nazarene First Christian Church God.” The first couple scales, and some people 1018 W. B Avenue, Elk City 816 W. 6th St., Elk City creature whose inherent 580-225-5344 (Diciples of Christ) even insist they make 1500 N. Randall, Elk City 580-225-2026 had been given author- wild nature had never good pets. Some specu- 580-225-7801 Robert Barkely, Pastor changed. Central Missionary Baptist ity over the entire earth 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City Pentecostal late that people hate and every living creature 580-225-0212 First Christian 1601 N. 4th St., Sayre Grace Temple snakes because of the God had created. (Gen- Worry, hatred, disap- Eastside Baptist 580-928-3639 601 W. 20th St, Elk City one supposedly found Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors esis 1:28-29) Adam and pointment, bitterness, 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City in the Garden of Eden. Eve had the authority jealousy, envy, rage and 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Church of Christ Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Chris Carlisle, Min. Pena Probably not—the crea- to send the fallen angel, unbelief are destructive 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 600 W. Main, Elk City Lucifer, out of Eden. 580-225-0718 ture in Eden is called spiritual pythons that Fairview Baptist Gantt Carter, Min. Pastor, Jose Reyes 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City 580-799-2964 a serpent; not a snake, roam freely and begin 580-225-0203 The first couple had Church of Christ and seems to refer to a to wrap around us soon Erick Presbyterian after birth. They grow First Baptist seraph, the only class of complete freedom to eat 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 580-526-3397 First Presbyterian 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City heavenly beings identi- from every tree in Eden, rapidly, fed by the hu- 580-225-7951 Church of Christ Elk City 580-225-3130 fied as having wings. except one. But because manistic blindness and First Baptist Meets at Pioneer & Bell Tradition and pictures not having that one thing ignorance of our spiri- 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick 580-225-5295 Non-Denominational 580-526-3375 in children’s Bible story made them feel cheated, tual enemy that is so Jason Klechner, Min. Northeast Church of Christ The Way Church rampant in our culture. 616 N. Locust Avenue 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City books, not careful Bibli- and the thought of more 580-225-4395 First Baptist cal interpretation, places produced a sense of ex- These constrictions 504 N. 4th St., Sayre Elk City Community a snake in the Garden. citement, the first couple feel so familiar that we 580-928-5518 Westside Church of Christ 120 S. Randall Ave., Elk City 580-225-1184 580-225-3052 failed to stop the inva- hardly notice as they First Hispanic Baptist Animal Planet’s show, sion of sin. Sin is a ter- gradually squeeze hope 919 W. 8th St., Elk City Church of God Gateway 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City 580-225-7901 Church of God 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 580-225-0227 Curtis Newton, Min. Main Street Baptist 1101 N. Main St., Elk City Joe Thompson, Min. The Link 580-225-2938 200 S. Main, Elk City Jehovah’s Witnesses Jehovah’s Witnesses Mt. Carmal Baptist Trinity Fellowship 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre 580-928-9330 Sayre 580-225-2061 580-928-2345 One Church Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Wit- ness Christ Ministiries 120 N. Main, Elk City 804 W. 6th St., Elk City 580-210-8881 627 E. Benton Ave., Sayre 580-243-9708 Brannan Duncan, Min. Lutheran Christ Lutheran Prairie View Baptist I-40 S. Hwy. 34, Elk City 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 580-225-2844 580-225-2266