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June 15, 2022 The Elk City News - 5 Call today to support Devotional the church page! 580-225-3000 REFLECTIONS + = Yow Auto Supply 221 South Jefferson Elk City, Okiahoma 580-225-2166 1121 South Main, Elk City P.O, Box 2579, Elk City, OK 73648 Phone: 580-243-0466 + Fax: 580-243-0472 lim Kellye L. Fuchs CPA =~ Office: 580.225.8877 Graduation...is it a beginning, and ending, or a stop along the way? Fax: 580.225.1183 Graduation is a beginning...of life as a young adult, of new |__—_____&—______ friendships, of higher education or a fulfilling occupation. Company PLLC 4000 N. Main tk city 716 W Src St, Elie City Graduation may also bring endings...to familiar surroundings and comfortable routines, to old friendships, to setting aside of childlike fears and secondhand ideas. Perhaps, graduation is a significant stop along the way...a time FARM BUREAU to remember the past, to ponder the present, and to dream of the /ED.INSURANCE Great Plains Bank future. Randy Dupree, LUTCF Et Cily- Whatever graduation means to you, feel proud of your accomplishments, and praise God for providing you with strength Ue * Home « Farm Aulo SEE-F492205 and guidance. Worship Him regularly, so that you may continue to 503 West 3rd, Elk City G4 COME receive His direction during this most meaningful time in your life! 580-2225-3330 Daily Bible Reading Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts 11-18 11:19-30 121-25 131-12 13:13-41 13:42-52 14:1-28 Margin-Less System Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society YX Daily Devotionalat DailyBible-AmericanBible.org ©2022 Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, PO, Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com thousands of miles away; far Margin enables us to think, more in a hurricane or earth- and to enjoy intentional time Area Chur irectory quake crisis. Result: Chronic with Jesus so we can share Seventh-Day Adventis anxiety God's love with others. If First Baptist Church Canute we have no margin and God Assembly of God 580-471-3688 Seventh-Day Adventist “Margin” is the space be- says, “I want you to do this,” Pastor Martin Brown 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City tween your load and your our resentful response is, Assembly of God 580-472-3472 115 W. Sth St., Brick Retrop Baptist Church Pastor Wes Via limit. We are stressed by too “Sorry, God - I'd like to help, Pastor: Gary Griffin much: (1) activity, (2) rapid but I already have too much Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 change, (3) information, (4) Assembly of God 580-303-0791 on my plate.” United Methodist choice, (S) debt, (6) media Better physical health: We 7th and Locust St., Sayre 702 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk exposure and, (7) electron- often begin building margin 580-928-4296 Queen ofAll Saints City ic connection with people. into our lives after the health Jimmy Blanken, Min. 914 N. Sth St., Sayre 580-225-0262 Our stretched-to-the limit, crisis occurs. Our bodies 580-928-2385 Scott Rodgers, Rev. chronically hurried lifestyle need downtime to recuper- First Assembly of God Rev. Danny Grover 2701 S. Randall , Elk City Dixie Yoder devours margin and feeds ate from everyday life. Even United Methodist irritation. We give the home- the fastest race-cars make 580-225-1167 St. Mathews Catholic 320 S. Magnoliea St., Erick pit-stops for maintenance. less the shelter they need; Kevin Akins, Min. 3001 E. Hwy 66, Elk City 580-526-3949 It seems the world is full of worried, annoyed people— the hungry, food they need; A car can't be repaired while Grandview Assembly of God 580-225-0066 Rev. Danny Grover United Methodist at home, at work, even in the short-of-breath, oxygen traveling 200 miles per hour! Pioneer and Country Club, Elk City 802 N. 4th St., Sayre church! We want to be hope- they need. But we give the Yet we expect our bodies and 580-225-7742 580-928-2146 ful even when life is stress- margin-less and stressed-out minds to be restored while Mark Little, Min. Antioch Christian Nazarene ful, but the anger and anxi- what we don’t need: more we race through life, with 3200 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City ety expressed by our culture constant activity and noise, never enough time to catch a 580-243-0066 First Church of The Nazarene is pretty frightening. Where futilely hoping for distrac- deep breath. Margin is essen- Jeff McDowell 816 W. 6th St., Elk City tion. Great Plains Baptist Assn. 580-225-2026 does it all come from? tial to good health. 1902 Watts St., Sayre Christian Church Robert Barkely, Pastor Stronger relationships: 580-928-2585 1S. Walnut, Erick ‘There are some very practi- In spite of what we often Time spent with spouse, Pentecostal cal reasons for the irritation children, parents and friends Bible Baptist Church 580-526-3284 hear in church, Jesus offers Grace Temple that grows into the rage we quiet stillness, not another builds strength into relation- 1018 W. B Avenue, Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City see in our current culture: activity: “Come to Me, all ships. Margin-less living is a 580-225-5344 First Christian Church (Diciples of Christ) Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors who labor and are heavy-lad- huge contributor to the col- People with electronics en and overburdened; I will lapse of the American family. Central Missionary Baptist 1500 N. Randall, Elk City Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Margin allows time to talk, 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City 580-225-7801 Pena in the bedroom sleep 2% cause you to rest. I will ease, 580-225-0212 600 W. Main, Elk City fewer hours nightly than relieve and refresh your... listen and enjoy one another. First Christian Pastor, Jose Reyes 75 years ago. This means mind, will, emotions.” (Mat- Margin-less living produc- Eastside Baptist 1601 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-928-3639 580-799-2964 45,625 hours less sleep over thew 11:28) es irritability that damages 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City 50 years. Result: Chronic fa- family, work and spiritual re- 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Presbyterian tigue. Margin is breathing room, lationships. Chris Carlisle, Min. Church of Christ First Presbyterian ‘The average office work- produced by deliberately 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City er’s desk is stacked with 36 minimizing non-essentials. We don’t have to live in Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 580-225-3130 hours of backlogged work; It is making a reserve, no constant “survival mode,” 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. three hours weekly is spent matter how small, of time, irritated, stressed out 580-225-0203 Non-Denominational looking through the stacks money and energy so the un- and struggling to make it First Baptist Church of Christ for needed documents. Re- expected won't push us over through another day. We can Erick ‘The Way Church 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 580-526-3397 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City sult: Chronic frustration the edge. Margin-less_ liv- choose right now to build a 580-225-7951. Inan average lifetime, we ing is the benchmark of our buffer into our lives wher- Elk City Community spend eight months open- culture; creating margin is ever possible. Slow down; First Baptist Church of Christ Elk City Meets at Pioneer & Bell 120 S. Randall Ave., Elk City ing junk mail; seven years counter-culture. Margin-less simplify; enjoy the benefits 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Brick 580-225-5295 580-225-1184 playing phone tag and wait- living is the disease of our of margin and see what God 580-526-3375 ing for latecomers. Result: decade; margin is the cure. accomplishes next! Jason Klechner, Min. Northeast Church of Christ Gateway Chronic annoyance. Among other things, margin First Baptist 616 N. Locust Avenue 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City ‘Americans average 90 allows: Infinite Grace Ministries 580-225-4395, 580-225-1184 minutes daily watching news 504 N. 4th St., Sayre Curtis Newton, Min, exists to assist in spiritual 580-928-5518 about Wall Street’s negative More time with God: Un- growth and intimacy with Westside Church of Christ ‘The Link performance; local, violent der constant overload, we our Father God. Call 580- First Hispanic Baptist 580-225-3052 200 S. Main, Elk City crimes, and deadly accidents only react to the pressure. 774-2884 to learn more. 919 W. 8th St., Blk City Church of God 580-225-7901, Church of God Trinity Fellowship 501 W. 1st, Elk City Sayre Main Street Baptist 580-225-0227 580-928-2345 Call today to support 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-2938 Joe Thompson, Min. Christ Ministiries the church page! Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 804 W. 6th St., Elk City 580-243-9708 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City Jehovah's Witnesses 580-225-3000 580-225-2061 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre 580-928-9330 One Church 120 N. Main, Elk City Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's J TERRY FURNITURE —= 580-210-8881 Brannan Duncan, Min. Witness 627 E. Benton Ave., Sayre SHOWROOM Sears Hometown Stores 2821 W 3rd St, Elk City 580-225-2131 Prairie View Baptist 1-40 S. 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