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RELIGION 4• SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2026 The Elk City News Area Church Directory Assembly of God Catholic Methodist Queen of All Saints Assembly of God 914 N. 5th St., Sayre 115 W. 5th St., Erick United Methodist - Elk CIty 580-928-2385 720 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City • Pastor: Gary Griffin Rev. Danny Grover 580-225-0262 Assembly of God [email protected] St. Mathews Catholic www.elkcityumc.com 7th and Locust St., Sayre 3001 E. Hwy 66, Elk City 580-928-4296 Sunday Worship: 9:00am (traditional); 580-225-0066 11:00am (contemporary) Jimmy Blanken, Min. Rev. Danny Grover Sunday School: 10:00 am First Assembly of God Christian Sunday Choir Practice: 10:15am 2701 S. Randall , Elk City Wednesday Night: 5:30pm Dinner; Antioch Christian 6:00pm Nursery (0-2 years old), 580-225-1167 3200 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City Kevin Akins, Min. GLOW Kids (2 years old to 3rd grade), 580-243-0066 Highway 456 (4th-6th grade), Youth Jeff McDowell group (7th-12th grade), 6:30pm Adult Grandview Assembly of God Pioneer and Country Club, Elk City Bible Study Christian Church 580-225-7742 1 S. Walnut, Erick Bryan Herrick United Methodist - Erick 580-526-3284 Reverent Silence and 320 S Magnolia Ave, Erick Baptist First Christian Church 580-526-3949 [email protected] (Diciples of Christ) Sunday Worship: 9:00am Great Plains Baptist Assn. 1500 N. Randall, Elk City 1902 Watts St., Sayre 580-225-7801 580-928-2585 United Methodist - Sayre Worshipful Praise 802 N. 4th St., Sayre • 580-928-2146 First Christian [email protected] Calvary Baptist Church 1601 N. 4th St., Sayre 1018 W B Avenue, Elk City Sunday School: 9:30am 580-928-3639 Sunday Choir Practice: 10:15am 580-225-5344 Pastor Brad Hyatt Sunday Worship: 10:45am New Life Christian Center Tuesday Bible Study: 12pm ments of silence, the worshiper terwoven movements. Silence Sunday Worship 11 am 20210 East Co. Road 1120 Wednesday 6 pm Elk City, OK 73644 yields control, listens deeply, prepares the heart for authentic Nazarene and allows God to define the praise. It clears away distraction, Central Missionary Baptist Pastor: Michael Anderson First Church of The Nazarene 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City www.NewLifeElkCity.com encounter. humbles the spirit, and creates a 580-225-0212 816 W. 6th St., Elk City Service Information 580-225-2026 The Psalms also affirm this place for God’s presence to be Sundays: 10:00am & 6:00pm Rev. Andrew Dages quiet posture. Psalm 62 speaks received. Praise, in turn, gives Eastside Baptist Wednesdays: 7:00pm 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City of waiting in silence for God voice to what has been recog- 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Pentecostal alone, portraying stillness as an nized in the silence. It trans- Chase Brower, Min. Church of Christ Grace Temple act of trust. Silence becomes a forms inward awe into outward 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors spiritual discipline that resists declaration. 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. 580-225-0203 the cultural noise, making it Jesus himself embodies this Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Pena 301 S. Magnolia Ave, Erick 600 W. Main, Elk City possible to hear God’s voice. In balance. He withdraws to soli- First Baptist Douglas Holland, Minister Pastor, Jose Reyes 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 816-726-6988 a world saturated with the con- tary places to pray in quiet, yet 580-225-7951 580-799-2964 Dixie Yoder Bible Study 10am Sunday stant sound of selfexpression, He also participates in syna- First Baptist Worship 11am Sunday Presbyterian I grew up in a church atmo- biblical silence is countercul- gogue worship, sings hymns Ladies Bible Study 10am Wednesday 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick Evening Open Bible Study 7pm sphere that demanded a stiff tural. It trains at heart level to with His disciples, and publicly First Presbyterian 580-526-3375 Wednesday 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City silence that passed for holiness. recognize that God is not dis- proclaims the kingdom. His Jason Klechner, Min. 580-225-3130 covered through human striv- life demonstrates that intimacy Church of Christ Elk City I have since often attended ser- First Baptist Meets at Pioneer & Bell vices where raucous, continual ing but through humble atten- with the Father involves both 504 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-501-0175 Non-Denominational 580-928-5518 [email protected] noise passes for worship and tiveness. stillness and expression. The Way Church have often thought there must Scripture equally celebrates The early church continues First Hispanic Baptist Westside Church of Christ 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City 919 W. 8th St., Elk City 580-225-3052 be a place where both reverent worshipful praise—vibrant, vo- this pattern. Acts describes be- 580-225-7901 Gateway silence and worshipful praise cal, embodied expressions of lievers praying quietly, listening Church of God 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City joy, gratitude, and proclama- to the Spirit, and also lifting Main Street Baptist 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 can be enjoyed. 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-0227 Curtis Newton, Min. Scripture presents worship tion. The Psalms overflow with their voices in unified praise; 580-225-2938 Joe Thompson, Min. not as a single posture but as commands to sing, shout, clap, contemplative prayer alongside The Link Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 200 S. Main, Elk City a dynamic rhythm—one that and make music. Psalm 150 jubilant celebration. 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City Jehovah’s Witnesses moves between reverent silence crescendos with an invitation Holding silence and praise 580-225-2061 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre Trinity Fellowship for “everything that has breath” together guards against imbal- 580-928-9330 Sayre and joyful, vocal praise. These One Church 580-928-2345 two expressions may appear op- to praise the Lord. This is not ance. Silence without praise can 200 East Broadway, Elk City Lutheran 580-210-8881 Christ Ministiries posite, yet the Bible holds them optional enthusiasm but a ne- become introspective or stag- Kevin Brosius (pastor) Christ Lutheran 804 W. 6th St., Elk City together as complementary di- cessity: praise declares who God nant. Praise without silence can 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 580-243-9708 Prairie View Baptist 580-225-2266 mensions of encountering God. is and what God has done. It is become a mere performance. I-40 & S Hwy 34, Elk City Understanding this balance re- the natural overflow of a heart But when the two are woven Pastor Tod Thornton Seventh-Day Adventist veals a richer, more holistic vi- awakened to grace. together, worship becomes both Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30 Wed Prairie View Troops 3:30 Seventh-Day Adventist sion of worship that engages the Praise in Scripture is often deep and vibrant—rooted in Wed Prayer Meeting 6:30 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City communal and celebratory. Is- awe and overflowing with joy. 580-472-3472 whole person before the fullness Service times: Retrop Baptist Church of God’s character. rael’s festivals, temple worship, Ultimately, the biblical vi- Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 2:00 pm Bible Study Reverent silence in Scripture and victory songs reveal a peo- sion that mirrors the character 580-303-0791 2:50 pm Church Service is not emptiness or passivity. It ple who encountered God not of God: transcendent yet near, is the soul’s stillness before the only in quiet contemplation but majestic yet intimate. Reverent in shared, exuberant rejoicing. silence honors God’s holiness. overwhelming reality of God’s holiness, sovereignty, and mys- Praise is a testimony—an out- Worshipful praise celebrates SUPPORT & RECOVERY RESOURCES tery. Habakkuk captures this ward witness to God’s faithful- God’s goodness. Together, they AA-Elk City Original Group– 105 Meadow Ridge Dr, Elk City, CR - The Link Church - 200 S. posture succinctly: “The Lord ness. It strengthens community, form a complete response to the 113 Meadow Ridge Dr Suite K, Elk Nightly at 7pm Main St, Elk City, Mon at 7pm is in his holy temple; let all shapes identity, and reminds One who is worthy of both qui- City–M-F at noon & M,W,F,S,Su at NA-Elk City– 100 S. 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