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RELIGION 4• SATURDAY, JULY 18, 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 PRUNING 580-526-3284 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 YOUR BRAIN lete Button: When we spend time think- Calvary Baptist Church 1018 W B Avenue, Elk City 580-225-5344 Pastor Brad Hyatt Sunday Worship 11 am First Christian 1601 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-928-3639 New Life Christian Center 802 N. 4th St., Sayre • 580-928-2146 [email protected] Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Choir Practice: 10:15am Sunday Worship: 10:45am Tuesday Bible Study: 12pm 20210 East Co. Road 1120 ing repeatedly about the an- Wednesday 6 pm Elk City, OK 73644 Nazarene The more you run a neu- gry words someone spoke Central Missionary Baptist Pastor: Michael Anderson First Church of The Nazarene ro-circuit in your brain, the (bitterness); what our spouse 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City www.NewLifeElkCity.com 816 W. 6th St., Elk City stronger that circuit becomes. didn’t do “right” (resentment), 580-225-0212 Service Information 580-225-2026 For example, the more you how desperate our finances Sundays: 10:00am & 6:00pm Rev. Andrew Dages Eastside Baptist Wednesdays: 7:00pm practice piano or speaking a seem (hopelessness), or how 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City language, the stronger these stupid the whole world is (cyn- 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Pentecostal Chase Brower, Min. Church of Christ circuits become. To learn icism), we fertilize poisonous Grace Temple 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City something new, even more im- “weed-thoughts,” helping them Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors portant than practicing, is the grow strong in our brains and 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. 580-225-0203 ability to unlearn—or break making our bodies sick. We Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Pena 301 S. Magnolia Ave, Erick 600 W. Main, Elk City down—the old circuits. This is cannot control every circum- First Baptist Douglas Holland, Minister Pastor, Jose Reyes called “synaptic pruning.” stance, but we can determine 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 816-726-6988 580-799-2964 580-225-7951 Dixie Yoder the impact of every circum- Bible Study 10am Sunday Your brain is like a garden, stance on our lives, by choos- First Baptist Worship 11am Sunday Presbyterian If there was a brain-me- Ladies Bible Study 10am Wednesday but instead of flowers or veg- ing how we think about what’s 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick Evening Open Bible Study 7pm ter that could measure the 580-526-3375 First Presbyterian etables, you grow synaptic happening. The Bible calls it Wednesday 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City fear-quotient or the trust-quo- Jason Klechner, Min. connections between neurons. renewing the mind. 580-225-3130 tient in each thought, what Church of Christ Elk City Neurotransmitters like do- First Baptist Meets at Pioneer & Bell would your fear/trust score be? 504 N. 4th St., Sayre Non-Denominational pamine and serotonin trav- Let’s determine to exactly re- 580-501-0175 It may surprise you to know, 580-928-5518 [email protected] we actually do have a way to el across these connections. verse the amount of time spent The Way Church Microglial cells are the brain’s thinking weedy thoughts, and First Hispanic Baptist Westside Church of Christ 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City measure fear and trust levels in 919 W. 8th St., Elk City gardener and waste removers: the time we invest in think- 580-225-3052 our thought life. It’s our physi- 580-225-7901 Gateway cal health! pulling “weeds”, killing “pests”, ing about life from God’s per- Church of God 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City raking up “dead leaves”. The spective. We must know what Main Street Baptist 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-0227 Curtis Newton, Min. Numerous ongoing stud- synaptic connections that get the Bible says! In agreement 580-225-2938 Joe Thompson, Min. ies show a direct correlation used less are marked by a pro- with God’s Word; setting our The Link tein. When the microglial cells focus, thoughts and conversa- Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 200 S. Main, Elk City between chronic worry and 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City sense the protein, they bond to tion on Life rather than death, Jehovah’s Witnesses gastrointestinal problems, 580-225-2061 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre Trinity Fellowship headaches, respiratory illness- it to “prune” the synapse; mak- our God-designed “brain gar- 580-928-9330 Sayre ing physical space available to dener” microglial cells will cut One Church 580-928-2345 es and heart disease, just to 200 East Broadway, Elk City Lutheran name a few. The Bible shows build new learning and infor- the “wrong-thought-weeds” 580-210-8881 Christ Ministiries mation. down. This permits strong Kevin Brosius (pastor) Christ Lutheran a clear connection between 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 804 W. 6th St., Elk City wrong thinking and poor bone Godly thoughts to mature and 580-225-2266 580-243-9708 Prairie View Baptist health (Proverbs 3:7-8; 4:20- As you sleep, your brain cells produce the abundant harvest I-40 & S Hwy 34, Elk City 22; 16:24-25; 17:22). shrink by 60% to make room of joy, good physical health Pastor Tod Thornton Seventh-Day Adventist for the microglial cells to work. and emotional freedom! Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30 Wed Prairie View Troops 3:30 Seventh-Day Adventist We’ve all experienced the Even a 10-20 minute nap gives Wed Prayer Meeting 6:30 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City your “gardeners” the oppor- 1 Thessalonians 5:15-19; 580-472-3472 tension that causes headaches, Service times: tunity to come in and clear Colossians 4:2-3: See that no Retrop Baptist Church diarrhea and heart palpita- Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 2:00 pm Bible Study tions. We’re also familiar with away trash. It’s like running a one repays another with evil 580-303-0791 2:50 pm Church Service the commercials that encour- defragmentation on your com- for evil, but always seek that age us to ask for any number puter. which is good…for all people. of drugs. But what if, instead Rejoice always; pray without of big medical bills that inten- If you’re fighting with some- one at work, and devote your ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for SUPPORT & RECOVERY RESOURCES sify the worry, and dangerous chemicals with their myriad of time to thinking about how to you in Christ Jesus…devote AA-Elk City Original Group– 105 Meadow Ridge Dr, Elk City, Main St, Elk City, Mon at 7pm miserable side effects that sim- get even with them, and not yourselves to prayer, keeping 113 Meadow Ridge Dr Suite K, Elk Nightly at 7pm CR - Great Plains Baptist Associ- about your big project, you’re alert in it with an attitude of City–M-F at noon & Every Night at Codependents Anony- ation- 1906 N Watts, Sayre - Th 6:30 ply soothe some of the symp- going to wind up a synaptic thanksgiving… 7pm mous-White Buffalo, Mon 5:30pm NA-Elk City– 100 S. Monroe Ave, toms, we could take care of the AA-Elk City Southside Group– CR - The Link Church - 200 S. Suite 18, Elk City, Nightly at 7pm root of the problem at home? superstar at revenge plots, but a poor innovator. You literally Send questions, comments Following are excerpts from craft your own mind by choos- and topic suggestions to: ing your focus. Dr. Dixie Yoder: drdixie51@ SUBSCRIBE TODAY an insightful article by Judah Pollack, Your Brain Has A De- gmail.com Current news and great deals delivered right to your door! Call today to support the church page! 580-225-3000