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RELIGION 4• SATURDAY, JULY 25, 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 MAGNIFY 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 802 N. 4th St., Sayre • 580-928-2146 THE LORD 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 Sunday Worship 11 am 20210 East Co. Road 1120 Wednesday 6 pm Elk City, OK 73644 “May all those who seek, when people see good works Nazarene Central Missionary Baptist Pastor: Michael Anderson inquire of and for You, and re- done in His name, they “glorify 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City First Church of The Nazarene www.NewLifeElkCity.com 816 W. 6th St., Elk City quire You [as their vital need] your Father in heaven.” Obe- 580-225-0212 Service Information 580-225-2026 rejoice and be glad in You; and dience makes God’s character Sundays: 10:00am & 6:00pm Rev. Andrew Dages Eastside Baptist Wednesdays: 7:00pm may those who love Your salva- visible through your action. 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City tion say continually, Let God be 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Pentecostal magnified!” Psalm
Sharing what God has done Chase Brower, Min. Church of Christ Grace Temple magnifies Him by making 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 “Let all those that seek and His work known. Psalm 40:10 Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. require You rejoice and be glad says, “I have not hidden your 580-225-0203 Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Pena in You; let such as love Your deliverance… I have spoken of 301 S. Magnolia Ave, Erick 600 W. Main, Elk City First Baptist Douglas Holland, Minister salvation say continually, The your faithfulness.” Testimony is Pastor, Jose Reyes 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 816-726-6988 580-799-2964 Lord be magnified!” Psalm
spiritual magnification—your 580-225-7951 Bible Study 10am Sunday story becomes a lens through First Baptist Worship 11am Sunday Presbyterian Dixie Yoder Ladies Bible Study 10am Wednesday Mary declares in Luke which others see God. 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick Evening Open Bible Study 7pm First Presbyterian 1:46: “My soul magnifies the 580-526-3375 Wednesday A phrase often used in praise Jason Klechner, Min. 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City music and church atmosphere Lord.” Mary wasn’t using her Magnifying God means 580-225-3130 Church of Christ Elk City is magnify the Lord. It’s one voice to amplify God; she was choosing to recognize that He First Baptist Meets at Pioneer & Bell using her life. Magnifying God is infinitely greater than your 504 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-501-0175 Non-Denominational of those catch phrases that we 580-928-5518 begins internally—through circumstances. Psalm 34:4 [email protected] often use without stopping to The Way Church think what it really means. We humility, surrender, and awe— shows David doing exactly First Hispanic Baptist Westside Church of Christ 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City and then expresses itself exter- this: “I sought the Lord, and 919 W. 8th St., Elk City 580-225-3052 are accustomed to the mean- 580-225-7901 nally through obedience and He answered me and delivered Gateway ing of a magnifying glass, and Church of God 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City we know that means to make testimony. It is the movement me from all my fears.” Fear— Main Street Baptist 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 from seeing God rightly to and self—shrinks when God is 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-0227 Curtis Newton, Min. something look bigger. The 580-225-2938 showing God rightly. magnified. Joe Thompson, Min. analogy breaks down there— The Link we never make God look great- Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 200 S. Main, Elk City Magnifying the Lord Magnifying God reshapes 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City Jehovah’s Witnesses er; we simple acknowledge the 580-225-2061 means aligning your perspec- your identity. When God be- 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre Trinity Fellowship reality of His greatness. 580-928-9330 Sayre tive so that God becomes the comes larger in your view, ev- One Church 580-928-2345 Magnifying the Lord is a call dominant reality in your life. erything else finds its proper 200 East Broadway, Elk City Lutheran 580-210-8881 Christ Ministiries to live differently. It’s not about Psalm 34:3 captures this beau- scale. Problems become small- Kevin Brosius (pastor) Christ Lutheran 804 W. 6th St., Elk City making God bigger—He can- tifully: “O magnify the Lord er, pride becomes weaker, and 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 580-243-9708 with me, and let us exalt His hope becomes stronger. Isaiah Prairie View Baptist 580-225-2266 not be enlarged. It’s about mak- I-40 & S Hwy 34, Elk City ing His greatness more vis- name together.” Magnification 40:26 urges us to “lift up your Pastor Tod Thornton Seventh-Day Adventist ible through your life, your is communal. It’s an invitation eyes” and behold God’s power. Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30 to shift the focus away from Magnification is a spiritual dis- Wed Prairie View Troops 3:30 Seventh-Day Adventist perspective, and your worship. Wed Prayer Meeting 6:30 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City Scripture treats magnifying ourselves and toward God’s cipline of looking up instead of 580-472-3472 God as both an inner posture character, works, and promise. inward. Retrop Baptist Church Service times: Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 2:00 pm Bible Study and an outward witness, and 580-303-0791 2:50 pm Church Service when you trace the theme Worship is the most obvious Magnifying the Lord is not across the Bible, you see a pat- form of magnification. Psalm a moment—it’s a lifestyle. It’s tern: people who truly see God 69:30 says, “I will praise the choosing, day after day, to clearly cannot help but make Him known. name of God with a song; I will magnify Him with thanksgiv- make God the most visible reality in your thoughts, your SUPPORT & RECOVERY RESOURCES ing.” Gratitude enlarges God’s choices, and your relationships. AA-Elk City Original Group– 105 Meadow Ridge Dr, Elk City, Main St, Elk City, Mon at 7pm “Let those who favor my presence in our awareness. When you magnify the Lord, 113 Meadow Ridge Dr Suite K, Elk Nightly at 7pm CR - Great Plains Baptist Associ- righteous cause and have plea- When you thank God publicly your life becomes a testimony City–M-F at noon & Every Night at Codependents Anony- ation- 1906 N Watts, Sayre - Th 6:30 sure in my uprightness shout or privately, you are spotlight- that God is worthy, present, 7pm mous-White Buffalo, Mon 5:30pm NA-Elk City– 100 S. Monroe Ave, for joy and be glad and say con- ing His goodness. powerful, and good. AA-Elk City Southside Group– CR - The Link Church - 200 S. Suite 18, Elk City, Nightly at 7pm tinually, Let the Lord be magni- fied, Who takes pleasure in the Obedience magnifies God Send your questions, com- prosperity of His servant.” because it demonstrates trust. ments and topic suggestions to: Jesus said in Matthew 5:16 that [email protected] SUBSCRIBE TODAY Current news and great deals delivered right to your door! Call today to support the church page! 580-225-3000