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RELIGION 4• SATURDAY, APRIL 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 TYRANNY OF CHOICE 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 United Methodist - Sayre examine every option. They and new relationships, don’t 580-928-2585 802 N. 4th St., Sayre • 580-928-2146 engage in more comparisons, satisfy. Our deep human First Christian [email protected] Calvary Baptist Church 1601 N. 4th St., Sayre both before and after their needs cannot be satisfied by 1018 W B Avenue, Elk City Sunday School: 9:30am 580-928-3639 Sunday Choir Practice: 10:15am 580-225-5344 selection. Since no one can the superficial. Pastor Brad Hyatt Sunday Worship: 10:45am New Life Christian Center Tuesday Bible Study: 12pm realistically investigate every God established the privi- Sunday Worship 11 am 20210 East Co. Road 1120 alternative, decision-making lege of choice in Eden through Wednesday 6 pm Elk City, OK 73644 Nazarene becomes more frustrating and the Tree of Knowledge of Central Missionary Baptist Pastor: Michael Anderson First Church of The Nazarene disappointing as options in- Good and Evil. We only 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City www.NewLifeElkCity.com 816 W. 6th St., Elk City 580-225-0212 Service Information crease. reach the full capacity of our 580-225-2026 Sundays: 10:00am & 6:00pm Rev. Andrew Dages Too many choices raise ex- God-given human design by Eastside Baptist Wednesdays: 7:00pm 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City pectations and deepen depres- making significant life choic- 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Pentecostal sion levels when expectations es under His wise guidance. Chase Brower, Min. Church of Christ Grace Temple can’t be met. Determined When we depend so heavi- Fairview Baptist 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City Dixie Yoder 580-225-0718 Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors Maximizers were found to be ly on eternally insignificant 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. The ability to make gen- the least happy with the result choices about cars, clothes, 580-225-0203 Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Pena 301 S. Magnolia Ave, Erick 600 W. Main, Elk City uine choices is part of our of their efforts; expressing lit- sports, paper towels and cell- First Baptist Douglas Holland, Minister Pastor, Jose Reyes God-likeness. Choice was a tle pleasure when decisions phones to make life meaning- 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 816-726-6988 580-799-2964 580-225-7951 Bible Study 10am Sunday gift from God, in Eden, not were proven to be good, and ful, we leave no time or energy from those who insist we great dissatisfaction when for the truly significant spiri- First Baptist Worship 11am Sunday Presbyterian Ladies Bible Study 10am Wednesday 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick Evening Open Bible Study 7pm have the right to choose cars they found a “better deal” af- tual and relationship choices 580-526-3375 First Presbyterian Wednesday 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City to gender and everything be- ter their selection. that produce human maturity Jason Klechner, Min. 580-225-3130 tween. But unlimited, unwise The second group, Satis- and stability. First Baptist Church of Christ Elk City Meets at Pioneer & Bell choices are exhausting and ficers, stopped looking when In many ways, we worship 504 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-501-0175 Non-Denominational produce bondage rather than they chose the item that met the gift of choice rather than 580-928-5518 [email protected] The Way Church freedom and contentment. the need. Schwartz’s research God, Who gave the gift. But First Hispanic Baptist Westside Church of Christ 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City We generally assume that shows they enjoyed the re- when we receive salvation 919 W. 8th St., Elk City 580-225-3052 580-225-7901 Gateway the increased options provid- sults of their decisions more, and mature in understanding 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City Church of God ed by American prosperity, spending significantly less God’s way of being, greed and Main Street Baptist 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-0227 Curtis Newton, Min. allowing us to choose exact- time brooding afterward than selfishness diminish. The des- 580-225-2938 Joe Thompson, Min. ly what we want, will always Maximizers. perate need for more things The Link guarantee greater happiness. However, both Maximizers and greater variety is system- Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 200 S. Main, Elk City 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City Jehovah’s Witnesses The surprising reality is that and Satificers face adapta- atically reduced as we are ful- 580-225-2061 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre Trinity Fellowship too many options actually cre- tion: becoming accustomed filled in our relationship with 580-928-9330 Sayre One Church 580-928-2345 ate greater distress. to new things and relation- Jesus. 200 East Broadway, Elk City Lutheran Recent research reveals that ships. For example, a con- “If anyone…doesn’t agree 580-210-8881 Christ Ministiries Kevin Brosius (pastor) Christ Lutheran 804 W. 6th St., Elk City increased choice and wealth sumer agonizes over which with the sound teaching of 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 580-243-9708 have decreased the overall vehicle to buy, finally choos- our Lord Jesus Christ that pro- Prairie View Baptist 580-225-2266 I-40 & S Hwy 34, Elk City spiritual and emotional well- ing an expensive SUV. He motes Godliness, he is conceit- Pastor Tod Thornton Seventh-Day Adventist being of westernized, afflu- drives it, trying to forget other ed, understanding nothing… Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30 Wed Prairie View Troops 3:30 Seventh-Day Adventist ent cultures. The U.S. Gross options, but familiarity and filled with envy, quarreling, Wed Prayer Meeting 6:30 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City National Product increased depreciation soon tarnish the slanders, evil suspicions, and 580-472-3472 Retrop Baptist Church Service times: steadily over the past several entire experience. He regrets constant disagreement. But 2:00 pm Bible Study Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 decades, but people describ- what he didn’t choose, and is Godliness with contentment 580-303-0791 2:50 pm Church Service ing themselves as “very hap- disappointed by what he did is a great gain. We brought py,” declined steadily during choose. nothing into the world, and that time. More Americans Our lives are crowded with we can take nothing out. But than ever are being diagnosed too many leisure and work if we have food and clothing, SUPPORT & RECOVERY RESOURCES with some form of depression. alternatives; consumer choic- we will be content with these. AA-Elk City Original Group– 105 Meadow Ridge Dr, Elk City, CR - The Link Church - 200 S. Barry Schwartz, writing for es; and too much informa- (1 Timothy 6:6-8) 113 Meadow Ridge Dr Suite K, Elk Nightly at 7pm Main St, Elk City, Mon at 7pm The Scientific America, ex- tion. We make today’s choic- Biblical Guidance coun- City–M-F at noon & M,W,F,S,Su at NA-Elk City– 100 S. Monroe CR - Great Plains Baptist Asso- amined responses from two es by comparing our current seling through Infinite Grace 7pm Ave, Suite 18, Elk City, Nightly at ciation- 1906 N Watts, Sayre - Th groups who answered ques- options with what we hoped Ministries offers life-changing AA-Elk City Southside Group– 7pm 6:30 tions evaluating their satisfac- for in yesterday’s choices. But teaching about the eternal love tion level in decision making. even when we get what we say of God. 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