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RELIGION 4• SATURDAY, MAY 30, 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 RED POPPIES 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 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 wars. She donated the mon- look backward in time, but Pastor Brad Hyatt Sunday Worship: 10:45am New Life Christian Center ey to servicemen in need. as an opportunity to show Sunday Worship 11 am 20210 East Co. Road 1120 Tuesday Bible Study: 12pm In 1924, the VFW estab- the next generations their Wednesday 6 pm Elk City, OK 73644 Nazarene lished the “Buddy” Poppy roots. If family members Central Missionary Baptist Pastor: Michael Anderson First Church of The Nazarene program selling artificial are not buried in local cem- 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City www.NewLifeElkCity.com 816 W. 6th St., Elk City poppies made by disabled eteries, we can all take some 580-225-0212 Service Information 580-225-2026 veterans. I remember the time to share stories of past Eastside Baptist Sundays: 10:00am & 6:00pm Rev. Andrew Dages Wednesdays: 7:00pm excitement in grade school generations, including ex- 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City of receiving a cardboard periences in the military. 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Pentecostal Chase Brower, Min. plaque filled with a doz- Church of Christ Grace Temple 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City en crepe-paper poppies Culture and traditions Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors made by disabled veterans. are changing rapidly. Our 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. 580-225-0203 There was a slot under each children and grandchildren Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Pena 301 S. Magnolia Ave, Erick 600 W. Main, Elk City one, and we took the card need to hear what life was First Baptist Douglas Holland, Minister Dixie Yoder Pastor, Jose Reyes around to family and neigh- like “then” to give them an 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 816-726-6988 580-799-2964 580-225-7951 I purposely waited until bors, asking a nickel for appreciation for current Bible Study 10am Sunday after Memorial Day to pub- each flower. While raising blessings and an under- First Baptist Worship 11am Sunday Presbyterian Ladies Bible Study 10am Wednesday lish this column because I money for veterans, we were standing of how the power 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick Evening Open Bible Study 7pm First Presbyterian 580-526-3375 didn’t want it to get lost in made aware of the sacrifice of God makes it possible to Jason Klechner, Min. Wednesday 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City they made for our freedom. endure difficult times—in 580-225-3130 the weekend celebrations. Church of Christ Elk City It’s important to remember war and in peace. First Baptist Meets at Pioneer & Bell 504 N. 4th St., Sayre Non-Denominational the real reason for Memori- This holiday, originally 580-928-5518 580-501-0175 [email protected] al Day in a culture that often known as Decoration Day, Psalm 78:3-7: These The Way Church attempts to erase history. began after the Civil War things we’ve heard and First Hispanic Baptist Westside Church of Christ 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City 919 W. 8th St., Elk City to honor Union and Con- known, that our fathers 580-225-7901 580-225-3052 Gateway FLANDERS FIELDS federate dead. After World have passed down to us. We Church of God 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City By Lieutenant Colonel War II, the holiday gained must not hide them from Main Street Baptist 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 1101 N. Main St., Elk City Curtis Newton, Min. John McCrae a strong following and na- the children, but tell future 580-225-2938 580-225-0227 Joe Thompson, Min. In Flanders fields the tional identity. It was offi- generations the praises of The Link poppies blow, between the cially named Memorial Day the Lord—His might, and Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 200 S. Main, Elk City 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City crosses, row on row, in 1967. The passage of the the wonderful works He has 580-225-2061 Jehovah’s Witnesses 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre Trinity Fellowship That mark our place: and Uniform Holiday Act in performed. God established 580-928-9330 Sayre in the sky, the larks still 1968, designating Memorial a testimony in Jacob… One Church 580-928-2345 Day as the last Monday in which He commanded our 200 East Broadway, Elk City Lutheran bravely singing fly, 580-210-8881 Christ Ministiries Scarce heard amid the May rather than May 30, en- fathers to teach their chil- Kevin Brosius (pastor) Christ Lutheran 804 W. 6th St., Elk City sured a three-day weekend dren so that a future genera- 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 580-243-9708 guns below. Prairie View Baptist 580-225-2266 We are the dead: Short and gave the day its current tion might know. They were I-40 & S Hwy 34, Elk City days ago, we lived, felt dawn, status as the unofficial be- to tell their children so they Pastor Tod Thornton Seventh-Day Adventist saw sunset glow, ginning of summer. While might put their confidence Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30 Seventh-Day Adventist Wed Prairie View Troops 3:30 Loved and were loved: mixing serious reflection in God and not forget God’s Wed Prayer Meeting 6:30 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City and now we lie in Flanders with fun, the day certainly works, but keep His com- 580-472-3472 signifies much more than mandments. Retrop Baptist Church Service times: fields! Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 2:00 pm Bible Study Take up our quar- just a three-day weekend. Our spiritual, national 580-303-0791 2:50 pm Church Service rel with the foe. But the significance of the and personal history is an To you, from failing hands, day often gets lost in the inseparable part of us. Our we throw the torch: be yours hurry to get to the lake. children and grandchildren to hold it high. Memorial Day grew out cannot know themselves without it, and because it is SUPPORT & RECOVERY RESOURCES If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, of the Civil War and a de- a part of them as well, that AA-Elk City Original Group– 105 Meadow Ridge Dr, Elk City, CR - The Link Church - 200 S. though poppies grow, sire to honor our dead. We lack of knowing leaves them 113 Meadow Ridge Dr Suite K, Elk Nightly at 7pm Main St, Elk City, Mon at 7pm In Flanders fields honor not only those who fractured. Let’s take time to City–M-F at noon & M,W,F,S,Su at NA-Elk City– 100 S. Monroe CR - Great Plains Baptist Asso- died in military service, but build a strong spiritual and 7pm Ave, Suite 18, Elk City, Nightly at ciation- 1906 N Watts, Sayre - Th In 1915, inspired by this deceased family members familial foundation! AA-Elk City Southside Group– 7pm 6:30 poem, Moina Michael es- tablished the selling and as well. I would encourage Send questions and com- wearing of red poppies on each one to take children ments to drdixie51@gmail. Memorial Day to honor and grandchildren to the com. those who died fighting cemetery—not for a morbid SUBSCRIBE TODAY Current news and great deals delivered right to your door! Call today to support the church page! 580-225-3000