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RELIGION 4• SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 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 WAIT ON 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] THE LORD 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 this tension: “Wait for the effort cannot attain or main- Nazarene Central Missionary Baptist Pastor: Michael Anderson LORD; be strong, and let your tain. Waiting develops trust. 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City First Church of The Nazarene www.NewLifeElkCity.com 816 W. 6th St., Elk City heart take courage.” It teaches us to rely on God’s 580-225-0212 Service Information 580-225-2026 Unlike the limited “Amer- faithfulness rather than im- Sundays: 10:00am & 6:00pm Rev. Andrew Dages Eastside Baptist Wednesdays: 7:00pm ican” understanding of wait- mediate results. James 5:7–8 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City ing, we are not waiting for an compares waiting to a farmer 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Pentecostal outcome, but on God Himself, tending the soil—faithful, pa- Chase Brower, Min. Church of Christ Grace Temple trusting confidently that He is tient, expectant. 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 working even when we can- Waiting cultivates humility, Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. not see it. Isaiah 40:31 prom- patience, and perseverance. It 580-225-0203 Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Pena ises that “those who wait upon exposes self-indulgence and 301 S. Magnolia Ave, Erick 600 W. Main, Elk City First Baptist Douglas Holland, Minister the LORD will renew their impatience. Often God delays Pastor, Jose Reyes 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 816-726-6988 580-799-2964 strength.” Waiting becomes a because we are not yet ready 580-225-7951 Bible Study 10am Sunday the way to spiritual renewal for what He intends to give. First Baptist Worship 11am Sunday Presbyterian Dixie Yoder Ladies Bible Study 10am Wednesday rather than exhaustion. The Waiting is preparation, not 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick Evening Open Bible Study 7pm First Presbyterian correlation between not wait- punishment. Lamentations 580-526-3375 Wednesday Waiting is a discipline that Jason Klechner, Min. 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City has been almost completely ing on God and America’s na- 3:25 assures that “The LORD 580-225-3130 Church of Christ Elk City buried under the rubble of a tional weariness is obvious. is good to those who wait First Baptist Meets at Pioneer & Bell Waiting requires releasing for Him.” Waiting becomes a 504 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-501-0175 Non-Denominational culture in the mad pursuit of 580-928-5518 our own timeline and em- window through which God’s [email protected] faster, faster, faster. Do you The Way Church want a book? Kindle delivers bracing God’s. Proverbs 20:22 faithfulness is seen more First Hispanic Baptist Westside Church of Christ 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City warns against taking matters clearly. 919 W. 8th St., Elk City 580-225-3052 instantly. Do you need any 580-225-7901 into our own hands: “Do not Those who wait on the Lord Gateway of the millions of items avail- Church of God 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City able online? Just a few clicks say, ‘I will repay evil’; wait for are never abandoned. Scrip- Main Street Baptist 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 the LORD, and he will help ture repeatedly promises that 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-0227 Curtis Newton, Min. of the mouse, and it’s on its 580-225-2938 you.” This surrender is not waiting leads to: Joe Thompson, Min. way—often arriving the same The Link day—and charged to a credit resentful resignation—it is Renewed strength (Isaiah Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 200 S. Main, Elk City confidence that God’s ways 40:31) 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City Jehovah’s Witnesses card maxed out by the ease 580-225-2061 are higher than ours (Isaiah Courage and stabili- 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre Trinity Fellowship of online buying. The age of 580-928-9330 Sayre ‘instant gratification” seems to 55:8–9). ty (Psalm 27:14) One Church 580-928-2345 be here to stay. Along with the Godly waiting is filled with Deliverance and salva- 200 East Broadway, Elk City Lutheran 580-210-8881 Christ Ministiries unwillingness to wait for real prayer, worship, and qui- tion (Lamentations 3:26) Kevin Brosius (pastor) Christ Lutheran 804 W. 6th St., Elk City food to cook; to wait until the et obedience. Lamentations Answered prayer (Micah 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 580-243-9708 3:25–26 says, “The LORD 7:7) Prairie View Baptist 580-225-2266 wedding night for sex; to wait I-40 & S Hwy 34, Elk City for money saved to buy spe- is good to those who wait Freedom from shame (Isa- Pastor Tod Thornton Seventh-Day Adventist cial things, has come a dead- for Him… It is good to wait iah 49:23) Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30 quietly for the salvation of Waiting becomes a testimo- Wed Prairie View Troops 3:30 Seventh-Day Adventist ly spiritual impatience—the Wed Prayer Meeting 6:30 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City unwillingness to wait on the the LORD.” Quiet waiting is ny: it magnifies God by show- 580-472-3472 Lord. not bored inactivity—it is at- ing that He is trustworthy and Retrop Baptist Church Service times: tentive listening and faithful His promises are sure. Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 2:00 pm Bible Study Waiting on the Lord is one 580-303-0791 2:50 pm Church Service of Scripture’s most demand- living, saturated with hope. To wait on the Lord is to ing and transformative spiri- Psalm 130:5 declares, “I wait anchor our life in God’s faith- tual disciplines. Godly waiting for the LORD… and in his fulness. It is choosing cour- is not passive delay but active trust—a posture of hope, sur- word I hope.” Hope looks for- ward with confidence, believ- age over panic, worship over worry, and hope over haste. SUPPORT & RECOVERY RESOURCES render, and expectation root- ing God will act at the right Waiting is not wasted time—it AA-Elk City Original Group– 105 Meadow Ridge Dr, Elk City, Main St, Elk City, Mon at 7pm ed in God’s character rather time. is holy time, where God forms 113 Meadow Ridge Dr Suite K, Elk Nightly at 7pm CR - Great Plains Baptist Associ- than our circumstances and Isaiah 40:31 teaches that and strengthens His children City–M-F at noon & Every Night at Codependents Anony- ation- 1906 N Watts, Sayre - Th 6:30 other people. Waiting on the waiting produces supernat- and we become more like 7pm mous-White Buffalo, Mon 5:30pm NA-Elk City– 100 S. Monroe Ave, Lord means placing our con- ural endurance: “They will Him each day. AA-Elk City Southside Group– CR - The Link Church - 200 S. Suite 18, Elk City, Nightly at 7pm fidence in God’s timing, wis- run and not grow weary; they Send your questions, com- dom, and faithfulness, even will walk and not faint.” Wait- ments and suggestions for when His plans are not yet ing becomes the place where future columns to drdixie51@ visible. Psalm 27:14 captures God strengthens what human gmail.com SUBSCRIBE TODAY Current news and great deals delivered right to your door! Call today to support the church page! 580-225-3000