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RELIGION 4• SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 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 TRUST IN 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 the evidence of things not lieve in God; believe also in Nazarene Central Missionary Baptist Pastor: Michael Anderson seen.” But we only have faith Me.” Trust in God leads to 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City First Church of The Nazarene www.NewLifeElkCity.com 816 W. 6th St., Elk City in someone we know to faith in Christ. 580-225-0212 Service Information 580-225-2026 be good, faithful, and able. Trust also shapes how we Sundays: 10:00am & 6:00pm Rev. Andrew Dages Eastside Baptist Wednesdays: 7:00pm Trust is what makes faith interpret God’s silence, de- 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City reasonable and possible. lays, and mysteries. Faith 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Pentecostal Without trust, entitlement does not mean understand- Chase Brower, Min. Church of Christ Grace Temple grows. With trust, faith filled ing everything; it means ac- 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 obedience is produced. cepting life when we under- Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City Gantt Carter, Min. Scripture consistently stand nothing. Psalm 9:10 580-225-0203 Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Pena shows that God builds trust says, “Those who know Your 301 S. Magnolia Ave, Erick 600 W. Main, Elk City First Baptist Douglas Holland, Minister before He calls for faith. Be- name trust in You.” Know- Pastor, Jose Reyes 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 816-726-6988 580-799-2964 fore Abraham demonstrat- ing God’s name—His char- 580-225-7951 Bible Study 10am Sunday ed faith by offering Isaac, acter—creates trust. Trust First Baptist Worship 11am Sunday Presbyterian Dixie Yoder Ladies Bible Study 10am Wednesday God spent years proving creates faith. Faith creates 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Erick Evening Open Bible Study 7pm First Presbyterian His trustworthiness—call- endurance. 580-526-3375 Wednesday Trust and faith sound like Jason Klechner, Min. 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City twins, and they are often used ing, blessing, rescuing, and Ultimately, trust is about 580-225-3130 Church of Christ Elk City incorrectly as interchange- making covenant promises. God’s identity; faith is about First Baptist Meets at Pioneer & Bell Abraham’s faith in Genesis God’s activity. Trust says, 504 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-501-0175 Non-Denominational able, but Scripture treats 580-928-5518 22 was not spontaneous; it “I know who God is.” Faith [email protected] them as a sequence: trust The Way Church is the soil, faith is the fruit. was the mature expression says, “Because I know who First Hispanic Baptist Westside Church of Christ 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City of trust cultivated since He is, I will follow what He 919 W. 8th St., Elk City 580-225-3052 It is impossible to have real 580-225-7901 Genesis 12. Abraham trust- says.” Trust anchors faith Gateway faith in God until we first Church of God 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City learn to trust His character, ed God’s character, so he so that faith can withstand Main Street Baptist 501 W. 1st, Elk City 580-225-1184 could have faith in God’s trials, doubts, and spiritual 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-0227 Curtis Newton, Min. His heart, and His promises. 580-225-2938 command. storms. Without trust, faith Joe Thompson, Min. Faith is not blind; it is built The Link on a history of trust. The same pattern appears collapses under pressure. Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 200 S. Main, Elk City in Israel’s story. God didn’t With trust, faith becomes 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City Jehovah’s Witnesses Faith is one of the most 580-225-2061 ask Israel to trust Him in the unshakeable. 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre Trinity Fellowship celebrated virtues in the Bi- 580-928-9330 Sayre ble, but Scripture never pres- wilderness without first re- Learning to trust God is One Church 580-928-2345 ents faith as something that vealing His power in Egypt. not optional—it is essential. 200 East Broadway, Elk City Lutheran 580-210-8881 Christ Ministiries just happens. Faith grows Exodus 14:31 says, “Israel It is the first step toward Kevin Brosius (pastor) Christ Lutheran 804 W. 6th St., Elk City from trust—trust in who saw the great work which genuine faith, the root that 1023 W. 2nd St., Elk City 580-243-9708 Prairie View Baptist 580-225-2266 God is, what He has said, the Lord did… and the peo- nourishes spiritual confi- I-40 & S Hwy 34, Elk City and how He has acted. Trust ple feared the Lord, and be- dence, and the lens through Pastor Tod Thornton Seventh-Day Adventist is the foundation; faith is the lieved the Lord.” Trust came which we see God’s prom- Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30 Wed Prairie View Troops 3:30 Seventh-Day Adventist structure built upon it. from seeing God act; faith ises clearly. When trust is 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City Wed Prayer Meeting 6:30 Trust begins with know- came from trusting what deep, faith becomes natural. 580-472-3472 ing God, not merely know- they saw. God builds trust When trust is weak, faith be- Retrop Baptist Church Service times: Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 2:00 pm Bible Study ing about Him. Proverbs 3:5 through His works so He comes impossible. 2:50 pm Church Service 580-303-0791 commands, “Trust in the can call His people to faith “You will guard and keep Lord with all your heart, and in His words. in perfect, constant peace lean not on your own under- Jesus follows this same him whose mind is stayed standing.” Trust is relational; requiring surrender, depen- pattern with His disciples. Before He ever sent them on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, SUPPORT & RECOVERY RESOURCES dence, and confidence in out in faith to preach, heal, and hopes confidently in AA-Elk City Original Group– 105 Meadow Ridge Dr, Elk City, Main St, Elk City, Mon at 7pm God’s reliability. We cannot and cast out demons, He You. So trust in the Lord for- 113 Meadow Ridge Dr Suite K, Elk Nightly at 7pm CR - Great Plains Baptist Associ- lean on someone we don’t spent months building ever; for the Lord God is an City–M-F at noon & Every Night at Codependents Anony- ation- 1906 N Watts, Sayre - Th 6:30 trust, and we cannot have trust—showing His author- everlasting Rock [the Rock 7pm mous-White Buffalo, Mon 5:30pm NA-Elk City– 100 S. Monroe Ave, faith in someone we are ity, calming storms, feeding of Ages].” Isaiah
AA-Elk City Southside Group– CR - The Link Church - 200 S. Suite 18, Elk City, Nightly at 7pm afraid to lean on. crowds, and forgiving sins. Send your questions, Faith, according to He- John 14:1 captures the or- comments and topic sugges- brews 11:1, is “the sub- der perfectly: “Let not your tions for future columns to stance of things hoped for, heart be troubled. You be- [email protected] SUBSCRIBE TODAY Current news and great deals delivered right to your door! Call today to support the church page! 580-225-3000