St. Stephen CME Church Celebrates 52nd Church Anniversary

ST. STEPHEN CME CHURCH CELEBRATES 52nd ANNIVERSARY

Fairfield, CA | The St. Stephen CME Church with Senior Pastor Dr. David C. Isom and Mrs. Stephanie J. Isom will celebrate its 52nd Church Anniversary on Sunday, March 15 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at 2301 Union Avenue in Fairfield. The community is invited to join in the celebration. The Reverend Sam Morris and the Bay North Church of Christ in Fairfield will be the special guest.

The anniversary theme is “Love Is the Answer” and the theme scripture is I Corinthians 16:14 (NKJV) “Let all that you do be done with love.”

Pastor Isom began serving at St. Stephen in August 2007. Since that time, Rev. Isom and Mrs. Stephanie J. Isom have placed an emphasis on the Children, Youth and Young Adult Ministries. The music ministry has also been a focus for growth which includes the Youth and Young Adult Choir; Senior Choir; Missionary Mass Choir; Male Chorus, and Mass Choir. Other ministries embody a focus on serving the community, including Christian Youth Fellowship, Cub Scouts, Seniors Ministry, Ministry to Men, and the “Feed My Sheep” Outreach Ministry which distributes food twice per month to an average of 150 families in addition to hundreds of Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets each year. More information is available at www.ststephencmechurch.org.

The church began holding its first services in March 1968, which started in the home of Reverend Joseph B. Davis and Mrs. Pauline A. Davis at 1555 James Street. Rev. Davis began revealing his vision for a CME church in Fairfield two years earlier.

On March 17, 1969, the First CME Church of Fairfield was formally organized by Presiding Elder Wellington Smith and founded by Reverend Davis. The church was later renamed St. Stephen and moved to its current location at 2301 Union Avenue in 1975. A newly constructed sanctuary was completed in 2003 at which time the former sanctuary was transformed into a Fellowship Hall and later named for the church’s founder.

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