Epiphany Brunch - January 2008

The St. Matthew's UMW held an Epiphany brunch on Saturday, January 5, 2008. About 65 women from the church attended; delicious food and attractive decorations were provided by the Evening Circle.

The program included Jena Cochrane reading the first verse of the hymn "What Child is This?" followed by the playing of the hymn by Helen-Jean Talbott on the flute and Isaac Borocz at the piano. The program also included the installation of the UMW 2008 Executive Board and a key note speaker, Rev. Monroe Wright of Lanham UMC, who spoke on the topic of "Sharing Jerusalem."
 
Sharing Jerusalem is a grass-roots campaign that was launched in the Washington, DC area in the Spring of 2006 to educate, organize, and activate mainline churches in support of a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict—specifically, a two-state solution that would include a Jerusalem that is "shared" both politically between Israel and Palestine and religiously among Jews, Muslims, and Christians.