MONDAY, June 9- Overnight Flight
You will have all day to
get to JFK in New York to connect with our overnight flight to Israel on Israir
flight # 102 departing at 11:02 pm on the 9th.
Tuesday, June 10– MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Upon arrival in Israel this evening, we will be
met by our local representative and our English-speaking Guide and begin our
exploration of the land of promise. A lovely dinner along the way to our
hotel will allow us to make an adjustment to Israel time and to get to know a
couple whose ministry in Israel is changing many lives. We will arrive at
our lovely hotel right on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
Overnight at the Mediterranean Sea.
Wednesday–
June 11-
COASTAL PLAIN
This morning, we'll give you a little while to enjoy the place you slept last
night, then it’s up the coast road to
Caesarea, the place from which Peter,
the Apostle to the Jewish people was called to go to the Gentiles. At
Megiddo,
we will overlook the plains where the final battle on earth will take place. A
short drive will take us to
Nazareth where we will visit
Nazareth Village, the
recreated boyhood home of the Messiah. Then, we will arrive at the Sea of
Galilee, our home for the next couple of
days.
Overnight in the Galilee.
tHURSDAY,
June 12- GALILEE
This morning, we will pray at the
Mount of Beatitudes
before we enter the
ancient city of Capernaum where we will visit in the synagogue where the Master
taught. From there, we will take a
wooden boat across the
Sea
that the Master
calmed with His word. After a lunch of Saint Peter’s Fish, we will see the
famous
“Jesus Boat” before we go experience the Galilee like nowhere else
possible, at
The Galilee Experience, and its multi-media presentation of
the area and of its most famous Galilean, Jesus. Then, you will enjoy one of
the highlights of your life as you renew your vows to G-d as you are
immersed in
the Jordan River.
Overnight in the Galilee.
FRIDAY, June 13- The HEIGHTS
This morning, we will go up into the
Golan Heights,
where we will arrive at ancient
Caesarea Philippi, the turning point in the
ministry of Jesus and the place of the establishment of Peter’s ministry. At the largest archeological excavation in the Middle East, you
will be amazed at how “the glory of Rome” was displayed at
Beit She’an. Shabbat
dinner at our hotel will draw you deeply into the Presence of G-d as you share
this special time among Jewish families all around
us.
Overnight in the Galilee.
sATURDAY, June 14- UP TO JERUSALEM
It is Shabbat and we will celebrate it with
one of
the largest and most important congregations in all of Israel, high atop Mt.
Carmel. After lunch in a
Druze shopping village, we will overlook the very
place where the
Fire of G-d changed the hearts of a rebellious people. Then, we
go up into the Judean Hills to the most beautiful city in the world, Jerusalem,
where we will first stop to overlook a sweeping view of
Jerusalem before
checking into our hotel. After supper, we will gather to worship in
a
borrowed Upper Room as the Day of Pentecost fully comes!
Overnight in Jerusalem.
sUNDAY, June 15- JERUSALEM
We will stand this morning on the
Mount of Olives
before we pray at the
Garden
of Gethsemane and worship in the Church of the Agony. The City of David is the
most recent archeological discovery in Jerusalem and one that will mark your
heart with history and with passion. We will actually be part of the
discovery
of ancient artifacts from the First and Second Temples as we dig in the material that was
just discarded by Muslims building a mosque below the Temple Mount. Then, we
will go to the
Western Wall for a time of prayer.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
mONDAY, June 16- JERUSALEM
Today, we will take our walking tour of the old city. We will visit
a
little-known church that has been remembered as the home of Mark’s mother and
the most likely place of the actual “Upper Room.” We will visit the
Temple
Institute and see the preparations being made for the rebuilding of the Holy
Temple. Our visit of the renewed Jewish Quarter will include a stop with two
men who will close their shop just to answer your questions about what Jewish
people believe and why they don’t believe as we do. We will explore the
colorful bazaars that lead to the Temple area and we will pray at the
Western
Wall with people from around the world. We will stand on the
very steps
that
Jesus walked to enter the Temple and will see where 3000 were baptized in one
day.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
tUESDAY, June 17-JERUSALEM
Today we will consider how
Israel survived forty years in this wilderness we will drive into the Judean
desert where we will make only three stops. Our first stop will be the
ruins of the
Nabatean city of
Ein Avdat
in the Negev. After a short drive through the wilderness, a cable car will take us to the top of
Masada to save us
a very steep climb to the fortress. There we will walk among the Roman palaces,
store houses and bath house, and the Jewish synagogues which witnessed the
Jewish resistance to the Romans approximately 2000 years ago. We will then
relax and wash off the desert dust in the amazing waters of the
Dead Sea. On our way
back to Jerusalem, we will visit with Father Abraham and enjoy the hospitality
of the desert in the
Land of Beginnings. Overnight in Jerusalem.
wEDNESDAY, June 18-JERUSALEM
It is our last day in the land and it will be bittersweet, indeed. This
morning, we will meet with one of the most important and successful
ministries
in Israel. We will have lunch in the
Ben Yehuda Street Open Air mall where you
can do your final shopping.
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial, will stir you
like nowhere on earth; so it will be our last place to visit before we share
communion at the
Garden Tomb before we leave Jerusalem. We will stop along the
way for our last supper together in the land. After dinner, we will go to the
airport so that we may return home on our midnight flight back to America.
tHURSDAY, 19– Fly Home
Arrive in New York at JFK at 5:35 am EST.
That gives you easy connecting times for your flight home.