| | Tour Highlights | - Dive in to the book of Acts as you
visit Caesarea, a city built by Herod the Great, and the Capital of the Roman
history of Judea.
- Witness the faithfulness of
God in modern Israel, visit Given Imaging
- God fulfilling His promise
to restore His Chosen People to the Land, lunch with Israeli combat
soldiers
- Get into it, what does it
feel like (then and now)? Meet with local Israelis who are working in
the Golan today
- With Bible in hand, visit
the biblical sites
- The Western Wall and
experience the special atmosphere of this holy site.
- Take communion at the Garden Tomb,
traditional site of Calvary.
- “Watchman on the Walls,”
These words, spoken by God to Isaiah, may resonate loudly as you walk on the
Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem
- The city of Bethlehem, site
of the birth of Jesus
- Understanding Fulfillment I,
visit Better Place, the Israeli company that has become the global leader in
the Electric Car revolution
- Understanding Fulfilment II, visit
to Independence Hall, site of David Ben Gurion's historical proclamation of
the State of Israel in May 1948
Trip Includes
- 7 nights' accommodation in listed
hotels:
- 1 night on the
Mediterranean Coast
- 2 nights Galilee
- 4 nights Jerusalem
- Breakfast daily and 7 dinners
- Sightseeing per itinerary in a
modern air-conditioned motor coach with panoramic windows, reclining seats and
footrests
- Services of a friendly and
professional English-speaking Mission Educator throughout the trip
- Entrance fees per itinerary
- All hotel and
airport portage included
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| Note: This
mission is being offered to ordained ministers and their spouses at a subsidized
price. Your participation will need to be approved by the Holy Land Voyager
team.
* Holy Land Voyager may request documentation of ordination
and reserves the right to remove any person from the trip who
they may deem is not suited. Monday, January 23,
2012
DEPART THE U.S.A
- 4:45 p.m. Depart the U.S.A.
on Turkish Airlines from JFK.
Overnight:
Flight
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
WELCOME TO
ISRAEL
Rock and Redeemer of Israel, bless Israel, shield it beneath
the wings of Your steadfast love and spread over it the shelter of Your
peace.
- 9:25 a.m. Arrive in Istanbul.
- 12:15 p.m. Connect to your flight to Israel.
- 2:15 p.m. Arrive at Ben Gurion International
Airport, where you are welcomed by our representative and assisted with
arrival formalities.
- Meet with your tour guide, Uri Feinberg and drive to
your hotel located on the Mediterranean Coast.
- Check into the hotel.
- Orientation and welcome, at the hotel.
- Welcome Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Blue Bay hotel,
Nathanyia
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
THE STILL
SMALL VOICE- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Check out of the hotel and depart for
Caesarea.
- Dive in to the book of Acts as you visit Caesarea, a
city built by Herod the Great, and the historic capital of the Roman Empire in
Judea.
- Drive up into the Carmel Mountains.
- The One True God, visit Mt. Carmel, where Elijah the
Prophet served as a conduit to declare the power of the one true God.
- Lunch on your own.
- Witness the faithfulness of God in modern Israel,
visit Given Imaging, a successful company which develops micro medical testing
and imaging devices, which directly affect and improve diagnosis and treatment
of diseases all over the world.
- Drive to the City of Nazareth. Stop at an overview and
imagine what the Galilee looked like in Jesus's day.
- Check into the hotel.
- Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Hagoshrim Kibbutz guest house, Upper
Galilee
Thursday, January 26, 2012
FULFILLING HIS
PROMISE
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Venture along the Banias River, also known as Caesarea
Philipi, and experience the wonder of God in nature, where Jesus asked his
disciples “who do men say that I am?”
- Visit an abandoned Syrian outpost and follow in the
footsteps of the Israeli combat soldiers who fought here; gain further insight
into the challenges faced during the 1967 Six Day War and the power and
surprise of its aftermath.
- God fulfilling His promise to restore His Chosen
People to the Land, lunch with Israeli combat soldiers who are actively
involved with the fulfillment of His promise.
- Visit the Valley of Tears, on the Golan Heights, site
of one of Israel's fiercest tank battles during the Yom Kippur War and learn
about the battle of the 77th Battalion - OZ77.
- Get into it, what does it feel like (then and
now)? Meet with local Israelis who are working in the Golan today who
will guide you while you try your hand (or feet) in a wine press or olive
press. Feel the land, touch the herbs and find yourself transported back to
the world in which Jesus lived.
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner at the hotel.
- Making sense of it all, use this time to gather your
thoughts, pray and reflect on your experiences.
Overnight: Hagoshrim Kibbutz guest house, Upper
Galilee
Friday, January 27, 2012
JOURNEY TOWARDS
JERUSALEM
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Check out and begin your journey towards
Jerusalem.
- From hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee read from
the Book of Mathew and hear the words that were taught by Jesus in His Sermon
on the Mount.
- With Bible in hand, visit the biblical sites:
- Capernaum (Matt. 4:13).
- Tabgha and the site of the Restoration of Peter (John
21).
- Drive along the Sea of Galilee to a Baptismal Site on
the Jordan River.
- Enjoy a morning Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee in a
replica of an ancient fishing vessel much like those used in the time of
Jesus.
- Lunch on your own.
- Drive via the Jordan Valley, and view Jericho, where
Joshua and the Israelites were led into the Land of Israel.
- Drive east across the biblical landscape of the Judean
Desert and ascend to Jerusalem through the wilderness where Jesus wandered and
was tempted by the devil.
- Hold your breath, stop for a view of Jerusalem in all
its glory.
- Continue to the hotel.
- Check-into hotel.
- Special Sabbath dinner at with Shabbat of a Life
program to experience a traditional Shabbat dinner with a family in
Jerusalem.
Overnight: Leonardo Hotel,
Jerusalem
Saturday, January 28, 2012
ON HIS
PATH
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Good Morning Jerusalem, set your eyes on the city of
Jerusalem from the Mt. Of Olives.
- Descend to Gethsemane, and visit the olive grove where
Jesus prayed prior to his arrest and crucifixion.
- Enter the Old City of Jerusalem through St. Stephen's
gate, visit the Pools of Bethesda, where Jesus told the lame man to “take up
his mat and walk”.
- Lunch on your own in the Old City.
- Visit the Western Wall and experience the special
atmosphere of this holy site.
- Take communion at the Garden Tomb, traditional site of
Calvary.
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Leonardo Hotel,
Jerusalem
Sunday, January 29, 2012
GATEWAYS
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- “Watchman on the Walls,” These words, spoken by God to
Isaiah, may resonate loudly as you walk on the Walls of the Old City of
Jerusalem.
- Visit Mt. Zion and the Upper Room where Jesus spent
his last hours with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion. Visit the
traditional Tomb of King David and recount the messianic covenant of the
Davidic line.
- Continue into the Old City, entering through the Zion
Gate, through the Jewish Quarter, including King Hezekiah's First Temple
period Broad Wall, and the ancient Roman Cardo.
- Lunch on your own in the Old City.
- Guided visit to the Southern Wall Excavations,
including the southern steps, where the Jewish Pilgrims would have entered the
Temple Mount and the stores and stalls where Jesus and the other Jews would
have bought their food, drink and sacrifices for the Temple.
- Visit to the city of Bethlehem, site of the birth of
Jesus and the Church of the Nativity.
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Leonardo Hotel,
Jerusalem
Monday, January 30, 2012
MEMORY, RENEWAL
AND RETURN
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Shared values, see the Supreme Court and the Knesset,
The Israeli Parliament, discuss the democratic values of the State of
Israel.
- Guided visit through the newly renovated Yad Vashem
complex, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jewish victims of the
Holocaust, including:
- The Avenue of the Righteous
- The new Historical Museum
- The Children's Memorial
- A concluding Memorial Service
- Depart Jerusalem and travel to Tel Aviv.
- Lunch on your own.
- Understanding Fulfillment I, visit Better Place, the
Israeli company that has become the global leader in the Electric Car
revolution.
- Understanding Fulfilment II, visit to Independence
Hall, site of David Ben Gurion's historical proclamation of the State of
Israel in May 1948.
- Visit Jaffa, the ancient port where Jonah ran from
God.
- Enjoy a Middle-Eastern-style farewell dinner
with a Yemenite touch at Maganda, located in the Yemenite Quarter of Tel Aviv,
and which offers a varied selection of salads and grilled meats.
- Return to Jerusalem.
Overnight: Leonardo Hotel,
Jerusalem
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
RETURN- Early continental breakfast at the hotel.
- Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport.
- 6:15 a.m. Depart on your Turkish Airlines flight
to Istanbul.
- 8:35 a.m. Arrive in Istanbul.
- 10:50 a.m. Connect to flight to New York .
- 2:45 p.m. Arrive at JFK Airport, New
York.
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dinners, sightseeing, admissions, luggage handling and the services of local
guides, drivers, and the tour guide/educator are included.
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value. Although the level of the accommodations may differ slightly from hotel
to hotel, we are committed to your comfort. Two-bed rooms are reserved in most
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