Reformation Tours, LLC presents the Methodist and Presbyterian Heritage Tour

September 6-17, 2018

Methodist and Presbyterian Heritage Tour Randy Hall and Jill Alventosa-Brown

Pastor Randy and Jane Hall live in Day 3: Saturday, September 8, 2018: London Lexington, NC, where he has Our Blue Badge Guide will give us a guided tour of West- served as the of Fairmont minster this morning. has Presbyterian Church for 24 played in integral part in the history of London and the UK. years. Because Jane grew up in Kings and Queens have been crowned here since 1066 Methodism, they are looking for- () and it’s been the setting for many ward to visiting those places signifi- special occasions such as the wedding of the Duke and cant to both the Methodist and Duchess of Cambridge. Our guide will also tell us about Presbyterian heritages. They are excited about welcoming you the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. We will travel up to join them in this trip which will be educational, spiritual, and River Thames, giving us excellent views of the Tower and just plain fun. Tower Bridge. The Tower has a fascinating and also rather grisly history and we will hear about the various in- Pastor Jill Alventosa-Brown is a second habitants through the centuries. The evening is free to at- career United Methodist Pastor who has tend a West End Show or dine in the restaurant of our served for 19 years in 4 churches in Lexing- choice. (B) ton and the greater Greensboro area. She’s excited to be co-hosting a tour that will follow Day 4: Sunday, September 9, 2018: London the lives of John and Charles Wesley and John Wesley (1703-1791) has been called the most influ- John Knox and discover more about the roots ential Protestant leader of the English-speaking world of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. since the Reformation and his brother Charles wrote hun- She was born and raised in the Methodist dreds of amazing hymns. We will tour the legendary Bun- Church and tradition and loves its heritage. She looks forward to hill Field’s Cemetery, where we can see the burial place of sharing it with you. nonconformist Protestants. We will then attend the 11:00 AM service at the John Wesley’s Chapel, Wesley’s home IF = In flight meals, B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner and the Museum of Methodism, followed by a tour of his home. We will dine at a local restaurant, followed by a ride Day 1: Thursday, September 6, 2018: Departure on the London Eye. (B/D) We will set off today from the USA to London (IF) Day 5: Monday, September 10, 2018: Oxford Day 2: Friday, September 7, 2018: Arrival We will depart London this morning and visit C.S. Lewis’ On arrival in London, we will meet our tour director who will es- home, the Kilns, subject to availability. Oxford is one of cort us to our waiting air-conditioned bus. We will begin our tour ’s famous University cities with a rich Reformation with a leisurely visit to Hampton Court Palace. In 1604, James I history. The early English reformer, John Wycliffe, was a commissioned the King James Version of the Bible during the professor at the university. Other well- known students Hampton Court Conference and we will discuss this in the room included Bible translator William Tyndale and the great where it happened. In the Chapel Royal, we will hear how Henry revivalist preacher George Whitefield. We will have a VIII’s decision to allow production of the Bible was influenced by Wesley-themed walking tour including their rooms in Lin- his last wife, Catherine Parr. After the tour we will have time to coln College. We will attend Evensong in Christ Church, stroll through the beautiful gardens and try and find our way to then dine in our hotel. (B/D) the center of the maze. Our bus will take us on a panoramic sightseeing tour before we arrive at our centrally-located London hotel. The afternoon is free to explore at our leisure before our welcome dinner at the hotel (IF/D)

Day 6: Tuesday, September 11, 2018: , Bristol, Oxford Today’s day trip begins at the World Heritage site of Stonehenge, the pre-historic stone circle. We will continue on to Bristol and visit the New Room, the oldest Methodist

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Methodist and Presbyterian Heritage Tour Pastors Randy Hall and Jill Alventosa-Brown

Chapel in the World. George Whitefield invited John Wesley to come to Bristol in 1729 and he began his ministry with open-air preaching. He purchased the land to build the New Room in 1742. We will also visit the home where John’s younger brother lived with his family. Charles Wesley was a prolific hymn writer and also preached. We will return to our hotel in Oxford for our evening meal (B/D)

Day 7: Wednesday, September 12, 2018: Oxford, Strat- ford-upon-Avon We will drive through the Cotswolds this morning, stopping for lunch in a quaint village. We will check-in to our hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon. In the afternoon we will tour Shake- speare’s Birthplace, Nash’s House and New Place, Anne Day 10: Saturday, September 15, 2018: , Ed- Hathaway’s Cottage, and Mary Arden’s farm. We will also inburgh have a tour of the theater. (B/L) Lindisfarne, known today as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the Northumbrian coast. St. Aidan was sent here as a mis- sionary from Iona and established a monastery in around 630 AD. destroyed the original monastery and monks fled from the island. The present Lindisfarne Priory is a dramatic ruin, modeled after . This is where the famous were produced. Even secular historians refer to Lindisfarne as “the most holy place in England.” After time to view the 16th century castle, we will continue our journey to Edinburgh and dine at our hotel. (B/D)

Day 8: Thursday, September 13, 2018: Epworth, York After a leisurely breakfast, we will drive to Epworth and have lunch in the Red Lion pub, where Wesley often stayed. In the afternoon we will tour their father’s church, St. Andrews, and tour the Old Rectory where John and Charles Wesley grew up with their many siblings. We will see where their mother Susanna Wesley taught her children. We will also see the Market Cross where Wesley preached. We will continue on to York and dine in our hotel. (B/D)

Day 9: Friday, September 14, 2018: York, Durham Our guided walking tour of York will include a walk atop the ancient city walls and a tour of Cathedral, the Day 11: Sunday, September 16, 2018: Edinburgh biggest medieval church in England. Christianity has an early St Giles’ Cathedral is often called the Mother Church of heritage in York. By 306, when Constantine the Great was World Presbyterianism. We will attend the 10:00 AM morn- proclaimed Emperor in York, it is believed there was a small ing service. John Knox first preached here in 1559. It was Christian community. In 312 he issued a general edict of tol- reported that “he was so active and vigorous it looked as if eration for the Christian Church and York became a center of he was about to break.” After some free time for lunch, we Christianity. In the afternoon we will travel to Durham, voted will see John Knox House (closed on Sundays), Greyfriar’s “Best city in the UK” by Condé Nast’s Traveller magazine Church, Magdalene Chapel and the Royal Mile. Our tour of readers. Durham Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site Edinburgh Castle will include tiny St. Margaret’s Chapel, and regarded as the finest Norman building in Europe. We which dates back to the . We will dine at a traditional will attend Evensong at the cathedral at 3:30pm, then tour the Scottish restaurant this evening. (B/D) cathedral, followed by a private tour and dinner in the medie- val Prior's Hall, originally the Prior's Dining Room when the Day 12: Monday, September 17, 2018: Return Cathedral was a Benedictine Monastery. We will spend the We will return to the US after a wonderful time learning night in Durham. (B/L/D) about the Christian heritage of the United Kingdom (B)

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