Register by December 1, 2019, for guaranteed price. A $500 deposit is due HELPFUL INFORMATION TRAVEL AND LODGING COSTS with registration. The remainder is due by Be prepared to walk five to seven miles $3,999 per person, based on 15 persons, or January 4, 2020. each day on uneven terrain. Physical training $3,799, based on 20 persons, with double before the trip will make it more meaningful, occupancy and flight out of Chicago O’Hare. Make your check payable to “Reformed educational, and fun. There will be a chartered bus round trip to the Church in America” and write “March airport from Grand Rapids, MI. 4-15, 2020” on the memo line. Your passport must be valid for six months CHRISTIAN IMMERSION TOUR after the date of your return to the United There is an additional cost of $585 for single Mail registration form and check to: States. A visa will be obtained at no cost to room accommodations. OF AND PALESTINE Sally Vis you at passport control when you enter Ben 1240 Waterwalk Dr. Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Tour cost is based on 2020 projected airfares. Holland, MI 49423 March 4–15, 2020 The cost for each traveler covers everything Accommodations include hotels with but traveler insurance, drinks, and souvenirs. OUR LEADERS traditional Middle Eastern food. Each hotel has

Rev. Joshua Vis, Ph.D., and Sally Vis serve as Wifi at no cost to you. Church Engagement Facilitators in Israel and For more information on upcoming Palestine with RCA Global Mission. They stand 2020 immersion tours: alongside Palestinian and Israeli individuals and organizations who seek an end to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the Visit www.joshvis.com West Bank, and Gaza, in a ministry of peace and justice. They lead immersion tours that Contact Sally Vis include a deep dive into both the history 616-610-2425 and archaeology of the and the history And what does the Lord require [email protected] and current realities of the Israeli-Palestinian of you but to do justice, and conflict. Please check out their website at to love kindness, and to walk joshvis.com. A ministry of Global Mission humbly with your God? Reformed Church in America —Micah 6:8

Join Joshua Vis and Sally Vis on a journey to Israel and Palestine. Visit the places where Jesus lived. Meet the people. Get to know the Christian community of today. Better understand the current political reality.

MSN 1970 EXPERIENCE ISRAEL AND PALESTINE Enhance your understanding of the current You will also experience the Old City of political situation in Israel and Palestine. We and , and walk through will visit: Megiddo (an ancient city with 23 layers of Enrich your understanding of the Bible by •  The Temple Mount (Jewish) and Al- civilization). You will walk the Jericho Road experiencing biblical and historical sites Haram esh Sharif (“the noble sanctuary,” and visit Qumran, the site of the Dead Sea for yourself: Muslim), the site where the Jewish Scrolls. •  The Israel Museum—Jerusalem Model temples once stood and now home to the and the Shrine of the Book Dome of the Rock Together we will walk the streets of the Old •  Caesarea Maritima, a magnificent port •  Yad Vashem, a Holocaust memorial City in Jerusalem, experiencing the hustle, built by King Herod • Ramallah, a major Palestinian city, bustle, and noise, as we shop and visit with •  Capernaum, Mount Arbel overlooking where you will hear from Sam Bahour, a the variety of folks who make this their the Sea of , the Mount of Palestinian entrepreneur home. Beatitudes, the Church of the • East Jerusalem Multiplication, and the Church of the • Tent of Nations, the home and farm of a We will walk the Via Dolorosa (“the way of Primacy of St. Peter suffering”) early in the morning, using the check if vegetarian Please you are check if gluten free Please you are

Palestinian family working to keep their q q •  The Mount of Olives churches, along land located near Bethlehem liturgy written by Father Kamal, a Palestinian with the Kidron Valley • Military Court Watch Christian from the village of Baram, the same •  The Church of the Resurrection, built village as Elias Chacour, author of Blood on the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, We will hear from Israeli and Palestinian Brothers. and resurrection speakers—representatives from Parent’s • The Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, and Circle, a group of Israeli and Palestinian the Jordan River families who have lost loved ones in the •  Tel Hazor—the largest archaeological conflict; and Sahar Vardi, an Israeli peace site in northern Israel activist who discusses the militarization of

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