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Evangelical Journey: Experiencing Your Faith in the Land of the Bible Traveling is not only about seeing new places; it’s about experiencing them. No two congregations and no two trips are exactly alike. We take the time to understand your congregation’s unique travel needs and interests, and creatively translate them into your own faith-based travel experience. We offer places,s ites and cultural interactions not offered by typical tours.

We will help you traverse the Holy Land using the Bible as a road map to spiritual discovery, leaving sufficient time for your group to reflect and say devotionals throughout your journey, and to truly connect to the Land of the Bible.

LIVING BIBLE TRAVEL: Journey with us... experience the difference Contact us today: 847.964.9623 or [email protected] ITINERARYSample Living Bible Travel Evangelical Journey: Experiencing Your Faith in the Land of the Bible HIGHLIGHTS • Float in the • Visit , site of the future final battle • Celebrate your baptism or rebaptism at the • Visit and explore Nazareth Village Yardenit Baptismal site in the • Visit the Mount of Beatitudes and tour the • Visit the Western Wall, the Southern Wall remains of excavations and the Temple Mount • Climb the ramparts of the walls of • Ride a camel • Visit the Caves where the Dead Sea • Take a tour of the City of scrolls were discovered • Visit Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial • See the ancient Boat • Take communion at the Garden Tomb • Visit the including and Katzrin • Visit the Church of the Nativity and Includes sufficient time to reflect and say devotion- Shepherd’s Field als throughout your Journey in the Holy Land, and • Explore to truly connect to the Land of the Bible.

the future final battle. We visit the Muchraka, the DAY 1: DEPARTURE traditional site of Elijah’s famous battle of faith Depart USA to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv against the prophets of Ba’al. We end the day with a view of the Baha’i Temple and Gardens in DAY 2: ARRIVE IN THE HOLY LAND – THE Haifa. Return to hotel for dinner. Overnight: Tiberius/North (B, D) Welcome to ! Your tour guide will meet you at Ben Gurion Airport. After passport con- DAY 4: THE BANIAS, trol your guide will escort you through customs AND KATZRIN where you will meet the bus driver, who will take After breakfast, we travel to northern Israel to the you to your first destination: the Galilee. tributaries of the Jordan River. Our first stop is Tel We follow the route of the ancient Via Maris where we view the biblical city of Dan. We and get a sense of the geography and topogra- continue to the Banias where we will see the re- phy of the land of Jesus. Arrive at our hotel near mains of the pagan site at which Jesus declared, the for a celebratory Welcome Dinner. “…that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build Overnight: Tiberius/North (D) My church, and the gates of Hades shall not pre- vail against it” (Matt. 16:18). DAY 3: NAZARETH, TEL MEGIDDO AND From the Banias we climb the Golan Heights. THE CARMEL When we reach El-Rom, we’ll watch the Enjoy a hearty breakfast before we drive via powerful short film “Oz 77” and hear moving to visit Nazareth Village, where we will see many stories of the battle for this strategic plateau. We of the cultural references and realities from the will also visit an Israeli observation point over the Bible. We will visit the Nazareth Baptist School Syrian border at Mt. Bental. We continue to the (NBS), view the Church of the Annunciation and ancient town of Katzrin where we will visit the Mary’s Well. We will continue to the site of Tel “Olea Essence” Press, and the recon- Megiddo, “Then they gathered the kings togeth- structed Talmudic village of Katzrin. We finish the er to the place that in Hebrew is called Armaged- day with a view of ancient Kursi in the land of don” (Rev.16:16). Here we view the archaeolog- Gadarenes. Return to hotel for dinner. ical remains of this historical site and location of Overnight: Tiberius/North (B, D) 2 DAY 5: THE GALILEE – BOAT RIDE, MOUNT Jerusalem, and celebrate the beginning of OF BEATITUDES, CAPERNAUM, TABGHA the Sabbath day in the Holy City, or AND THE YARDENIT BAPTISMAL SITE • Visit the striking and moving 9/11 Memori- After breakfast we start the day with a boat ride al nestled in the hills close to Jerusalem. on the Sea of Galilee. Next, we visit the Yigal Al- lon Museum in nearby Ginosar to view an ancient We check-in to our hotel for dinner. fishing vessel (The Jesus Boat) dating to the time Overnight: Jerusalem (B, D) of Jesus. The boat was retrieved in 1986 from the shores of the Sea of Galilee. We continue to the DAY 7: JERUSALEM AND Mount of Beatitudes where we take in an incred- After breakfast, we take in a view from atop of the ible view from the place associated with the de- of the Temple Mount and the livery of the Sermon on the Mount. We then tour vista of Jerusalem. We continue to the Garden of the remains of Capernaum where Jesus preached and to Mount Zion where we will vis- and performed many of his miracles. We also visit it the Upper Room and King David’s Tomb. We’ll Tabgha were we will stand on the shores of the also visit Jesus’s prison in the house of Caiaphas Sea of Galilee and recount the events: “So He under the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, mark- commanded the multitude to sit down on the ing the place where Jesus’s prophecy was fulfilled: ground. And He took the seven loaves and the “It will happen today, in fact tonight. Before the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them rooster crows twice, you yourself will say three to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the mul- times that you don’t know me” (Mark 14:30). We titude” (Matt. 15: 35-36). then go to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the We will follow in Jesus’s footsteps, from the Nativity, Shepherds’ Field, and a local Christian place of the multiplication of the loaves and the family’s shop. Break for a traditional lunch on our fishes, and travel to . In Magdala we will own. Return to hotel for dinner. visit some of the most exciting archaeological dis- Overnight: Jerusalem (B, D) coveries in the Holy Land, including a dating back to the time of Jesus. Our final stop: the Yardenit Baptismal site in the Jordan River, where DAY 8: CAMEL RIDE, MASADA, QUMRAN you will have the opportunity to be baptized or AND THE DEAD SEA re-baptized. Return to hotel for dinner. After breakfast we go into the . We Overnight: Tiberius/North (B, D) will stop for a short camel ride at Genesis Land, where guests experience life as it was in biblical times. We continue to Masada to tour this impres- DAY 6: BEIT SHE’AN, CAESAREA, ELAH sive fortress built by King Herod. Ascend to the VALLEY AND JERUSALEM top of the mountain by cable car and view the After breakfast and hotel checkout, we visit Beit breathtaking vistas. Walk along the ruins and ex- She’an and tour ancient Roman-Byzantine ruins. plore this ancient stronghold where Jewish zeal- Passing by on which, “ took ots chose to end their lives rather than live under his own sword and fell on it.”(I Sam. 31: 4), we oppressive Roman rule following the destruction continue to the coastal plain to visit Caesarea, the of the Second . capital of during the Roman Period. Peter We will then stop at where David baptized Cornelius (Acts 10:24-28) in this port found refuge from the wrath of King Saul (I Sam. city built by Herod. As we climb into the Judean 24), and at Qumran to see the remains of an as- Hills we will stop in the Elah Valley, the site of Da- cetic religious community contemporary to Je- vid’s famous battle against Goliath. When we ar- sus, and the where the Dead Sea rive in Jerusalem we have one of two options: Scrolls were discovered. We conclude the day • Stop at an observation point on Mount Sco- with a dip in the Dead Sea, the saltiest body of pus to enjoy a magnificent view over the city. water in the world, before returning to the hotel We will say the Shehecheyanu prayer, the tra- for dinner. ditional prayer that is said upon entering Overnight: Jerusalem (B, D) 3 DAY 9: CITY OF DAVID AND THE OLD CITY DAY 11: COMMUNION AT THE GARDEN OF JERUSALEM TOMB, TEL AVIV/ AND FAREWELL Enjoy breakfast before we begin our day in the DINNER City of David (II Sam 5:1-12) – the birthplace of Enjoy breakfast and a free morning for final shop- Jerusalem, conquered by King David 3,000 years ping, followed by a visit to the Friends of Zion ago – to view remains from ancient Jebusites up to Museum (FZO). This unique museum portrays the Herodian period. Walk underground through the story of the support for the Jewish people and a Herodian water channel to the base of the Tem- nation of Israel by non-Jews, from the first Chris- ple Mount. Tour the Southern Wall excavations tian Zionists of the 19th century who encouraged (Davidson Center) and imagine how pilgrims Theodor Herzl, to those who played active roles walked to the Second Temple 2,000 years ago. in the establishment of the State of Israel. We con- We will visit the surrounding Ophel Archeology clude our time in Jerusalem with communion at Gardens, one of the most significant archeo- the Garden Tomb. We continue to Tel Aviv – Jaffa logical sites in the country. where we will tour Old Jaffa and visit its galleries, Enjoy free time at the Western Wall for personal before enjoying a special Farewell Dinner at a fab- reflection before delving underground through ulous restaurant by the Mediterranean Sea before the Western Wall tunnels. Continue to the pools transferring to the airport. of Bethesda where Jesus healed the paralyzed Midnight flight back to the USA man (John 5), visit the Convent of the Sisters of Zion (Lithostrotos) and the Gabbatha Pavement DAY 12: ARRIVAL IN THE USA on which Jesus was judged by Pilate (John 19:13). Arrive back home in the USA We continue our walk under the Arch through the . According to the New Testament this is where Jesus was sentenced. This group price quote includes: We’ll visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and time permitting, visit the Tower of David Muse- • Airfare to and from Israel from your group’s um, or climb on to the ramparts of the walls of selected departure city Jerusalem where we can read from the Prophets. • Group assistance by a representative of LBT who Return to hotel for dinner. will meet your group at the airport upon arrival and Overnight: Jerusalem (B, D) help at departure from Ben Gurion Airport • Private AC deluxe motor coach throughout DAY 10: JERUSALEM – YAD VASHEM, ISRA- your trip • Nine (9) nights in the hotels selected by your group EL MUSEUM AND VOLUNTEERING (Choice of Hotel plans range from 3* to 5*Deluxe) After breakfast we spend the morning at the Yad • Ten (10) days of comprehensive sightseeing as per Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum where program led by expert government-licensed, a local scholar will guide us. We continue to the English-speaking (or English/Spanish speaking if Israel Museum where we will see the Shrine of the requested) professional tour guide (s) Book, home to the . We will also • Bountiful Israeli breakfasts, and dinners daily tour the museum’s famous 21,520-square foot including: Welcome Dinner, Traditional Shabbat model of Jerusalem during the Second Temple Dinners, Farewell Dinner; and lunches only as Period. specified After lunch there will be a volunteer project • All entrance fees to the sites visited during the with Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s nation- group’s sightseeing as per itinerary al emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and • Tips to driver and guide, and restaurant and hotel blood bank service, or with another organization. staffs for included meals and hotels, and hotel and Free time to explore and enjoy the energy of the airport porterage fees Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall. • Expert guest speaker if included in your itinerary Overnight: Jerusalem (B, D) Please see Insert Page for what is Not Included in a group’s quoted price 4