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www.EO.travel/mytrip Tour = HL21 Date = 042021 Code = H ID = 17506 Join Rev. Hendren & New Covenant UMC on Best of the Holy Land 2021 You Are Invited To Join New Covenant’s Religious Journey Abroad As Together We Retrace the Steps of Jesus. This Will Be A Life-Changing Experience. Join Rev. Harold Hendren for The Journey of a Lifetime as we Retrace Jesus’ Life & Ministry! Jerusalem • Bethlehem • Sea of Galilee Jacob’s Well • Samaria • Emmaus • Megiddo Mount Carmel • Caesarea • Jericho • Qumran • Masada • Dead Sea 10 Days of Biblical Discovery April 20 - 29, 2021 All Inclusive Price starting at $3698* from ORLANDO *above pricing reflects a 4% cash discount Your Journey Includes: Basic Tour & Guided Sightseeing . Round-trip International Airfare from Orlando (Additional baggage & optional fees may apply: see fine print for details) Fuel Surcharges and Government Taxes (Subject to Change) . Admin. Fees, Entrance Fees, Gratuities & Program Fees Daily Breakfast & Dinner . Deluxe Motorcoaches . First Class Hotels and Much, Much More! Your Host Is: Rev. Harold Hendren 3470 Woodridge Dr • The Villages FL 32162-7191 • Phone: 352-750-4529 Register to travel at www.eo.travel NILE CRUISE - $1998* February 12-20, 2020 Feb. 12-14 Same as Cairo & the Route of the Exodus. Feb. 15 Fly to Luxor and board your Nile cruise boat. You will visit Luxor and Karnak Temples late this afternoon. Feb. 16 Visit the Necropolis of Thebes before exploring the Valleys of the Kings & Queens. See the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Sail to Esna and cross through the Nile locks, before sailing to Edfu. Feb. 17 Explore the Temple of Horus in Edfu this morning. Sail to Kom Ombo and visit the Temple there shared by the gods Sobek & Haroeris this afternoon. Sail to Aswan this evening. Feb. 18 Disembark your Nile Cruise boat in Aswan this morning. Visit the High Dam of Aswan and the Granite Quarry nearby to see the unfinished obelisk. Explore the Temple of Philae before flying to Cairo for dinner and overnight. Feb. 19 See King Tut’s Treasures and explore the Egyptian Museum. Visit Saqqara. View the Great Pyramids at Giza and the majestic Sphinx today. Dinner and overnight in Cairo. Feb. 20 Return to USA. WONDERS OF PETRA & DEAD SEA- $998* February 12-17, 2020 Feb. 12 Free day in Jerusalem. Breakfast & Dinner included at your hotel. Feb. 13 Cross the Allenby Bridge into Jordan. Visit Jerash. Overnight in Amman. Feb. 14 Visit Mt. Nebo & Madaba. Overnight in Petra or at the Dead Sea. Feb. 15 Explore Petra. Travel to the Dead Sea area for a late dinner and overnight. Feb. 16 Free Morning at the Dead Sea. Cross border back into Israel. Dinner in Jerusalem. Feb. 17 Return to USA. JERUSALEM EXTENDED STAY - $398* February 12-16, 2020 Feb. 12-15 Extend your stay in the heart of Jerusalem. You are on-your- own to enjoy sightseeing, meditation, reflection and renewal. Hotel, breakfasts & dinners are included. Feb. 16 Return to USA. Best of the Holy Land 2021 April 20, Day 1 - Depart USA birthplace of Mary and possibly where Joseph and a young Jesus Your spiritual pilgrimage begins as you depart the USA on an labored. Today we’ll visit Nazareth, Jesus’ boyhood home (Matthew international flight. 2:23) and Cana, the site of Christ’s first miracle. Continue past Tel Dothan, thought to be the place where Joseph found his brothers April 21, Day 2 - Arrive in the Holy Land with their flocks (Genesis 37). Visit modern day Nablus (Ancient You will be welcomed to the Holy Land by our airport representative Shechem) and see Jacob’s well where Christ encountered the and transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight in Tiberias. Samaritan woman (John 4). See Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim where the Israelites recited the blessings and cursings of the law. Enjoy April 22, Day 3 - The Galilee dinner and overnight on the shores of the Dead Sea. With Bible in hand, cross the waters of the Sea of Galilee. Along the way, participate in a special onboard worship service. Visit Caesarea April 25, Day 6 - Jericho, Qumran & Masada Philippi, where Peter told the Lord, “You are the Christ!” (Matthew This morning visit the Baptismal Site at Qasr el-Yahud, the traditional 16). At Kibbutz Nof Ginosar, you’ll learn about the “Ancient Boat”, a site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Next we will visit rare example of the kind of boat in which Jesus would have sailed. Jericho, the oldest known inhabited city in the world. Visit the ruins You’ll also visit the Chapel of the Primacy where three times Peter of the ancient city, which was conquered by Joshua (Josh. 6: 1,2,20) professed his devotion to the risen Christ (John 21). Travel to and see parts of the ancient city walls which have been uncovered. Capernaum, the center of Jesus’ ministry in the Galilee. Visit the From Jericho you can see the traditional site of the Temptation of synagogue which stands on the site where Jesus taught (Matt.4:13, Jesus (Matt. 4:1-11) and the Judean wilderness. Travel to Qumran, 23). Travel to the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus preached to site of the Dead Sea Scroll discovery, to discuss the mysterious the people (Matt. 5-7). End your day at the Yardenit Baptismal Site community of Essenes who once lived on the shores of the Dead where you can remember your baptism at the Jordan River. Enjoy Sea. Visit Masada, Herod’s mountaintop fortress which became the dinner and overnight in Tiberias. last stronghold of the Jewish Rebellion against the Romans. Ride the cable car to the top to explore. Peer down upon the remains of April 23, Day 4 - Valley of the Doves, Megiddo, Mt. Carmel, the Roman camps and siege ramp below. Time permitting; you’ll Caesarea stop briefly at the Shores of the Dead Sea for a quick dip in the Explore the massive excavations at Beth Shean, a city continuously salt and mineral laden waters. End the day just off the Roman road inhabited for over 5,000 years, including when the Philistines hung where Jesus “walked” the Wadi Qelt gorge ,also known as the the bodies of King Saul and his sons from its walls (1 Sam. 31). Valley of the Shadow of Death, site of the Monastery of St. George. Travel the ancient caravan route through the Jezreel Valley to Tel Enjoy dinner and overnight on the shores of the Dead Sea. Megiddo where 20 different cities lie superimposed upon each other. Ascend Mt. Carmel where Elijah defeated the prophets of April 26, Day 7 - Jerusalem, Bethlehem Baal and overlook modern day Haifa (I Kings 18). Visit the Roman Begin your touring today standing atop the Mount of Olives as Jesus Aqueduct and Theatre at Caesarea, a center of the early Christians. did and enjoy a remarkable view of the “Golden City” of Jerusalem, Here, Cornelius became the first Gentile convert to the new religion including the Temple Mount. Forty days after His resurrection, (Acts 10) and Paul was imprisoned before being taken to Rome for Jesus ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:9- Trial. Enjoy dinner and overnight in Tiberias. 12). Walk to the Garden of Gethsemane and pray there as Jesus prayed (Matt.26:36-44). Visit the Israel Museum, where the First April 24, Day 5 - Mount Arbel, Sepphoris, Nazareth, Cana, Century Model of the City of Jerusalem is housed. Also view the Samaria, Jacob’s Well Shrine of the Book, where the Book of Isaiah, discovered among Travel to Mount Arbel and walk along its peak for a stunning view the Dead Sea Scrolls, is displayed. Continue to Bethlehem and of the Sea of Galilee and the area in which Jesus ministered, with visit the cave where Jesus was born and the church which has been extended views of Mt. Hermon in the north and Mt. Tabor in the constructed on the site (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-7). Nearby, south. Visit Sepphoris, the cosmopolitan Roman capital of Galilee visit the Shepherds’ Field where the Good News was first heard. until Herod Antipas built Tiberias. It is heralded as the traditional Enjoy dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. Some departure dates may begin in Jerusalem. Touring itinerary is subject to change based on local conditions and tour occupancy rates. Itinerary continued... April 27, Day 8 - Jerusalem This morning enjoy a walking tour of the Old City of Jerusalem, and walk the Cardo, the ancient main street of the Old City once lined with shops and now partially restored. Visit the Davidson Center and the Southern Wall Excavations including the Teaching Steps and the Western Wall. View the Pool of Bethesda (John 5: 1-31) where Jesus performed the Sabbath miracle. Visit Herod’s Antonia Fortress where Jesus was brought before Pontius Pilate (Luke 23: 1-11). Walk the Via Dolorosa, “the Way of the Cross”, and stand in reverence at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Visit the Garden Tomb, possible site of the garden of Joseph of Arimathea Register Early & Save and experience the reality of the Resurrection. Enjoy dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. $75 $50 Register by October 31, 2020 Register by November 30, 2020 April 28, Day 9 - Mt. Zion, Ein Karem, Emmaus, Valley of Elah On Mount Zion you will view the site of King David’s Tomb. Stand in the Upper Room, revered as the site of the Last Supper (Mark OPTIONAL 14:12-26). Walk through some of the ancient rooms in the House of the High Priest Caiaphas, where Jesus was held overnight before His crucifixion (Luke 22).