Join Revd Laura McWilliams & Revd John Walden In the footsteps of Jesus A biblical tour of ISRAEL Tuesday 12th - Thursday 21st September 2017 Revd Laura McWilliams New Wine Regional Director for the North East & Yorkshire & Senior Leader Billingham Team Ministry [email protected] Revd John Walden from St Andrew’s Starbeck Harrogate Welcome! We are going to have a blessed time of fellowship and worship as we journey through the ‘Life of Jesus’. We break bread on the shores of Galilee and at The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, We may confirm our baptism promises in the River Jordan and journey across Lake Galilee. Bible reading will no longer be just b/w but in colour as you visit the significant places ‘In The Footsteps of Jesus’. Pause and pray in the Garden of Gethsemane, kneel in the Church of the Nativity and visit and read of His second coming again in the Chapel of the Ascension. All this and more! We are in for a memorable time together. Laura and John Tuesday where Jesus was tried); on these can be seen We leave London on a direct morning flight an engraving known as the King Game, to Tel Aviv, where we will be met on arrival perhaps related to the mocking of Jesus. At for transfer to our hotel in Jerusalem. the Church of the Holy Sepulchre we see the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and Wednesday resurrection. Visit the Taxation Museum. We begin our tour with a visit to the Model We end the afternoon viewing Gordon’s of Jerusalem. We visit the church of the Calvary, and with quiet reflection and Ascension and then trace the Palm Sunday Eucharist at the Garden Tomb (possible path down from the Mount of Olives into alternative locations for Jesus’ death and the city, pausing at the Dominus Flavit resurrection). church (recalling Jesus weeping over Jerusalem). We see Gethsemane. Continue Friday to the Tomb of Absalom. We walk part of Today we explore the city of Jerusalem the “Last Path” (through the Kidron valley), in the Old Testament, and in the time of and visit the church of St Peter in Gallicantu Jesus. We see the Western Wall, and the (reputedly where Peter denied Jesus, the Western Wall Excavations (some remains site of Caiaphas’ House). Entering the old from the time of the second Temple), and city, we see a possible location of the Upper the Western Wall tunnels. To conclude Room at St Mark’s Syrian Church, and the day, we see David’s City; walk through visit the Burnt House - an ancient priestly Hezekiah’s Tunnel (constructed in the 8th house from the time of Jesus. Dinner and century BCE to ensure a safe water supply); overnight in Jerusalem. and see the recently uncovered Pool of Siloam, and a recently discovered paved Thursday street from the Pool to the Temple. Dinner Returning to the Old City, we first visit and overnight in Jerusalem. the Pool of Bethesda (where Jesus healed a crippled man). We then follow part of Saturday the Via Dolorosa (the approximate route In the morning, we visit Bethany, the Jesus took to his death on the cross). We site of Lazarus’ tomb. Herodion (one of see flagstones thought to be from the Herod’s many palaces, believed to have Antonia Fortress (the Roman barracks, contained Herod’s tomb); the Shepherds’ Fields; and the Church of the Nativity. We site of the Transfiguration) to visit Cana visit Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls (where Jesus turned water into wine), and were found, possibly associated with continue to Nazareth - where we see a John the Baptist; and Ein Gedi, scene of church built around Mary’s Well, and Jesus’ David’s pursuit by Saul. Finally, we have the reputed childhood home (at the Church opportunity to “float” in the Dead Sea. of the Annunciation). We visit Nazareth Village (depicting life in the time of Jesus), Sunday and the Mount of the Precipice (believed There will be opportunity for worship by some to be where Jesus was taken by today. We drive to the Valley of Elah, the angry crowd after preaching at the (associated with David and the 5 stones). Nazareth Synagogue) – from which we view Continue to Emmaus before visiting the the Jezreel Valley, the Biblical location for Israel Museum to see the “Shrine of the Armageddon. Book”; and Yad Vashem (the Holocaust Museum). The remainder of the day is free. Thursday We leave Tiberias and visit Mount Carmel Monday then travel to Jaffa and finally to Tel Aviv Leaving Jerusalem we drive to the Inn of and our flight home to London Luton. the Good Samaritan. To Jericho - where we Itinerary subject to change see the ruins of the ancient city captured by Joshua, recall the temptation of Jesus, and Price - £1550 per person reflect on Jesus’ encounters with Bartimaeus and stop by the Tree associated with What the price includes Zacchaeus. We see the river Jordan, where • Return flights from London Luton to Jesus was baptised (it may be possible for Tel Aviv (Details of flight numbers and members of the group to be baptised here). times have not yet been finalised) We continue to our new hotel in Tiberias • Accommodation in good quality hotels in twin bedded rooms with private Tuesday facilities on half board basis We visit the 2000 year old “Jesus Boat” at a • Transfer of passengers and baggage nearby kibbutz, and then sail across the Sea • Sightseeing as in itinerary of Galilee on a replica of this boat - pausing • Services of a fully qualified English during this for a time of worship. 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