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Holy Land

 

Church Leaders Educational Tour

February 10 – 19, 2009     CND / USD $1179          

Round trip airfare out of Toronto

Guided sightseeing tour

Hotel accommodation

Breakfast and dinner daily

Not included: Insurance $119 (up to age 59) ¨ Departure taxes $390 (The airline will impose a new fuel charge. This charge changes periodically. We will let you know the amount in a later date therefore the taxes amount is subject to change) ¨ Tips to driver, guide & hotel staff $85 USD ¨ Single room add $329 ¨ Spouse rate $2049 ¨ Regular passengers $2479

                                     

For information and registration please contact:

Rev. John Howson

Bridges For Peace, National Office, Winnipeg, MB ¨ Phone: 204 489 3697 ¨ Fax: 204 786 2051 ¨ Email: bfp@mts.net

Or

Sunworld Tours   #619 7620 Elbow Dr   SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 1K2¨

Tel:  403 245 9181 ¨ Fax: 403 245 0611 ¨ Toll Free: 1 800 461 6854 Email: sunworld@sunworldtours.com  www.sunworldtours.com

 

To register: Please forward to Sunworld Tours a non-refundable deposit of $200, Registration form, Business Card, Certificate of Ordination and Photocopy of the picture page of the passport

Final payment is due December 22, 2008. Cancellations: 50 % refund of total tour cost 30 -15 days prior to departure.  No refund 14 - 0 days prior to departure.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Bridges for Peace Church Leader Educational Tour February 10-19, 2009

 

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Bridges For Peace Church Leaders Educational Tour

February 10 – 19, 2009

 

 

Day  1  Tue  Feb 10                            CanadaAthens

Depart Toronto on Olympic Airways. Overnight en route

           
Day  2  Wed Feb 11                           Israel

Have a sightseeing tour of Athens . Upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport you be met by a Sunworld Tours Representative. Drive to the Jerusalem. Overnight in the Jerusalem

 

Day  3  Thu Feb 12                            Jerusalem

Free day in Jerusalem.  Overnight in Jerusalem

 

Day 4  Fri Feb 13                               Jerusalem

Drive to Mt. Scopus and have the blessing of the bread and wine and enjoy the first glimpse of the City of Jerusalem.  Spend some time at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial, visiting the memorial sites, the museum and the Valley of the Jewish Communities. Visit Mt. Zion to see King David’s Tomb and the Upper Room. Visit Davidson Centre to see the Southern Wall Digs. Walk through the restored Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall. Explore the Old City Alleys and colorful markets. Walk along the “Way of the cross” to the Church of the Holy  Sepulcher. 

Overnight in Jerusalem

 

Day  5  Sat Feb 14                          Jerusalem

Drive to Mt. Olives and walk down to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations . Continue to

Government Hill to see the Knesset, Israel ’s Parliament and the Menorah, which is engraved with scenes of the

Jewish Nations history. Visit the Israel Museum to see the Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are

displayed and the Holyland Model of Jerusalem . End the day with a tour and Communion at the Garden Tomb.

In the evening we meet new immigrants and a speaker from Bridges for Peace Israel.

Overnight in Jerusalem

 

Day  6  Sun Feb 15                            Dead Sea - Massed

Visit the Bridges for Peace food Bank.  Travel down the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea Area.  Visit Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where discovered. Visit Massada, the fortress built by King Herod. Ride the cable car to the top to explore the Massada. Take a dip in the therapeutic, salt mineral water of the Dead Sea.

Overnight in the Dead Sea

 

Day  7 Mon Feb 16                             Dead Sea  - Sea of Galilee

Depart Jerusalem and drive along the Jordan Valley to Bet She'an to tour the extensive, ongoing archeological excavations, a Roman Decapolis city built on ancient remains which figured prominently during the reign of King Saul. Stop at Yardenit the Baptismal site on the Jordan Valley . Drive through the Galilee via Nazareth and Cana. Visit Megiddo, where the books of Daniel and Revelation will come alive as we study about the final battle of Armageddon.

Overnight at a Kibbutz Hotel in the Sea of Galilee area

 

Day  8  Tue Feb 17                             Sea of Galilee

Enjoy a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee and visit the Boat Museum . Visit Capernaum where we will see the remains of Peter’s house and where Jesus chose to center His ministry. Visit the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Travel to Banias, site of the Ancient Caesarea Philippi and Banias Falls.  Travel up to the Golan Heights for a view from Mount Bental Bunker.

Overnight at a Kibbutz Hotel in the Sea of Galilee area

 

Day 9  Wed Feb 18                            Galilee – Tel Aviv 

Drive to Mt. Carmel to visit the Muhraqa, which commemorates the battle of Elijah with the prophets of Baal. Drive along the ancient “Way of the Sea", along the Mediterranean to explore the Port city of Caesarea, the Roman Capital of Israel.  Stop at the ancient seaport of Jaffa and see the renovated old city and the restored Artists’ Quarter. Have a Farewell dinner tonight.

Overnight in Tel Aviv

 

Day  10  Thu Feb 19                         Canada

Transfer to the airport for your flight home.

 

* Date and itinerary are subject to change

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