Holy Land

 

Bridges For Peace Study Tour

October 31 – November 10, 2009 CND $ 2685

 

Optional : BFP Eyes of the Lord Conference Nov 8 -13, 2009

Round trip airfare out of Toronto

Guided sightseeing tour

Hotel accommodation

Breakfast and dinner daily (Israel only)

Not included: Insurance $197 (up to age 59 and subject to change) ¨ Departure taxes $580 (The airline taxes amount is subject to change) ¨ Tips to driver, guide & hotel staff $85 USD ¨ Single room add $649 ¨ Optional Athens tour $120

 

For Tour and Conference information please contact Bridges For Peace Canada:

Rev. John Howson, National Director, Canada

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

 

For Tour registration please contact

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 and Photocopy of the picture page of the passport

Final payment is due September 16, 2009. 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 Study Tour October 31 – Nov 10, 2009

 

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Bridges For Peace Study Tour

October 31 – November 10, 2009

 

Day 1 Sat Oct 31 Departure

Depart Toronto to Athens

Meals will be served on board.

Overnight en route


Day 2 Sun Nov 1 Athens - Israel

Upon arrival to Athens transfer to your hotel you will get lunch and dinner or have an optional sightseeing tour of Athens. The tour will stop for lunch (Lunch is not included). After the tour transfer to your hotel for a rest and dinner

11:00 pm transfer to the airport to fly to Israel

Overnight in the Jerusalem

 

Day 3 Mon Nov 2 Jerusalem

Upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport you be met by a Sunworld Tours Representative.

Drive to the Jerusalem and check in to your hotel

Spend some time at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial, visiting the memorial sites, the museum and the Valley of the Jewish Communities. 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.

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

Overnight in Jerusalem

 

Day 4 Tue Nov 3 Jerusalem

Drive to Mt. Scopus and have the blessing of the bread and wine and enjoy the first glimpse of the City of Jerusalem Drive to Mt. Olives and walk down to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations. Visit Mt. Zion to see King David’s Tomb and the Upper Room. Walk through the restored Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall. Visit Davidson Centre to see the Southern Wall Digs. Explore the Old City Alleys and colorful markets. Walk along the “Way of the cross” to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. End the day with a tour and Communion at the Garden Tomb.

Overnight in Jerusalem

 

Day 5 Wed Nov 4 Dead Sea - Massada

Visit the Bridges for Peace food Bank. Travel down the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea Area. Stop at Genesis Land for light lunch and camel ride. Continue to 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 6 Thu Nov 5 Dead Sea - Sea of Galilee

Depart the Dead Sea 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. Visit Megiddo, where the books of Daniel and Revelation will come alive as we study about the final battle of Armageddon.

Drive through the Galilee via Nazareth and Cana.

Overnight at a Kibbutz Hotel in the Sea of Galilee area

 

Day 7 Fri Nov 6 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 site of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Visit the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. End the day at the Yardenit.

Overnight at a Kibbutz Hotel in the Sea of Galilee area

 

Day 8 Sat Nov 7 Golan Heights - Galilee

Travel up to the Golan Heights for a view from Mount Bental Bunker. Travel to Banias and Banias Falls, site of the

Ancient Caesarea Philippi. Have a security briefing along the Northern border and Kiryat Shmona.

Overnight at a Kibbutz Hotel in the Sea of Galilee area

 

Day 9 Sun Nov 8 Galilee – Jerusalem

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. Drive to Jerusalem to attend the King of Kings Service.

Have a Farewell dinner tonight.

Overnight in Jerusalem

 

Day 10 Mon Nov 9 Jerusalem

Free day

Overnight in the Jerusalem

 

Day 11 Tue Nov 10 Canada

Transfer to the airport for your flight home.

 

* Date rate and itinerary are subject to change