Join Bishop Jim and Pastor Lisa Hazelwood to the Holy Land from Boston, MA (BOS) – January 13 – 24, 2025

Depart for your overnight flight to the Holy Land.  Meals will be served on board.

Day 2:                    Arrival Hotel Transfer 

Arrive at Tel Aviv Airport meet your guide at the Airport, and drive to your Hotel in Galilee for dinner and overnight in Tiberius. (D)

Day 3:                    Mount Tabor/ Nazareth / Sepphoris

Start our visit to Mt. Tabor, the Mt of Transfiguration.  On to the Church of Annunciation and visit the site of the Annunciation.  Visit Sepphoris, who Josephus called “the ornament of all Galilee.”  Dinner and overnight in Tiberius. (B, L, D)

Day 4:                     Golan Heights/ Sea of Galilee

On a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee, we will celebrate Holy Communion. We will visit the Mount of Beatitudes, the church of Multiplications of Fish & Loaves, and Capernaum, then drive to Golan Heights to visit Caesarea Philippi. Dinner and overnight in Tiberius. (B, L, D)

Day 5:                      Haifa/ Caesarea

Depart the Galilee area via the coastal plains, visit Meggido, then drive to Stella Marris at Mount Carmel to visit the church of Prophet Elijah, after lunch we continue south to visit Caesarea Maritima, and from there we continue our way to Jerusalem. Continue to Bethlehem through Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight in Abraham Hermitage in Beit Jala. (B, L, D)

Day 6:                      Dead Sea area

Full Day Tour in the Dead Sea area, River Jordan, Qumran, and float in the Dead Sea, view the Good Samaritan Inn, St. George in the Judean Wilderness. Visit the old city of Jericho Elisha Spring and view Mount Temptation Monastery.   Chance to meet with the ELCA YAGM (Young Adults in Global Mission).  Dinner and overnight in Abraham Hermitage in Beit Jala.  (B, L, D)

Day 7:                       Bethlehem, ELCJHL School

Today we will visit the local ELCJHL school.  In the afternoon we will visit the Tent of Nations, have lunch, and chance for planting trees.  Visit the Walled Off hotel, and walk by Bethlehem Refugee Camp.  Optional dinner with local Christian families or dinner overnight in Abraham Hermitage in Beit Jala.   (B, L, D)

Day 8:                       Mount of Olives/ Mount Zion

Start our day visiting Augusta Victoria Hospital and Lutheran World Federation on top of Mount of Olives, Walk the Palm Sunday Path, the church of Gethsemane, and the Kedron Valley. Visit the last Supper room, Mount Zion, Saint Peter in Gallicantu, and the Shrine of the Book & Model of Jerusalem time of Jesus. Dinner and overnight in Abraham Hermitage in Beit Jala (B, L, D)

Day 9:                          Old city of Jerusalem

Visit the Wailing Wall, Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock & Al Aqsa Mosque, then visit the church of St. Anne and the pool of Bethesda, Via Dolorosa, and Church of the Holy Sepulcher. We will meet with ELCA and ELCJHL leaders.  We will enjoy some free time in Jerusalem.  Dinner at a Tent restaurant and enjoy traditional Palestinian folklore music and dance, overnight in Abraham Hermitage in Beit Jala. (B, L, D)

Day 10:                         Shepherd’s Field/ Bethlehem

Start the day with worship with the local ELCJHL congregation.  Visit the shepherd’s field, the church of Nativity, the old city of Bethlehem, and Mount Herodian.  Dinner and overnight in Abraham Hermitage in Beit Jala. (B, L, D)

Day 11:                         Departure

After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our flight home.  We will arrive home on the same day.  (B)