HOLY LAND
Prospects for Peace
Learning from the Past,
Heading toward the Future

February 17 – 29, 2008

Approximate Cost: $2900

• Visit projects supported by Lutheran World Relief in Jerusalem and the West Bank
  
  
• See the stories of the Bible unfold as you walk as a pilgrim along the paths of Christ and the early church with a Christian guide
  
  
• Travel to Caesarea Maritima, once the Roman capital of Palestine, and see the remarkable Roman aqueduct
  
  
• Visit Nazareth, where Jesus grew up
  
  
• Share Communion during a boat ride on the Galilee
  
  
• Take a cable car ride up to Masada and learn of the Zealots’ last resistance against the Romans, and visit the Dead Sea
  
  
• Visit the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square in Bethlehem
  
  
• Talk with The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb in Bethlehem about the role of Christians in the Palestine/Israel conflict
  
  
• Tour the separation wall built around Bethlehem and other Palestinian West Bank communities
  
  
• Visit Tantur Ecumenical Center near Bethlehem
  
  
• Stay in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City in the comfort of modern Lutheran-run guestrooms
  
  
• Walk the Palm Sunday Road and the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

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