NOV 2 - WELCOME TO ISRAEL

• Check-in from 3:00 PM at our hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel’s “City that Never Sleeps” 
• 7:00 PM – depart from the hotel to our opening dinner at Goshen Restaurant 
• Overnight:  Lilly & Bloom Boutique Hotel, Tel Aviv

NOV 3 - ISRAEL: LAND OF PROPHECY & FAITH

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Pack bus and head north along the Mediterranean Coast to the ancient Roman capital at Caesarea with its theater and remains of the palace of the Roman Procurators where Paul was arraigned before being sent to Rome for trial. 
• Packed Lunch
• Continue to the peak of Mt. Carmel for a panoramic view of the region. Learn about the dramatic story of the Prophet Elijah and his struggle against Baal worship paganism that took place here, atop Mt. Carmel 2,800 years ago. 
• Explore the dramatic white cliffs and grottos at Israel’s border with Lebanon at Rosh Hanikrah.
• Check-in and dinner at our hotel on the shores of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) 
• Group session after dinner
• Overnight:  Nof Ginosar Hotel, Kibbutz Ginosar, Sea of Galilee

NOV 4 - GALILEE OF FAITH

• Breakfast at the hotel 
• At Mt of Beatitudes, remember the teachings of Jesus: The Sermon on the Mount 
• Continue to the ancient Galilean capital Tzipori with its magnificent synagogue & mosaics
• Lunch on your own 
• Baptism in the Jordan River
• Sail the Sea of Galilee 
• Dinner at Decks Grill in Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee
• Overnight:  Nof Ginosar Hotel, Kibbutz Ginosar, Sea of Galilee

NOV 5 - ISRAEL: LAND OF BORDERS

• Breakfast at the hotel 
• Visit Caesarea Phillipi, site of Peter’s “Great Confession” of Jesus as the Messiah. At the adjacent Banias Nature Reserve see some of the headwaters of the Jordan River.
• Ascend to Israel’s border with Syria on the Golan Heights for a security briefing to better understand the strategic issues on Israel’s northen borders 
• Meet IDF Soldiers
• Lunch on your own
• Meet residents of the Galilee who were displaced from their homes due to the missile attacks by Hezbollah from Lebanon and hear their stories. 
• Dinner at the hotel
• Group session after dinner
• Overnight:  Nof Ginosar Hotel, Kibbutz Ginosar, Sea of Galilee

NOV 6 - FROM SEA TO SEA

• Breakfast at the hotel; pack bus and depart 
• Visit ancient Bet Shean where the bodies of King Saul & his son Jonathan were hung by the Philistines. Explore the extensive remains of Roman era Scythopolis and gain further insight into the Ministry of Jesus through understanding why this was a city which Jesus did not visit. 
• Continue south through the Jordan River Valley passing Jericho and the Mount of Temptation
• Lunch and float in the Dead Sea 
• Ascend to Jerusalem, stopping on the way at “Abrahams Tent” at Genesis Land for camel riding overlooking the Judean Wilderness. 
• Check-in and dinner at our hotel
• Worship
• Overnight:  Dan Boutique Hotel, Jerusalem

NOV 7 - JERUSALEM: DEEP ROOTS

• Breakfast at the hotel 
• At the City of David (the original Jerusalem, step back nearly 4,000 years to the days of Abraham & Melchizedek and 3,000 years to the days of King David and to the days of the First Temple. See the Pool of Siloam where Jesus healed a blind man.
• At the Southern Temple Mount Archeological Park at the foot of Mt. Moriah step back 2,000 years to the days of the Second Temple. 
• Private prayer and contemplation time at the Kotel (Western Wall).
• Lunch and shopping time on your own in the Old City
• Return to the hotel to prepare for Shabbat 
• Head to Efrat for optional Synagogue Prayer services welcoming Shabbat and a traditional Home Hospitality Shabbat dinner with a Jewish family
• Overnight:  Dan Boutique Hotel, Jerusalem

NOV 8 - SHABBAT SHALOM - SABBATH PEACE

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Communion at the Garden Tomb, remembering the Crucifixion and Resurrection in a beautiful garden setting recalling "the place of the skull" (Golgotha). 
• Worship service at the Narkis Street Congregation House of Prayer for All Nations.
• Lunch and time to explore Jerusalem on your own
• Visit Migdal Eder with Bryan Stinson and learn more about the birthplace of Jesus 
• Dinner at the hotel
• Head to the Tower of David Museum for the Sound & Light Show
• Overnight:  Dan Boutique Hotel, Jerusalem

NOV 9 - THE MOUNTAINS OF JERUSALEM

• Breakfast at the hotel 
• Head to the Mt of Olives for worship and magnificent views of the Temple Mount. 
• Continue to the slopes of Mt. Scopus to participate in an archeological salvage project sifting through earth and artifacts from the Temple Mount and elsewhere in Jerusalem.
• Walk the Ramparts of Jerusalem from Jaffa Gate to Zion Gate.
• Lunch and shopping time on your own in the Old City 
• Visit Mt. Zion, traditional site of the Tomb of King David, the Last Supper and the Pentecost Experience and where Jewish and Christian traditions overlap and intersect. 
• Late afternoon, evening and dinner on your own in Jerusalem 
• Overnight:  Dan Boutique Hotel, Jerusalem

NOV 10 - THE TABERNACLE

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Head to Samaria (Shomron). At Tel Shiloh learn about Biblical Jewish roots going back thousands of years. Shiloh served as the home of the mishkan (Tabernacle) and spiritual center of the Tribes of Israel over 3,000 years ago.
• Get an update about the exciting Red Heifer Project which is a partnership of Christians and Jews. 
• Continue to Mt. Gerizim for lunch and wine tasting at the Har Berachah Winery  
• Get your hands into the soil of the Land of Israel with the Hayovel Christian Faith Based volunteers working to make the mountains of Israel bloom. 
• Return to Jerusalem for dinner at the hotel
• Group session or Worship after dinner
• Overnight:  Dan Boutique Hotel, Jerusalem

NOV 11 - LEHITRAOT ISRAEL

• Coffee and cake
• 6:40 AM – depart to the Temple Mount where the First Temple was built by King Solomon and the Second Temple was built by the Judean (Jewish) exiles who returned from Babylon
• Return to the hotel for breakfast 
• Pack bus and depart 
• Return to the Old City and explore the “Kotel Tunnels”, stepping back 2,000 years to the days of the Second Temple and the Ministry of Jesus. 
• Visit the “Kotel HaKatan” – the “Small Kotel
• Lunch and shopping time on your own at Jerusalem’s famous Machaneh Yehudah Open Air shuk Market
• Worship
• Farewell Dinner
• Head to Ben Gurion International Airport