Calvary Chapel Israel Tour

Hosted by

 Pastor Sean Hollen

For more information call 360-532-4419 or email at seanhollen@reachone.com

 

November 11 - 21, 2009 Price per person, double occupancy: $2,375

With Eilat and Petra, Jordan Extension: November 21-23, 2009:  $3,050

 

Tour includes round-trip airfare from Newark to Tel Aviv.  You will need to get your own flight to Newark. First-class hotels or Kibbutz with breakfast and dinner, all transportation, transfer, entrance fees and taxes.

Not included are lunches and expenses of a personal nature, i.e., gifts, laundry, and drinks.

 

Deposit, Payments and Refunds

Checks and/or Credit Cards made payable to:

Harbor Calvary Chapel

108 South K Street, Aberdeen, WA 98520

A deposit of $200 is due A.S.A.P. !!

Full payment is due by September 1, 2009.

If you need to cancel, you must notify Pastor Sean in writing.  The deposit and payments are fully refundable up to 70 days prior to departure (August 28, 2009).

(Prices and due dates are subject to change.)

 

DAY 1Depart USA to Tel Aviv

 

DAY 2Arrival in the Holy land in the afternoon/evening where we will be met by a representative to assist us through customs, and transferred to our hotel on the Mediterranean coast for dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 3 Caesarea / Carmel / Megiddo (Armageddon) / Tiberias  Proceed to Caesarea to visit the Crusader Fortress built upon the ancient city of Caesarea Maritima, named after Augustus Caesar, who imposed the tax that brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.Here is a beautiful example of the Roman Amphitheatre built in the days of Christ. We’ll continue to Mount Carmel where Elijah issued his challenge to the False Prophets.Then on to Megiddo, site of Armageddon.From there we go to Tiberias and the beautiful Sea of Galilee.Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Tiberias.

 

DAY 4Boat Ride on Sea of Galilee / Mt of Beatitudes / Capernaum / Baptism in the Jordan River  We’ll visit the Jesus Boat, which is in a specially built museum situated on Kibbutz Nof Ginossar.  The Sea of Galilee is where much of Jesus’ ministry took place and then board a boat for a cruise on the Sea of Galilee.  We visit where Jesus gave Beatitudes and taught in the synagogue on many occasions and performed many miracles.We then proceed to visit where 5,000 were fed by Jesus who performed the miracle of the multiplication of fish and loaves.Visit Capernaum, and end a magnificent day with a visit to Yardenit, the traditional baptismal site on the Jordan River.  If you desire to be baptized in the Jordan, please talk to your pastor. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 5  Damascus Road / Golan Heights / Mt. Hermon / Caesarea Phillipi / Tel Dan We head north on the road through the Golan Heights where we will hear the explanations of the strategic and political significance of this area. On the Golan Heights we will visit Caesarea Phillipi, where Jesus asks, “Who do men say that I am?”  A question every must answer.  We then visit the Tel Dan the capital city of Israel where Jeroboam erected a golden calf.

 

DAY 6 Shean / Jordan Valley / Gideon’s Spring / Sachne, / end the day at Jerusalem  We proceed through the city of Beit Shean - one of the earliest and most important cities in Israel from the time of the Canaanites.It was here the Philistines impaled King Saul's body to the city wall - we view its magnificent excavations.We will see the spring were God had Gideon chose only 300 men to fight against the Midianites.  Then on to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

 

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DAY 7 . of Olives / Palm Sunday Road / Garden of Gethsemane / House of Caiaphas / Upper Room /V'shem Holocaust Museum  This morning we start the day at Mt of Olives for an introduction to Jerusalem.Ascend the mountains of Jerusalem from Mt. Scopus to Mt of Olives for an outstanding breathtaking view of the city across the Kidron Valley to the Eastern Gate; see Chapel of Ascension, walk down Palm Sunday Road and visit the Garden of Gethsemane. Travel to the house of Caiaphas and visit the Upper Room and Tomb of King David.Drive to Yad V'shem, the memorial to the Holocaust where 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis.  Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

 

DAY 8  Qumran /Ein Gedi  / Massada/ Dead Sea  Our next adventure is down to the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, lowest spot on earth and visit Qumran, center of the Essenes.Visit the ancient caves of Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Continue south to Ein Gedi, David's hideout from Saul, and on to the mighty fortress Massada, last stronghold and stand of the zealots against Rome, on the edge of the barren Negev Desert.Those who wish to do so may swim (float) in the salty waters of the Dead Sea on the way to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 9 Old City of Jerusalem / Temple Mount / Pool of Bethesda / Praetorium / Fortress of Antonia / Via Dolorosa

Enter the Old City through the Dung Gate; Go up on the Temple Mount and see the Dome of the Rock, East Gate and the Dome of the Sprits. Visit the Pool of Bethesda where Jesus cured an invalid man; continue to the Praetorium, site of the public trial of Christ, and his condemnation, and view its ancient remains in the Fortress of Antonia;  Continue through the picturesque market streets walking along the Via Dolorosa. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

 

DAY 10 Southern Steps of the Ancient Temple / Western Wall / Rabbi’s Tunnel/ Calvary / Garden Tomb Visit to the Southern Steps, the archaeological reconstruction of the Temple Steps where Jesus walked so often, proceed to the Western Wall, a sacred site for the Jewish People.the famous Rabbi's Tunnel, running along the base of the Western Wall.  End the day with prayer and communion at the Garden Tomb. Dinner in Jerusalem and take our late night flight home.

 

DAY 11  Arrive home to everyone’s USA city by the afternoon.

 

            Those doing the Petra extension will travel down to Eilat in the evening.

 

DAY 11  Petra  A full day tour to exciting Petra in Jordan, one of the 7 wonders of the world. We cross the border at Eilat and drive up to Petra where we will spend the whole day , including lunch, exploring this magnificent Biblical site – this city carved into the pink rock. At the end of this magnificent day we return to Eilat for dinner and overnight at hotel.

 

DAY 12EilatWe visit the world-famous Underwater Observatory, and then from 10 a.m. we cruise on the Red Sea in our private yacht including lunch (snorkelling, swimming). The remainder of the day is at leisure in Eilat. (Optional activities available are many and varied, such as "Swim with the Dolphins", Desert Jeep mini-safari etc.). Then prepare for flight back to Tel Aviv, where we will take our late night flight, arriving back in the USA early morning on Day 13.

 

DAY 13  Arrive home to everyone’s USA city by the afternoon