Israel Mission 2009 has Four Focused Components.

The 2009 Mission to Israel has four main focused components. 1: Missionary Focused 2: Biblical Focused 3: Historical Focused 4: Educational Focused Our Mission statement is as follows; “To impact young Christian’s at the critical decision making time of their earthly lives.” That they might realize what they are really here on earth for. That it is not about me, but is really all about Him. The mission focus is on young Christians. There will be three chaperones: John Wells, Lois Kember and Brian Good. The registered pilgrims are from Canada (32), United States (5) and Australia (5). All are familiar to locally gathered Assemblies. For those young Christians who are in assembly fellowship, we will have the pleasure of gathering with the local Christians, who gather to His name at Jerusalem to remember our Lord. If you are gathered to a local assembly, please bring a letter of commendation with you to Israel. Everyone should bring their Bibles and Belivers Hymn Books, as we will read and sing at every site we visit. The Mission Overview: Our aim is to stimulate the five God given senses; taste, touch, hearing, seeing and smelling through a missionary, biblical, historical and educational focus. The Missionary Focus: Participants will be exposed to present day ministries in operation in three distinct cultures. We are praying that some of the young Christians would be impacted to the point of going into missionary service for His honor and His glory. We will be visiting three missionary focused groups. Palestinian Culture, The House of Hope, in Bethlehem, Director is Rhoda David, Web site is www.houseofhopemd.org Arab Culture, The Emmaus Bible Ministry. Director is George Khalil, Web Site is www.emmausnazareth.net/Index.htm Jewish Culture, Nazareth Village, Web Site is www.nazarethvillage.com The Biblical Focus: Our site visits are chosen because of Biblical reference. The Bible “comes alive” as it is open, read and taught by John Wells at each site. It is my personal experience that each pilgrim will read their Bibles in a new light following these site visits and life lessons. We will be visiting Jaffa, Tel Megiddo, Mt. Carmel, Nazareth, Tabgha, Capernaum, Korazim, Safed, Zippor, Sea of Galilee, Tiberias, En Gedi, Qumran, Dead Sea, Mount of Olives, King David’s Tomb, Upper Room, Caiaphas House, and the Garden Tomb. The Historical Focus: Israel’s amazing history dates back to Bible times. Pilgrims will be eye witnesses to excavated ancient cities and sites. We will be visiting Caesarea, Bet She’an, Kibbutz Ginosar, Masada, Western Wall, and the Old City of Jerusalem. The Educational Focus: These young Christians will be taken out of the classroom setting for an on-site visit. They will be taught about the Holocaust from a survivor perspective, which is unique to Yad Vashem. They will have the opportunity to see, taste, touch and smell plants, trees and food referenced in the Bible. We have hired a retired Jewish History Teacher (Reuven Solomon) as our guide. He will be giving a 30 to 45 minute Biblical/Historical/Educational lecture at each of the sites we visit. We will be visiting Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remembrance museum, and Neot Kedumin, Israel’s Biblical Landscape Reserve. Questions about the Mission to Israel 2009, just Post a comment and I will gladly return your inquiry. Be’ahavat Yisrael (with a love for Israel and its people), Ken yehi ratzon (May it be God’s will) Shalom, Shalom,