Itinerary

2015 HOSANNA ISRAEL STUDY TOUR + MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

October 2 –16, 2015

Friday, Oct 2                      Depart USA for Tel Aviv (Overnight flight)

Saturday, Oct 3                 Arrive in Israel, transfer individually to Jerusalem (HOUSING @ GLORIA)

Sunday, Oct 4                    Day 1     Getting Acquainted & Prayer (HOUSING @ GLORIA Hotel)

• Opening meeting at Gloria Hotel
• MINISTRY VISIT: worship at Karen Dunham and Living Bread International Church – Lunch, chat, and Jewish Worship Service (Dress for worship service)
• Mount of Olives visit- welcome to Jerusalem
• MINISTRY VISIT: Wall of Life mural

Monday, Oct 5                  Day 2     Preparation Period & Ministry Foundations (HOUSING @ GLORIA)

• Herodium
• Jordan River (Baptism)
• Dead Sea swim at Kalia Beach
• Walk Wadi Qelt – From St George Monastery to New Testament Jericho
• New Testament Jericho

Tuesday, Oct 6                  Day 3     Museums (HOUSING @ GLORIA)

• Israel Museum scale model of Jerusalem and Dead Sea scrolls
• Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum)
• MINISTRY VISIT: Steven Khoury (Mount of Olives)

Wednesday, Oct 7           Day 4     Old City and City of David (HOUSING @ GLORIA)

• Temple Mount
• Pool of Bethesda
• Western Wall
• City of David-movie, Ruins, Warren’s shaft and shaft, Hezekiah’s tunnel
• Western Wall tunnels (Night visit)

Thursday, Oct 8                 Day 5     Ministry Foundations-to Galilee (HOUSING @ EN GEV)

3 hour bus ride and minimal hiking today

Sea of Galilee over next 4 days.

• Sepphoris
• Nazareth Village
• Nazareth precipice

Friday, Oct 9                       Day 6     Ministry Training/Expanded Outreach-Galilee (HOUSING @ EN GEV)

• Bethsaida
• Korazin
• Capernaum (one short General modesty stop here,)
• Walk down Mount of Beatitudes to seashore of Galilee

Saturday, Oct 10               Day 7     Colliding cultures day-Galilee (HOUSING @ EN GEV)

• Mount Arbel
• Nof Ginnosar – Jesus Boat
• Boat ride (Nof Ginnosar to Ein Gev)
• Kursi
• Hippos (optional hike)

Sunday, Oct 11                  Day 8     Leadership Multiplication (HOUSING @ EN GEV)

Medium hiking day + 2 hours in the bus

• Dan
• Caesarea Philippi
• Church of Primacy

Monday, Oct 12                Day 9     Leadership Multiplication-Jordan Valley to Jerusalem (HOUSING @ GLORIA)                              Long hike in the sun + 2 hours in the bus

• Beth Shean
• Overview of Bethany/Bethpage
• Mount of Olives – Triumphal entry
• Dominus Flevit Chapel (General modesty clothes required for 15 minute visit)
• Rehearse Sunday through Tuesday events of Passion Week (reflection time)

Tuesday, Oct 13                Day 10   Jerusalem – Ministry day (HOUSING @ GLORIA)MINISTRY VISIT:

Dov Bikas- Aviv Ministries (Tel Aviv) all day trip

Wednesday, 14                 Day 11   Passion walk – Tracing Christ’s last days (HOUSING @ GLORIA)

• Upper room
• Gethsemane (modesty clothes needed if you want to poke your head in the church; but we will be hiking for 1 hour from Upper Room)
• Private garden next to church
• Caiaphas’ house- St. Peter in Gallicantu
• Wohl Museum
• Walk alternative Via Dolorosa from Jewish Quarter
• Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Thursday, 15                      Day 12   Jerusalem – Multiplication (HOUSING @ GLORIA)

• Garden Tomb and communion
• Mount of Olives – Ascension and Second Coming
• Southern Steps
• Half day free in Jerusalem (you choose what you want to do)
  • Tower of David museum
  • 3^rd Temple museum
  • Burnt House
  • Last chance for shopping
  • Wall walk

Friday, 16                            Depart for home