We will arrive in Tel Aviv.

Once landed, we will proceed to the hotels in Tel Aviv and enjoy dinner together. After dinner, there will be an orientation meeting with worship and prayer.

Our first full day will start with seeing the ancient port city of Jaffa and visit Simon the Tanner’s house. Then we will visit Independence Hall where Israel became a nation.

We will see Independence Hall in Tel Aviv en route to Jerusalem. While in Jerusalem we will view the city from Mount Scopus.

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown.

We will start our day with the Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane and the Palm Sunday Walk. We will then walk through Cardo, the main street of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago and along the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus carried his cross. We will visit the beautiful Church of St. Anne’s where Jesus healed the crippled man by the Pool of Bethesda and the Upper Room on Mt. Zion.

Today will be a full day in Jerusalem. Journey into the Old City and to the Western Wall. Get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pray and walk the ramparts of the wall.

We will be exploring the Jerusalem Market, Machne Yehuda, and then going to see the Garden Tomb. 

This will be our first Shabbat together. Shabbat begins at sundown.

Travel to Qumran and see where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. We will go to Masada where we will ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress where the zealots made their last stand against the Romans in 73 AD. And of course - see the Dead Sea!

We will also be exploring the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, the place where David wrote many of his Psalms, and home to beautiful hot springs, fascinating plants and wildlife along with great hiking trails.

Visit Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum where we can walk through the Children’s Pavilion, visit the museum, and walk down the Avenue of the Righteous. Hear from a Holocaust Survivor. 

The globally televised Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem including a Watchmen on the Wall commissioning ceremony begins in the evening. This assembly will mark the solemn first anniversary of the war and the 20th anniversary of the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

Visit Abraham’s Bread feeding center a facility where Israel’s poor are fed daily. We will see firsthand how Eagles’ Wing is partnering with others to help meet the needs of the underprivileged.

We will join the citizens of Jerusalem in marking the first anniversary of the war through local Solidarity events.

Journey to Caesarea, an ancient port build by King Herod and home to the first gentile converts. Extensive modern archaeological excavations have made viewable stadiums, theaters, temples, palaces, and a giant seaport built out in the Mediterranean.

Next stop, Muchraka (Mt Carmel), a Carmelite Monastery said to be at the site where the prophet Elijah challenged the prophets of the Canaanite god Baal to a showdown in order to prove God’s might. 

We will end the day with a baptism service in the Jordan River.