Home Away From Home and other Information

 Shalom Friends.  As we travel the land of Israel, we will be traveling by coach bus with water being continuously available.  There is no toilet on the bus but there will be sufficient stops along the way.  

 All pilgrims will need to be in Tel Aviv by Monday, February 26th.  The bus will pull out from the hotel by 8:15 the next morning to head north.  We will visit Jaffa, Caesarea, Mt. Carmel, Megiddo, Nazareth and end our day by the Sea of Galilee.

We will spend three nights in the area of the Sea of Galilee, visiting the places where Jesus did a majority of  His three years of ministry (Capernaum, Korazim, Magdala, Kursi, Tabgha).  We will also visit sites on the Golan Heights, along the Lebanese, Syrian and Jordanian borders, and do baptisms in the Jordan River.  A boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and some other special treats are included.

We will then travel south along the Jordan River valley to visit Beit Shean, where Saul’s body was hung on the wall after his defeat on Mt. Gilboa.  We will also stop at the location where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.  We will spend two nights along the Dead Sea.  En Gedi (where David hid from Saul), Masada, Qumran (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found) and possibly Beersheba are all on our itinerary. You will also have the chance to float in the Dead Sea and have a spa treatment.

Our last five nights will be in and around Jerusalem (including Bethlehem).

Here is a list of our “homes away from home” for our journey:

February 26 to 27:  Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv   Click HERE

February 27 to March 1: Lake House, Kinneret   Click HERE

March 1 to March 3:    Enjoy Hotel, Dead Sea   Click HERE

March 3 to March 8:  Bat Sheva Hotel, Jerusalem   Click HERE

For anyone who wants to come in a day early or stay an extra day or two, Nir can make those arrangements for you at our tour rates.  He can also arrange add-on packages to Jordan or Egypt for those who may be interested.

Registration and a video Preview

 Friends,

  Thanks for considering traveling with Pam and me on the trip of a lifetime.  I will have a tentative itinerary and links to our hotels on the next post.  On this post, I wanted to give you three important pieces of information.

First, here is a link to the registration form:  https://forms.gle/RyPrEsAKkcU8364z8

This can be filled out online and your check sent separate or you can print this out, fill it out, and send it with your down payment and note on your check Israel 2024 to:

            Pat Jones, Pastor
            Eastern Hills Church
            8445 Greiner Road
            Williamsville, NY  14221

I also wanted to send a link to a short video I produced that gives you a flavor of travel around the land in three minutes or less.  Here is that link:  https://vimeo.com/482112682

Feel free to pass the link for this page to anyone else you know who is interested and also those who are going with you whom I don’t have their contact info yet.