THE RADICAL TEACHING OF JESUS: Jesus as Charismatic Teacher, Compassionate Healer, and Radical Prophet A Holy Land Study Seminar with Archbishop Elias Chacour Sponsored by Pilgrims of Ibillin – www.pilgrimsofibillin.org Questions? Contact [email protected] 260.515.9300 LAND COST $2295 (10-14 travelers) $1995 (15-19 travelers) $1795 (20+ travelers) ADD AIRFARE (You book your own flight) Tour begins Sunday, July 24, 5:00pm, in Jerusalem The Tour Price DOES INCLUDE Entrance fees to sites listed in itinerary
4 nights, Mar Elias Guesthouse, Ibillin
6 nights – Gloria Hotel, Jerusalem; 3 nights – Holy Family Hotel, Bethlehem
Breakfast daily, all meals in Ibillin; most other meals
Transport by deluxe motor coach; certified guide for a day
All tips and gratuities
The Tour price DOES NOT INCLUDE Airfare to and from Tel Aviv
Shuttle/taxi service Tel Aviv-Jerusalem on first/last days
Lunch on most days away from Ibillin; drinks with all meals
Travel Insurance; Souvenirs; personal items
Single room supplement is $550
Optional early arrival add $85/person/night for Gloria Hotel)
People & Organizations we meet (tentative until confirmed) Archbishop (Abuna) Elias Chacour, Archbishop Emeritus of Galilee, 3-time Nobel Peace
Prize nominee; founder of Mar Elias Educational Institutions; author Blood Brothers
Jean Zaru, Friends (Quaker) Meeting, Ramallah
Sam Bahour, Businessman and entrepreneur, Ramallah
Omar Barghouti, founder, BDS movement, Ramallah Daoud Nassar, Tent of Nations, Bethlehem
Ambassador Hind Khoury or Nora Carmi, Kairos Palestine George Sa’adeh and Rami Elhanan, Bereaved Parents Circle
Zoughbi Zoughbi, Winner, 2011 World Vision “Peacemaker of Year,” Wi’am Conflict Resolution Center, Bethlehem
Rev. Mark Brown, Augusta Victoria Hospital, Lutheran World Federation; Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Dr. Bernard Sabella, Palestinian Legislative Council; Department of Refugees, WCC, Jerusalem
Sites We Visit JERUSALEM – Church of Holy Sepulchre; “Wailing” Wall; Mt. of Olives; Garden of Gethsemane; Dominus
Flevit; Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial; Via Dolorosa; Al Aqsa Mosque, Dome of Rock; Melkite Church
BETHLEHEM – Nativity Church; Shepherds’ Fields; Manger Square; Separation Wall walking tour
JUDEAN DESERT – Qumran; Jericho; Dead Sea ‘float’; Tent of Nations
GALILEE – Jordan River; Sea of Galilee; Capernaum; Tabgha; Mt of Beatitudes; “Jesus Boat”
THE RADICAL TEACHING OF JESUS A Study Seminar with Archbishop Elias Chacour July 24-­‐August 6, 2016 Leaders: •
Archbishop Elias Chacour, Archbishop Emeritus of the Melkite Catholic Church of the Galilee, has spent his life contemplating the d eep mysteries of Jesus’ teaching in the Beatitudes and Sermon on the Mount. •
Rev. Dr. Duncan Ferguson, New Testament professor and higher education executive, Presbyterian pastor, author, and president of the Pilgrims of Ibillin Board. In his latest book, Dr. Ferguson critically examines Jesus’ role as charismatic teacher, compassionate healer, and radical prophet. •
Dr. Michael Spath, UCC pastor and Director of the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, has spent his life working with the “Living Stones,” Palestinian Christians working for a just peace and n on-­‐violent social transformation. Week 1 in Ibillin, staying in the Guesthouse at the M ar Elias Educational Institutions The first week of the Study Seminar will be spent with Archbishop Chacour as he unlocks the mysteries of the Beatitudes and Sermon on the Mount in a small group, private setting on-­‐site at Biram, h is now-­‐
destroyed village, Mount Tabor, Sepphoris, Capernaum, Caesarea Philippi, the Mount of the Beatitudes, and of course, in the beautiful Chapel of the Sermon on the Mount on the campus of M ar Elias Educational Institutions. Drs. Duncan Ferguson and Michael S path will also be resources in the conversations with the Archbishop. Week 2, the group will travel south to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Ramallah, to experience Jesus’ lived presence in the lived reality of the “Living Stones,” in teaching, h ealing, and prophetic ministries. Among those tentatively scheduled are: Ambassador Hind Khoury (Kairos USA), Rev. Mark Brown (Lutheran World Federation), Omar Barghouti (BDS Movement), Sam Bahour (entrepreneur), Jean Zaru (Friends), Daoud Nassar (Tent of Nations farm), Rami Elhanan and George Sa’adeh (Bereaved Parents), Abdelfattah Abusrour (Arrowwad Cultural Center) and Zoughbi Zoughbi (Wi’am Conflict Resolution Center). The tour will include opportunity for visits to the holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, as well as scheduled free time for the participants.