BIBLE STUDY TOUR
May 19 - Jun 1, 2007

Bible Study Tour hosted by Dale and Tammy Scheusner with JoAnn Magnuson

Dale & Tammy are Bridges for Peace representatives for the state of Missouri. They have planned a comprehensive Bible study adventure in Israel and invite you to join them. They will be accompanied by JoAnn Magnuson, Interfaith Relations Director for BFP. JoAnn is the author of the BFP Study tour manual and a veteran of over 50 tours to Israel. She will present several evening teaching sessions while we are traveling together. Space will fill up soon for this unique opportunity. Sign up today!

Itinerary

Day 1 ~ USA/Israel
Departure from the USA on the first leg of our journey to Israel. Aloft, we will have dinner, a little sleep time, break-fast and the opportunity to praise the Lord for His great cre-ation from the vantage point of 35,000 feet!
Day 2 ~ Tel Aviv
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, meeting and assistance through customs.Then it’s off to Jaffa for a tour of this ancient seaport where Jonah began his maritime adventure. After our tour we’ll continue to our hotel in Tel Aviv for din-ner and overnight.
Day 3 ~ Independence Hall,
Caesarea/Mt. Carmel/Tiberias After a well-deserved rest and a full Israeli breakfast, we will begin our tour of Israel with a moving visit to the home of Tel Aviv’s first mayor and the room where the State of Israel was proclaimed in May 1948. We drive north along the ancient Via Maris, the coastal highway of the Bible, to Caesarea Maritima, the former Roman capital of Judea. See excavations from the Second Temple period and sites familiar from the Acts of the Apostles. Up the road we will view the Jezreel Valley from Mukrakha where Elijah challenged the prophets of Ba’al. Megiddo is next, with a view of the “Valley of Armageddon” (Rev. 16:16), as well as the amazing ruins of a Solomonic city (1 Kings 9: 15). Pass the Horns of Hittin – site of the Crusader defeat in 1187 – and on to Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee for dinner and overnight.
Day 4 ~ Jezreel Valley sites
A visit to Tel Jezreel, site of the story of Ahab and Jezebel, Ein Harod – Gideon’s spring, view the recently excavated city of Tzippori and consider its significance at the time of Jesus. A brief stop at the overlook in Nazareth with a view of the Jezreel Valley and a visit to Nazareth Village & gift shop.
View Cana where Jesus performed His first miracle. We may have time to plant a tree in Israel with our own hands. Dinner and overnight near Tiberias.
Day 5 ~ Galilee
Today we will experience the area of Jesus’ ministry around the Sea of Galilee. After a visit to the ancient boat from the time of Jesus, recently discovered near Kibbutz Nof Ginosar, we will board our own wooden boat and sail to Capernaum, the “home town” of Peter. After a visit to the synagogue and ancient homes of Capernaum, we continue to the Mt. of
Beatitudes for a time of prayer. We’ll enjoy a St. Peter’s fish lunch then proceed to the eastern and northern side of the Sea of Galilee. Continue to Chorazin, Kursi, and Bethsaida. We end the day with stop at the Jordan River, a site significant to both Jews and Christians. Dinner and overnight near Tiberias.
Day 6 ~ Golan Heights
Today we travel up to the Golan Heights with a view of the fortress of Gamla and a stop at ancient Katzrin. On to the overlook on the road to Damascus, route of Saul of Tarsus (Acts 9). Visit Caesarea Philippi and the Banias Springs. Continue our drive up to the Golan Heights to see the former Syrian fortifications from Mt Bental. A fascinating look at the ancient city of Dan gives us an opportunity to view the high place of the city, condemned by the Hebrew prophets of old (1 Kings 12). Dinner and overnight near Tiberias.
Day 7 ~ Beit She’an/Qumran/Dead Sea
As we leave the Sea of Galilee we will visit Dagania, the first kibbutz, on to Beit She’an, an incredible, recently excavated, Roman City, where King Saul died. Continue down the Jordan Valley past Gilgal – where the Jordan River waters parted so the Israelites could cross dry-shod. We drive past
the turn to Jericho and enjoy our first view of the austere beauty of the Dead Sea and check-in at our hotel near the southern end of the sea with time to enjoy the water and won-derful spa facilities. Dinner and overnight at the Dead Sea.
Day 8 ~ Dead Sea
Our first activity today will be a visit to Herod’s fortress at Masada to help us understand the tragic events of the first Jewish revolt against the Romans. A stop at the overlook at Ein Gedi, where David hid from King Saul (1 Sam. 24), and on to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Dinner and overnight at the Dead Sea.
Day 9 ~ Negev Sites/Up to Jerusalem
Abraham’s home turf, areas near Arad and Beersheva. Visit Tel Beer Sheva. We’ll go up to Jerusalem via the Sh’fela – biblical Philistine territory. Stop at Elah Valley – site of the battle between David and Goliath. Visit to the nature center at Neot Kedumim. Arrive in Jerusalem with view of the city
from an overlook. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 10 ~ Old City of Jerusalem
After breakfast, we begin our day atop the Mount of Olives. We walk down the Palm Sunday path past Dominus Flevit Chapel, a view of the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene, and a visit to the ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane (John 18). We continue with a walking tour of the Old City, visiting sites along the Via Dolorosa: St. Anne’s Church, Pool of Bethesda, Pilate’s Judgment Hall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. We will visit the Western Wall tunnels, southern excavations, Ramparts walk, Siloam Pool. We’ll end the day with time for prayer at the Western Wall.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 11 ~ New Jerusalem & BFP Activities
BFP Distribution Center. Haas Promenade lookout. BFP headquarters. BFP Land of the Bible Experience. Overlook of Bethlehem, Har Homa, Gilo. Communion at Garden Tomb. Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 12 ~ New Jerusalem
This morning we visit Yad VaShem, the memorial to the Holocaust. Visit the Knesset, Shrine of the Book and other sites in New Jerusalem. Time to shop and just touch, taste and smell the Old City and its many treasures. Touring in the New Jewish Quarter. Burnt House, Herodian Mansions, shopping in the Quarter. Visit and discussion with our friends
at Shorashim. Time to shop on your own.
Day 13 ~ Jerusalem/ Israel/USA Transfer to airport for flight home.
Say a reluctant goodbye to Jerusalem. We will visit Samaria and the Museum of the Diaspora on our way to the airport to board our late evening departure flight, arriving in our home cities the next day.

Bible Study Tour to Israel
Price $2650 basic package from Atlanta per person, based on double occupancy $385 Single supplement, limited on a first-come basis.
Tentative itinerary (subject to change) includes roundtrip air from Atlanta; meeting and transfer, accommodations; breakfast and dinner daily; touring per itinerary; licensed English-speaking Israeli guide and porterage.

Does not include taxes, estimated to be $230 (subject to change) and tips, estimated at $120. Single supplements apply. Deposit of $300 per person is required to hold your place. Deposits are due immediately. Final payment is due March 15, 2007. See application for terms and conditions. Travel insurance or signed waiver is required. Information will be provided when your deposit is received.

Deposits received by Bridges-Tours, 65 Walden, Burnsville, MN 55337.
Any questions? Call Bill 952-953-7655; Fax 952-808-0016; E-Mail Bill@Bridges-Tours.com