Join Pilgrims for a Future Tour
Pilgrims of Ibillin has canceled the October 2020 pilgrimage due to the uncertainty around travel restrictions and COVID-19. Our next pilgrimage is scheduled for May 16-27, 2021. The 2021 itinerary and price will be determined later since there are too many unknown factors right now.
Please let us know if you are interested in future pilgrimages with Pilgrims. Contact Brenda Mehos, Pilgrimage Coordinator, email: bmehos@comcast.net , or call: 303-931-2577 or contact, Executive Director Laurie Lyter Bright, email: laurie@pilgrimsofibillin.org.
Save the Dates for 2021 Tours:
Living Stones Pilgrimage, May 16-27, 2021
The itinerary and price will be determined as travel details become available. bmehos@comcast.net
Encountering Women Peacemakers of the Holy Land
This unique pilgrimage and study tour will focus on the essential contributions of women in the Bible and today. All are welcome and encouraged to come join us. Pilgrims of Ibillin Executive Director Rev. Laurie Lyter Bright and Dr. Monte Luker will co-teach this cross-cultural immersion experience through the auspices of the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies. Let us know your interest for this Spring 2021 tour: laurie@pilgrimsofibillin.org
Read the blogs of volunteers and previous participants – plan to join us on a future trip.
- Living Stones Pilgrimage, May 13-26, 2019 Read blog in participants’ own words
- Living Stones, Oct. 15-28, 2019 read October 2019 blog
Living Stones Pilgrimages
Our Living Stones Pilgrimages are rare opportunities to travel throughout Israel and the West Bank. The tour itinerary includes plans to:
- Meet Pilgrims of Ibillin Peace Partners and hear how they are working for a non-violent path to a just peace.
- Visit key Holy sites in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron, and Galilee (including Nazareth).
- Experience the amazing Palestinian hospitality with local hosts during an overnight stay.
- Visit the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center (Wi’am), the Aida Refugee Camp and the Walled-Off Hotel in Bethlehem.
- Get to know students and teachers at the Mar Elias Educational Institution (MEEI) in Ibillin Israel and meet the founder, Emeritus Archbishop Elias Chacour.
- Listen to a briefing at the UN Human Rights Watch organization OCHA in Jerusalem.
- Visit the Tent of Nations and pick olives.
- Hike in Wadi El-Makhour Valley to Battier Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Listen to stories from members of the Parents’ Circle/Bereaved Families.
- Float in the Dead Sea, and much, much more…