~ Share an overnight with a family in Zababdeh and visit upper West Bank programs (Seraj Libraries, Canaan Fair Trade Olive Factory, St. George Melkite Church ministries in Zababdeh) and holy sites (Jacob’s Well, Church of the Ten Lepers).<\/p>\n ~Stay 4 nights in Ibillin on the campus of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions (located between Haifa, Akko, and Nazareth). Walk where Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, but get to know his brothers, sisters, and neighbors in today’s Galilee as well. \u00a0Visit Abuna Chacour’s native village of Biram, and Jesus’ native “village” of Nazareth. Meet with Abuna if his schedule permits. Talk with students in Mar Elias classes. Meet Dalia Landau, co-founder, and leaders of The Open House in Ramle (story found in\u00a0The Lemon Tree\u00a0by Sandy Tolan). Leave with new stories to share, realities to ponder, and Facebook friends to keep!\u00a0Click here for a full brochure<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cost: $1750 program fee to Pilgrims of Ibillin (including $500 registration); pay airfare separately to our travel agent: about $1300 for the New York-Tel Aviv round trip plus the cost of your connecting flight from wherever you live to New York.<\/p>\n Registration deadline is June 7, but space is limited so register early. \u00a0Contact Joan Deming for more information:\u00a0jdeming7@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or 608-241-9281.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Living Stones Pilgrimage: October 14-27, 2014 ~ Led by Rev. Joan Deming Registration is open! \u00a0If you’ve read\u00a0Blood Brothers\u00a0by Father Elias Chacour or followed the unique Mar Elias Schools he founded in Ibillin, Israel, don’t miss this opportunity! \u00a0\u00a0For a study tour that’s more than a tourist experience of Israel\/Palestine, please join us! Contact the … Continue reading “Join a Pilgrimage to meet the Living Stones of Palestine\/Israel”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Group](\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Group-at-Haram-as-Sharif.jpg\")
<\/a>~ Stay 6 nights in Bethlehem and visit sites in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron, and the Dead Sea. Meet leaders of Wi’am, the Diyar Consortium, B’Tselem, OCHA, ICAHD, and the Tent of Nations. Experience the Holy Land as “the Fifth Gospel.”<\/p>\n