Grass Valley United Methodist ChurchYou are invited to be a part of a Holy Land
VIM (Volunteers in Missions) pilgrimage
The group will depart on December 28, 2009 from Sacramento and return January 13, 2010. Rev. Tana McDonald is leading this tour assisted by Rev. Don Lee and Rosann Mackey.
While in the Holy Land, you will prayerfully participate in strengthening our UMC peace and justice connections. You will live and worship daily with Palestinian Christians and Muslims. Our group will visit Deheisha Refugee Camp, Hebron/Christian Peacemakers, Lutheran Christmas Church and numerous missions projects. We will have a suitcase ministry and deliver much needed children's medicines and school supplies to HOPE Secondary School.
On January 6th you will leave the walls of Bethlehem and move to Jerusalem. In addition to sacred site-seeing we will worship with our Jewish brothers and sisters at the Wailing Wall and meet several Israeli Peace activists and justice partners.
Lastly we move on to Jericho and up to the Jordan River to reaffirm our baptism before heading to the Sea of Galilee, Mt. of the Beatitudes, Capernaum and Nazareth. Our Lodging will be on the Sea of Galilee at a lovely, peaceful spiritual retreat center.
Estimated cost (including lodging, 2 meals daily, [except for one dinner at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem] is $4,000. Applications are available now. Get your passport if you think you would like to join us. Orientation and educational meetings will be held at Sierra Pines UMC on Saturdays: September 26th, October 24th, and November 21st from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Plan to make at least two of the meetings to be eligible to go.
Our most important mission work is connectional - meeting Israeli, Palestinian and Muslim peacemakers.
If you would like more information on this trip, please contact Rev. Tana at revtana@gmail.com, Grass Valley UMC (530) 272-1946, or Rev. Don Lee at revdonlee@gmail.com, Sierra Pines UMC (530) 268-6907, or Rosann Mackey rosann.VIM2009@gmail.com (530) 272-6566
Grass Valley United Methodist Church
236 South church Street
Grass Valley CA 95945
phone (530) 272-1946 fax (530) 272-9416
Morning Worship hours - 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays
One Service Only - 10:00 a.m. on 5th Sundays
Map and driving directions
If you have comments or inquiries, send an email to gvumc@gv-umc.org
Pastor Tana can be reached at (530) 272-1946 or email pastor@gv-umc.org
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