Shoresh Study Tours from the Diocese of Albany
Last October our Bishop hosted a Shoresh Tour to Israel. The trip was a big success, and will be the first of many such trips from the diocese. Our hope is that as many Albany clergy and laity as are able and interested will make a similar pilgrimage.
Shoresh, in case you are wondering, is the main teaching ministry of CMJ, the Church’s Ministry among Jewish people, and of Christ Church in Jerusalem (the oldest Anglican Church in the Middle East – a venture, which led to the consecration in 1841 of the first Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, Michael Solomon Alexander). Shoresh is the Hebrew word for roots, and Shoresh tours are designed to contextualize Jesus of Nazareth in his First Century Jewish world. The ministry of Shoresh serves to bridge history, theology, and culture with uniquely designed study tours, using first-rate guides, most of whom are Jewish believers.
Please contact Fr. Peter Pierson at phpierson@mac.com or 518-928-7663 if you are interested in joining one of these tours. Here are the current Shoresh Trips planned from the Diocese of Albany.
April 19 - May 1, 2012 – led by Fr. Peter Pierson and Fr. David Sutcliffe
November 4-15, 2012 – led by Canon Bob Haskell
(see more details on these trips below)
Links to the Shoresh Ministries in the USA and Israel:
http://www.cmj-israel.org/Home.aspx
http://www.cmj-usa.org/index.html
(Post Eucharist singing on the Sea of Galilee)
(Fr. Bob and Margaret Haskell at Caesarea Philippi)
April 19 – May 2, 2012 - led by Fr. Peter Pierson and Fr. David Sutcliffe
“The Roots of Faith”
This trip will begin in the Negev Desert, move up through the Dead Sea region to Jerusalem and will end in The Galilee. The aim of this study tour is to give a broad experience of the Land of the Bible, from ‘Dan to Beersheba’. The price for everything, except travel insurance, coach from Albany to New York, lunch and souvenirs, will be about $3,600 per person, double occupancy.
(The Steps to the Temple)
November 4 – 15, 2012 - led by Canon Bob Haskell
"The Life and World of Jesus"
This tour will focus on the two primary locations of Jesus' ministry: the Sea of Galilee and Jerusalem. Other places will be visited that will illuminate the political and religious situation in the Israel of Jesus' time. The price for everything, except travel insurance, coach from Albany to New York, lunch and souvenirs, will be about $3,500 per person, double occupancy.
(THE PRICES ON THESE TRIPS VARY DEPENDING DUE TO THE TRAVEL DATES, ITINERARY SPECIFICS AND ACCOMODATIONS.)
(Fr. Pierson at the Mt. of the Beatitudes)
Come and join us........walking in the Steps of Jesus!
