September 24, 2023

Dear Friends,

Full confession: I have been preaching sermons for upwards of thirty-six years. In many of those sermons I have dared to stand six feet above contradiction and speak with authority about the Holy Land: the towns, the geography, the climate, the culture, blah, blah, blah. The truth is, I have never been to the Holy Land. Everything I have ever said about the Holy Land I’ve either heard from others or read in a book. My knowledge is second-hand, at best.

So if you, like me, have never been to the Holy Land, things are looking up for us! Our lack of first-hand Holy Land experience can change, because Grace Church is planning a pilgrimage there in August of 2024. We hope to take up to forty parishioners on an eleven-day excursion through the probable sites of Jesus life and ministry. But what will we see? How much will it cost? Who will guide the tour?