Events and Witness Trips
- In the Footsteps of Jesus: An Alternative Tour to Palestine and Israel Friday, April 27, 2018 to Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Disciples/UCC Global Ministries volunteer missionaries Jeff and Janet Wright of Fort Collins are hosting their annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The pilgrimage has two goals: to experience the holy sites that have shaped our faith, and to explore how the first-century conditions that shaped Jesus' life and ministry continue to shape the lives of Palestinians and Israelis today.
- Liberation Theology: Palestinians Speak Justice Tour Friday, May 11, 2018 to Wednesday, May 23, 2018 What is Palestinian Liberation Theology? Who is it for? Palestinians Speak Justice is a tour featuring prophetic Palestinian voices speaking truth to power: Tarek Abuata, executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), and Rev. Naim Ateek, founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, Palestine.
- Come and See Witness Trip Sunday, June 17, 2018 to Saturday, June 30, 2018 On this two-week-long tour of Palestine and Israel, visit Christian, Jewish, and Muslim holy sites; learn about the impact of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian life; and consider what is needed for a just peace.
- Abraham’s Children Searching for Justice in Israel and Palestine Saturday, July 14, 2018 to Friday, July 27, 2018 Travel to Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Nazareth to meet Palestinian and Israeli Jews, Muslims, Christians, and secularists working for a just peace through international law. Gain skills to work work nonviolently for peace, justice, equality, human rights, and international law—at home, in Israel and Palestine, and throughout the world. The tour will include visits to holy sites, museums, refugee camps, a hospital, and more.
- The Holy Land: A Peacemaker’s Pilgrimage Wednesday, January 16, 2019 to Sunday, January 27, 2019 On this three-city pilgrimage, highlights include the Mount of Olives, Mount Zion, the Old City, Via Dolorosa, Yad Vashem, the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, and much more...