Holy Land Youth Mission
Building bridges among young people
The next Holy Land Youth Mission trip:
June 25 to July 10, 2013
Are you between 15 and 22? Want to visit the Holy Land, meet Palestinian and Israeli companions and peacemakers and see what peace and justice in the Holy Land are all about?
Join us on the next Holy Land Youth Mission Trip June 25 through July 10, 2013. Cost will be about $1500 without airfare, deadline for application is Dec. 15. Please
download the application 
, fill it out and either email it to
lisa.l.jeffreys@gmail.com, hand mail it to the address below or call Lisa at 810.588.8705 for more information. Space is limited, and participants will be chosen by the end of January.
Al Asfour
5425 Washakie Trail
Brighton, MI 48116
You might have met some of the young Palestinian Lutherans at the Wall exhibit of the 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering. A team of Palestinian and US Lutheran young adults illustrated life and faith in the Holy Land. The Southeast Michigan Synod, and their companion, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, have been doing youth exchanges since 2005, slowly building a network of young Americans and Palestinians who know and love each other. Come and see!
MISSION STATEMENT - As young people from the ELCA and the ELCJHL, drawn together through our common faith in God's promises, we are called to persevere in our journey to hope, learn, grow in faith and build relationships with each other.
Just listening to the story of someone’s life from afar won't paint the exact image in our mind, but living and sharing that life will complete the painting.
- Joudah Facoumseh, Age 18
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Faith walks and group-building activities were high on the menu when Palestinians from the ELCJHL visited Southeast Michigan in the summer of 2011. |
For more information about this ongoing exhange of young people between the US and the Holy Land, call the Rev. Julie Rowe at (773) 380-2720, or email julie.rowe@elca.org. To contribute to this initiative, make your check payable to ELCA Global Mission, write Holy Land Youth Mission Global Gift on the memo line, and send to:
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
c/o the Holy Land Youth Mission
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60031 |