Join us on an alternative pilgrimage of peace and justice in the Holy Land!

Young Adults -- Ages 17-35

Visit key sites in and around Jerusalem (including Bethlehem and Nazareth). Deepen faith and develop peace-building, leadership and advocacy skills while building relationships with local Palestinians and Israelis, including active youth and young adults of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), and others engaged in the pursuit of peace and justice in the Holy Land.

Approximately $1350 (lodging, meals, transportation, tour guide fees, entrance fees, tips).
Airfare to Tel Aviv not included in price. Airfare is approximately $1000-$1200.
Fundraising suggestions available.

Registration & Deposit of $350 due by March 15, 2019

Trip Leaders

Trena Montgomery is a social worker in Minneapolis, MN. Before her career in social work, Trena spent several years living and working in Palestine and Israel with the ELCA Young Adult in Global Mission Program and the Lutheran World Federation. In 2014, Trena was trained to lead trips to the Holy Land through the ELCA Peace Not Walls Young Adult Leadership Development Program. She has led two trips of young adults and is thrilled to share this unique and powerful opportunity with young adults.

Jessica Morton Smith is a youth minister at a large Lutheran church in Gettysburg, PA. While attending seminary in Philadelphia, Jessica had the opportunity to travel to the Holy Land with other young adults from around the country. It was a trip that has had a lasting impact on how she views the conflict in both Israel/Palestine and closer to home along the U.S. and Mexico border. She is excited to accompany young adults on such an important, faith-building pilgrimage.