With heavy hearts, we have cancelled our 2024 Holy Land Trip.
This decision is as a result of consultation with support staff on the ground in the Middle East; quite a bit of research on the impact the Israel-Hamas war is having locally, regionally, and internationally; and discernment regarding what it means at present for us as a community of faith to respond to the loss and suffering being experienced by those who live where we had hoped to visit. Even if the tragic violence were to come to a complete halt immediately, which we all pray it may, the different societies of the region will not be in any position in the spring of 2024 to take up normal patterns of day-to-day living. We will continue to pay close attention to what the future brings in terms of any possibility of a future journey.
