Jordan, Israel Study Tour with Sunrise Community Church
February 8-20, 2026
Led by Luke Miller
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Trip Blog Posts
Day 10 - Jerusalem: Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, Jordan River, Allenby Bridge Border Crossing
posted on Thursday February 19 2026 at 8:00 pm UTC
Day Ten: Departure, Surrender, and the Road Home We woke to cold wind and light showers on our final morning, but the weather did not slow us down. There was something fitting about the gray skies as we headed back up to the Mount of Olives one last time. Surprisingly, the drive was calm....
Day 09 - Jerusalem: Temple Mount, Rabbinic Tunnels, Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchre
posted on Thursday February 19 2026 at 1:00 am UTC
Day Nine: Stones of Glory and Stones of Suffering Today was a day of layers. Jerusalem never gives you just one story at a time. We began on the Temple Mount, standing on the very platform that once held Solomon’s Temple and later Herod’s magnificent expansion. The scale of the...
Day 08 - Jerusalem: City of David, Hezekiah's Tunnel, Israel Museum, Herodium, Yad Vashem, Bethlehem
posted on Tuesday February 17 2026 at 8:00 pm UTC
Day Eight: Stones, Water, Memory, and Promise Today was our first full day in Jerusalem, and boy was it full! Our hotel is only a ten minute walk from where Pastor Luke and Sara used to live and just three minutes from Pastor Luke’s favorite falafel stand, which he told us about repeatedly before...
Day 07 - Galilee - Jerusalem: Harod Spring, Caesarea Maritima, Azekah
posted on Monday February 16 2026 at 11:00 pm UTC
Valleys, Kings, and the Road to Jerusalem Today was a travel day in the truest sense. We left Galilee under dark skies and a fierce storm, heading south through the Jezreel Valley and then west toward the coast. The landscape shifted constantly outside the windows, green fields, wide plains, then...
Day 06 - Galilee: Katzrin (cultural experience), Mount Bental, Caesarea Philippi, Tel Dan
posted on Monday February 16 2026 at 1:00 am UTC
From Ancient Villages to Living Confessions We began the morning with a thoughtful devotion from Erik Van Asch, continuing his reflection on the woman who touched the tassels of Jesus’ robe. He reminded us that faith is not about proximity but about reaching out with trust. It was a fitting...
Day 05 - Galilee: Magdala, Capernaum, Chorazin, Ancient Boat (Ginosar), Galilee Boat Ride
posted on Sunday February 15 2026 at 1:00 am UTC
Day Five: Around the Sea Where It Happened Today was one of those days where the pages of the Gospels felt very close. We began at Magdala, the hometown of Mary Magdalene and one of the newest excavation sites in the Galilee region. There we explored a first-century synagogue that stands independently...
Day 04 - Negev: Masada, Ein Gedi, Qumran , Lower Jordan
posted on Saturday February 14 2026 at 1:00 am UTC
Day 4: Fortresses, Caves, and Water in the Desert We woke to the sun rising over the mountains beyond the Dead Sea and enjoyed another taim meod breakfast. Before leaving, we gathered to recite the Sh’ma together, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one,” and reflected...
Day 03 - Negev: Arava border crossing, Tabernacle replica, Dead Sea
posted on Friday February 13 2026 at 1:00 am UTC
Day 3 - From Wilderness to Water We woke to a quiet desert morning in the midbar of Wadi Rum, packed our tents, and loaded the bus for the final stretch of our time in Jordan. There was a sense of gratitude as we drove toward Aqaba, knowing we were about to cross into the next chapter of the journey....
Day 02 - Jordan: Petra, Wadi Rum Jeep Tour
posted on Wednesday February 11 2026 at 9:00 pm UTC
Day Two: Through Stone and Sand, Lessons in the Wilderness After a good night’s sleep at the Old Village Resort just outside Petra, we began the morning with a devotion from Jeremiah 9:23-25. The prophet reminds us not to boast in wisdom, strength, or riches, but to boast in this, that we understand...
Day 01 - Jordan: Mt. Nebo, Madaba, Mosaic Shop
posted on Tuesday February 10 2026 at 11:00 pm UTC
Day One: Standing on the Edge of Promise Our first full day in Jordan began quietly, with breakfast and a shared devotion that helped set the tone for everything ahead. We opened Scripture to Proverbs 19:2, a simple but grounding reminder that zeal without knowledge can lead us astray. It was a fitting...
Day 00 - From Sunrise to the Holy Land
posted on Monday February 09 2026 at 6:00 pm UTC
A Journey Begins Across the Skies Today, Sunday, twenty seven of us set out on the first day of what we trust will be a meaningful and memorable journey through Jordan and Israel. The adventure began early, with the bus pulling up right at 7:00 am, ready to take our group from Sunrise to the airport...
Preparing for Jordan, Israel
posted on Wednesday January 07 2026 at 3:10 am UTC
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