A Parish Pilgrimage to the HOLY LAND in 2018 – Following in the Footsteps of Jesus – is being organised.

Next April you have the chance to join a group on a journey of discovery to the Holy Land. Prebendary Alastair Wheeler is leading the group assisted by Revd Christopher Durrant – come and join us, and see your faith, and our world, with new insight.

There will be a special evening about the Holy Land and the Pilgrimage on Monday 20th March at 7.30pm in the Parish Rooms at St David’s Church with pictures, explanations & refreshments.

From 16th – 26th April 2018 a group of up to 35 people will share in experiencing some of the places where God has worked for the benefit of all humankind. This offers a special opportunity to anchor your understanding of Jesus and the Bible in the layout and geography of the land we call Holy.

This is a small area of the world, combining three faiths, with all their sub divisions and denominations, and two ethnicities with their overlapping hopes and histories.

We will be grounding the events and incidents from Jesus’ life and ministry, whilst also experiencing just a little of the hopes and fears of those who live in the present, especially our Christian brothers and sisters.

Alastair writes: ‘It’s not a holiday – but we hope it will be hugely enjoyable, stimulating, thought and prayer provoking as you look back and reflect. Many people have told me how, ever afterwards, they hear the Bible stories with new understanding, and even experience God in new ways.

This will be my sixth group experience of Israel and Palestine from an inclusive Christian perspective. I’m going to be sharing in leadership with your Curate, Revd Christopher Durrant (my son-in-law, on his third visit).

And I am excited to be working again with one of the best and most experienced Christian Palestinian guides around, and arranging it all through Lightline Pilgrimages, whom I know and trust, and who are the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem’s preferred partners.’

If you would like to know more, detailed brochures are available from Christopher or in church, and Alastair will be visiting Morning services at St David’s and St Michael’s on Sunday 12th March to answer questions. And do come along to the evening on Monday 20th March at 7.30 to find out more.

We look forward to welcoming you on this moving journey.

Alastair & Christopher