Israel Solidarity Retreat with Ben & Mandy Cloud and Amadeo Church, Queen Creek, AZ

OCTOBER 26-NOVEMBER 6, 2025

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You were made for a purpose. Israel is the place where Jesus first revealed that purpose. Standing where Jesus stood, with an open Bible, will give you a fresh vision of his plan for your influence at home. 

Amadeo Church is going on tour in Israel from October 26 - November 6, 2025. Of course, the whole church can’t go! But our church can see Israel through you. Your pilgrimage will refresh people at Amadeo Church and Queen Creek when you return.

Experience sites around Galilee where Jesus walked. Follow his cross through the streets of Jerusalem. Visit fascinating Old Testament spots, like the mountain where Elijah prayed, a gate where Abraham passed, and the pool where Gideon selected his men. You can even stand where David faced Goliath.

Our tour company, Philip's House, will introduce us to Israeli believers, Jews, and Arabs. Our licensed tour guide will give us time for personal reflection at Bible sites. 

Israel's leading tour company, Sar-El Tours, partners with Philip’s House to provide the safest and best in travel, accommodation, professional tour guides, and opportunities to help. Sar-El has kept 1.25 million international travelers safe over 31 years.

Let’s meet Jesus in the Promised Land.

Ben & Mandy Cloud

Philip’s House tours are about ENCOUNTER. Get sand in your shoes that the disciples shook from their sandals.

ACTIVE: Explore the paths Jesus walked. Scan the mountains on the horizon that his eyes saw.

REFLECTIVE: You are encouraged to take a paper Bible along. You will have time to reflect on a passage written about the spot where you stand. 

RELATIONAL: Meet Jews and Israeli-Arabs. Some are secular, some are religious, and a few are believers in Jesus. Israelis you meet will cause Bible personalities of history to spring to life in your imagination.

PHILIP’S HOUSE hosts ACTIVE tours of ISRAEL for INFLUENCERS from all nations to make Israeli FRIENDS and return home to a life of huge INFLUENCE.

A $100 per person discount for 16 travelers or more.

A $200  per person discount for 32 travelers or more!

Depart from your USA departure airport to connect with an international flight to Israel.  (Airlines, flights, times, hotels, and sites are subject to change without notice.) 

Note that all international travelers from visa-exempt countries to Israel must have a valid ETA-IL (Electronic Travel Authorization) before departing for Israel. A small fee may apply. Visit the State of Israel visa website here israel-entry.piba.gov.il

Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 

You will pass through Israel’s immigration, gather your luggage, and be greeted by a Philip’s House representative. Look for the smiling face holding the Philip’s House sign! 

Please advise Philip’s House of your arrival time to ensure we can meet and transport you to your hotel. There will be an arrival time for most arriving tour members. If your arrival is outside of this arrival time, extra charges for transportation may apply. Talk with Philip’s House for more details.

You will spend the night at David's Harp Hotel in Netanya on the Mediterranean Sea. This is near the spot where Jonah set out on his ill-fated adventure, where Peter saw a vision that changed history (Acts 15), and later met the Roman General Cornelius.

After breakfast, you will begin traveling to Galilee, the home country of Jesus.

On your way, stop at the ruins Caesarea Maritima, the home of Cornelius, the house of Philip, and the prison of Paul. 

Tour Old Nazareth with Pastor Salim Salash. This congregation of Arab-Israelis is called Home of Jesus the King Church. They are committed to blessing Israel and serving the Jewish community near them. Salim grew up in the old city of Jesus’ childhood. Visit his favorite spice shop. Hear his vision for ministry from Israeli Arabs to Jews.

Experience Nazareth Village an open-air museum that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus.

Tonight you will be staying at the new Harp of David Hotel overlooking the Sea of Galilee and directly across the street from Capernaum the hometown of Jesus. 

Optional: a dawn climb of Mount Arbel where Jesus often climbed and prayed.

After breakfast, explore the Sea of Galilee with a boat cruise on the water where Jesus walked.

Experience a boat from the days of Jesus at the Ginasaur Boat Museum.

The Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus drew from the local scenery to illustrate the Sermon on the Mount.

Walk through Capernaum, the hometown of Jesus.

Enjoy St Peter’s Fish Restaurant in Migdal. (Lunch is at your own cost.)

Enter the church at Tabgha, where Jesus fed 5,000 men and their families and the Primacy of Peter where Peter met Jesus.

Stand at the threshold of a synagogue where Jesus taught at the Magdala village, home of Mary Magdalene. 

Return to Harp of David Hotel for dinner and your rest on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Today we see the grand vision of Jesus for regional transformation. 

Journey an hour north to Caesarea Philippi and touch the red bedrock where Peter stood, see the literal Gates of Hell, and the spiritual significance of announcing on this spot the church--the "called out ones." 

Take in the 4,000-year-old Gates of Dan, where Abraham took his 318 servants to defeat physical and spiritual forces and how his story connects with Jesus' story.

From Mount Bental take in breath-taking views of Mount Hermon, where Jesus was transfigured, where Moses stood in the Promised Land, and the mountain where Elijah the prophet gave counsel to the Messiah about the cross.

Enjoy a sunset dinner at Sussita, one of the Ten Cities of the Decapolis. Take in not just the vista of the Sea of Galilee, but also understand Jesus' vision to overcome demonic powers in Galilee and to bring his kingdom over generations in Galilee. Imagine what he can do in your city.

Jesus, as an observant Jew, visited Jerusalem 3 times each year to celebrate Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. In the Gospels, 7 different visits to Jerusalem are recorded. 

Your trip is called an aliyah or ascent upward, because Jerusalem is 2,474 feet above Sea Level. Factor in the depth of the Dead Sea at 1,300 feet below Sea Level and Jerusalem stands 3,774 feet above the lowest point of the land.

The Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) were written to be sung on your way up.

First stop, Tel Shiloh or Ancient Shiloh  Israel’s religious heart before Jerusalem. The Tabernacle stood here for 369 years. With engaging technology, you can almost see Samuel and David walking by and smell the incense burning on the altar.

Drive to the seaside city of Ashdod to join the Beit Hallel Congregation for their Shabbat Service.

Check into Hotel Yehuda near the road where Philip ministered to the eunuch of Ethiopia.

Take in Jerusalem at the Mount Scopus outlook, then follow the triumphal route of Jesus down the Mount of Olives to the Garden of Gethsemane.

Step into Dominus Flevit, the church commemorating where Jesus wept over Jerusalem.

Walk the Palm Sunday route down to the Garden of Gethsemane, among ancient olive trees (Matthew 26:36-56). 

Enter Jerusalem through the Lion's Gate. Visit the Crusader-era St. Anne's Church, known for its extraordinary acoustics, near the Pool of Bethesda. 

Walk through the Jewish Quarter and see the Golden Menorah prepared for the Third Temple. See the Cardo Romano, a marketplace Jesus would have used.

Peer over the railing to look at the Broad Wall built by the leadership of Nehemiah and his team of volunteers.

Step into the Upper Room where Jesus hosted the first communion and visit the Tomb of David on the lower floor.

Pray at the Western Wall.

Dinner and overnight at Yehuda Hotel Jerusalem.

Enter into the Jerusalem that Abraham and David knew in the excavations of The City of David. 

Take in the sweeping outlook of Jerusalem, then walk through the ruins of David’s palace, past walls Abraham saw, the city Solomon and the prophets knew, and then choose your adventure.

For the adventurous: choose Hezekiah’s Tunnel. Bring a flashlight, and shoes and clothes that can get wet. The water will come up to your knees. This is the water course chiseled out during the days of Senacharib’s threat to Jerusalem. 

For those who want to keep dry, take the dry Canaanite era tunnel.

See the Pool of Siloam where Jesus sent the blind man to wash his eyes to be cleansed.

See the Dead Sea scrolls at the Shrine of the Book and watch your imagination come alive with the Model of Jesus’ Jerusalem at the Israel Museum.

Ponder God’s plan for Israel at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.

Insert yourself into the story of modern Israel at the Friends of Zion Museum. Some report that this is one of the most powerful places they have visited in the land.

Dinner and overnight at Yehuda hotel Jerusalem

Descend with Joshua, David, John the Baptist and Jesus into the desert. Discover how the desert strips everything away to see God.

Visit Qasr al-Yahud, the site of the baptism of Jesus and the site of the 12 stones of Joshua

Enter the desert home of John the Baptist in the Qumran monastery ruins.

Explore Ein Gedi, the hiding place of the future King David. Feel the spray from the waterfall that inspired Psalm 46.

Take in your first view of the Dead Sea at Kalia Beach. Float in the Dead Sea if you want something fun!

Dinner and overnight at Yehuda Hotel Jerusalem

October 7, 2023 was the most tremendous loss of Jewish life in one day since the Holocaust. Step into Israel's pain and meet the healers at work.

Our day begins in the 'Gaza Envelope', an area deeply impacted by the recent war.

Meet special needs children from the Gaza envelope at the ADI Negev Rehabilitation Village. This is just one of the small businesses who benefit from our partners Artza, providers of subscription gift boxes for Israel. Over 300 special needs children live on the border of Gaza. They want to tell their story together with Oren Seliger, Director of Partnerships.

Visit the Nova Festival site and, to pay our respects to those affected by the October 7, 2023 attack.

Visit Sderot, a resilient town that has long faced challenges, and gain a unique perspective overlooking Gaza and meet Pastor Michael Beener and the congregation at City of Life. Feel the healing work of believers in Messiah in the land.

Stop at the Valley of Elah where David won a victory over Goliath and pray for the people of Israel.

Dinner and overnight at Yehuda Hotel Jerusalem

"If I forget you Jerusalem..." the Psalmist wrote so we will open our heart to God's love for the Holy City (Psalm 137:5). 

Today is a day to absorb the words, "For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity." Psalm 102:14.

Explore underground around the Temple Mount with the Great Stone Route tunnel tour.

Pray in the garden where Peter denied Jesus and the pit where Jesus suffered in the church of St. Peter in Gallicantu.

Visit the Garden Tomb and its realistic depiction of a first-century grave and experience communion as never before.

Celebrate your journey with a farewell dinner in a local restaurant and transport to Ben Gurion Airport for your midnight departure.

You now have social media friends in Israel. A part of yourself is left in the Holy Land. You want to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and go back one day soon.

You need to arrive at the airport 3 hours before your departure time for immigration processing. 

Your flight for the USA departs just after midnight. 

You now have social media friends in Israel. You've left a part of yourself in the Holy Land. You want to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and go back one day soon.

Thanks to the time zone, you will arrive home on the same day!