{"id":2019,"date":"2014-01-08T16:36:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2015-09-20T16:40:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T22:40:22","slug":"follow-the-elca-peace-not-wallsyoung-adult-leadership-trip-to-the-holy-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/follow-the-elca-peace-not-wallsyoung-adult-leadership-trip-to-the-holy-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the ELCA Peace not Walls\/Young Adult Leadership Trip to the Holy Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Rowe<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeFontFace-1\">Sixteen ELCA young adults from all over the US are in the Holy Land right now visiting holy sites, experiencing everyday realities and meeting their Palestinian sisters and brothers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and others working for peace with justice in the Holy Land.\u00a0 They plan to go back to the US and plan similar trips when they return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeFontFace-1\">Follow the trip&#8217;s blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/peacenotwalls.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/peacenotwalls.wordpress.com\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/peacenotwalls.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/image.jpg?w=650\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeFontFace-1\"><strong><em>From the blog:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeFontFace-1\">What do you get when you mix 16 ELCA young adults from all over the United States who have flown to Israel and Palestine (with a quick stop in Jordan for a dedication of a church), asking them to learn more about Israel and Palestine in the context of their shared Christian faith, to grow in their leadership skills, connect with other young adults engaged in social justice, get involved with the Peace Not Walls Campaign of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and blog about it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeFontFace-1\">You get us! (and a ridiculously long sentence).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeFontFace-1\">The sweet 16 are in the midst of a two week experience of a lifetime and will be using this blog to share their reflections along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeFontFace-1\">Thanks for joining us along the journey! leave a comment, lift up a prayer, and spread the word!\u00a0 The opinions expressed are the opinions of the individuals writing them and not necessarily the opinions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Rowe Sixteen ELCA young adults from all over the US are in the Holy Land right now visiting holy sites, experiencing everyday realities and meeting their Palestinian sisters and brothers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and others working for peace with justice in the Holy Land.\u00a0 They plan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1400],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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