Sharing in their lives nourishes us, showing us what the gospel looks like in the lands of Christ and his first followers. We invite you to join with us by encouraging your congregation to Pray, Act, Give and Visit.

Ephesians 2:19 “Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners but inhabitants of the City of the Holy One and children of the household of God.

Pray

Your prayers truly matter. Our beneficiaries frequently tell us that your prayers are a source of strength and inspiration. They draw comfort from knowing that people across the world are praying for them as they face the challenges of life amid conflict, poverty and injustice.

Encourage your church congregation to gather together regularly in prayer for our brothers and sisters.

Join our prayer community

Visit our prayer page, comment with your own blessings and prayers so that we might come together as one community.

Act

Identify a ‘Friends of the Holy Land Ambassador’ for your church from among your congregation. A volunteer to help you maintain the bridge. Their role would be to ensure that the church congregation and the local Christian community is kept up to date by helping to distribute our news. Let us know the Ambassador's contact details by emailing or calling our office so that we can make sure to liaise with them.

Invite a Friends of the Holy Land speaker to your church to speak either at a special event or to share a short reflection on a Sunday morning. We love getting out and about to meet our supporting churches, particularly because we love to thank you in person.

Please call the office on 01926 512980 or email [email protected] with your details or register your church so we can arrange this for the year ahead.

Give

Arrange a fundraising event in your church community and encourage others to give and participate. Such an event will strengthen the bridge you are building and could be the catalyst for your congregation to demonstrate an increased commitment to their faith. Moreover, there are many examples where fundraising events also strengthen a community’s relationships as well as being good for individual mental health.  

We have fundraising ideas ready for you.  Once you have an event planned we can also help you with marketing materials and promotional support to help increase participation. Contact the office (call us on 01926 512980 or email [email protected]). 

Visit

A Holy Land Pilgrimage provides a wonderful opportunity for us to step away from the recent trials and fears of life and to seek a time of quiet reflection. There is no better way to bring the Bible alive than to visit the Land where Jesus walked and connect with the 'living stones' who live there. Friends of the Holy Land have the experience to help in your planning and the local connections to make your pilgrimage unforgettable.

What can you do?

• Encourage your congregation to find and join a pilgrimage.
  There are some planned pilgrimages for 2022 accepting bookings; we share details of some of them on our website. 
  
  
• Organise your own pilgrimage within your parish, deanery or wider ecumenical community. Someone has to take the first step.
  Please do talk to us for help in organising your visit and itinerary - we have years of experience of visiting the Holy Land and we can facilitate meetings with our active Christian families and projects in the Holy Land to bring your visit to life. 

Visit our pilgrimage page for more information.

Diocesan co-ordinators

Diocesan Co-ordinators are people who have volunteered to help us further the cause of Friends of the Holy Land in their diocese and local area. Find your local co-ordinator here 

As you build a bridge between your church and our sisters and brothers in the Holy Land, you help our mission to sustain their communities and overall, work to bring peace and transformational change to all.

Thank you!