ISRAEL TRIP INFO PACKET

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1 ISRAEL TRIP INFO PACKET Location: Jerusalem, Israel Trip Overview Calvary will be sending a team to serve at a youth camp led by our ministry partner Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation. The camp will bring Israeli and Palestinian Christians ages together for a week of fun activities in helping them grow in their relationship with God and one another. Our team will serve as camp counselors and will help lead different activities throughout the week. The team will also spend a few days touring the Holy Land. Ministry Partner: Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians as demonstrated in the life and teaching of Jesus. They endeavor to be an encouragement and advocate of reconciliation, first among Palestinian and Israeli believers and then beyond to their respective communities. Musalaha also aims at facilitating bridge building among different segments of Israeli and Palestinian societies according to biblical reconciliation principles.

2 Application Process & Deposit o Fill out the Short-term Trip application online at calvarycc.org/short-term-trips o You may be contacted by the Team Leader for an interview to review your application and discuss your participation on the trip. This may be done in person or by phone depending on the Team Leader s discretion. o If approved by the team leader, a $200 deposit is required to secure a spot on the team for any trip requiring airfare. You will be ed a trip support page where you can pay by credit/debit card or check made payable to Calvary Community Church with [Israel #868] in memo. Include a sticky note with your name on it indicating the check is designated toward your trip fees. Vaccines: o No additional vaccines needed beyond those recommended for the U.S. Passports & Visas: o To obtain a passport, you will need a certified birth certificate (not the hospital record), two passport photos, and a driver s license. In addition, you will need to pick up a passport application from the post office and turn in the requested information to the postal clerk for processing with the US Passport Agency. You should allow 6-8 weeks before your trip for your passport to arrive. o For further information about passport visit o Visa: Visa is available at the airport. Fingerprinting/Background Check: o Fingerprinting/Background Checks: For overseas trips involving work with children, fingerprinting and a background check are required for each trip participant 18 years or older. This service is provided at Calvary every third Sunday of the month between 8:30am-1:00pm. Contact Erika Lohmar at erikal@calvarycc.org or to book your appointed time. The background check is for criminal history only. The process only takes around ten minutes and Calvary covers the cost

3 Travel Insurance: o In addition to your own personal health insurance policy, travel health insurance will be purchased for each trip participant on international trips with a $200,000 policy limit that is included in the trip fees. Additional coverage limits up to $1,000,000 are available to be purchased upon request at the trip participant s expense (rates dependent on age & term). This insurance provides major medical benefits, emergency medical evacuation and repatriation coverage that your primary health insurance may not cover for overseas claims. Learn more about this coverage at o Personal health insurance required for trip participation. Financial Support Raising: o Each trip participant is responsible to pay for or raise the costs associated with the trip. Whatever your financial position, we want each team member to pay at least a portion of their trip cost. How much should you give? The $200 deposit is a good start. Think about giving in a way that really costs you something. Investing your own finances will bring a value to the trip that comes through giving sacrificially. o For each trip, an online supportraising page is created that is available for each team member to send out to family, friends, or co-workers. The page will give an overview of the trip and ask people to consider supporting the trip through prayer and/or financial support. This page will allow your supporters to make a donation online. o If you would prefer to write your own support letter to mail out or , please have your Team Leader approve the letter before sending it. Remember that you are representing Jesus, Calvary, the team and yourself! Any support letter must include the following wording regarding financial support: It is Calvary s policy that contributions shall not be refunded. Should a particular person not participate in the trip, or should the trip be cancelled, all donations received for that trip shall be used to pay the expenses of other people participating in the trip, reallocated to other mission trips, or reallocated to the general fund, at the discretion of Calvary.

4 Managed Missions Online Software: o Each Team Member will be ed a log-in and password to our Managed Missions online program that will allow you to track your financial support, see significant due dates and the team meeting schedule, as well as what goals or tasks you still have to complete for the trip. It is a good idea to add the Managed Missions website to your favorites list on your web browser once you receive your log-in and password so that you can access it easily and remember where it is. Country Profile 1 Official Language(s): o Hebrew o Arabic Country Capitol and largest city: o Jerusalem Government Type: o Unitary parliamentary republic o President Reuven Rivlin o Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

5 Population: o 7,412,813 Currency: o Israeli new shekel Religion(s): o Judaism - 75%, Islam - 17%, Christianity 2%, Other 6% National Sport(s): o Soccer Key Language Phrases: o Hello (shah LOHM) o Good morning (Boh-ker TOHV) o Good evening (EH-rev TOHV) o Thank you (toh-doh)