You are invited to travel on a mission trip to Lebanon and Syria this fall (November 5-19, 2010) to meet Protestant church leaders and members from Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. This mission trip is organized through the Iraq Partnership Network, of which the United Church of Christ is a member, and the Syria-Lebanon Network of the PC(USA), and is sponsored and facilitated by The Outreach Foundation. During a 3-day consultation, to be held at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, we will have face-to-face and soul-to-soul experiences with Presbyterian Church leaders from Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Through worship and prayer, dialogue and fellowship, we will learn of one another, learn from one another, and come away with a better sense of how we, as Americans, can best help, encourage, preserve, advocate for and protect the faithful presence of Presbyterian Christians in the region. Prior to and after the consultation we will "hit the road" to encounter, in their context, the vital presence and ministries of the Churches of the Synod of Syria-Lebanon (including Damascus), and, along the way, explore the ancient wonders of the legendary sites of Byblos and Ba'albek.

Trip leaders: Marilyn Borst, Associate Director for Partnership Development at The Outreach Foundation and the Rev. Dr. Nuhad Tomeh, PC(USA) Mission Co-worker and Liaison for Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and the Gulf.

Land cost: $1600.

[R/T air from your home city will be an additional $1000 - $1350]

For complete details:  www.theoutreachfoundation.org

Deadline to register: August 15