Leading Pilgrimages That Deepen Faith and Strengthen Community
A pilgrimage is more than a trip. It is a sacred journey that helps people encounter scripture in place, grow in faith, strengthen community, and return home with renewed vision for discipleship, worship, and witness.
Why Lead a Pilgrimage
Create Opportunities.
When pastors lead pilgrimages they open a world of possibilities for their people.
Pilgrimage is more than religious travel. It can become a journey of accompaniment, vocation, teaching, and communion that helps people receive the gifts and testimonies of fellow Christians while deepening their own faith.
Deepen Faith: Create space for prayer, worship, and reflection.
Bring the Bible to life: Walk where it happened.
Build Community: Shared travel creates stronger bonds and lasting memories.
Encounter the Living Church: Meet people of faith living there today.
Create the Opportunity: People want to travel with the spiritual leader they trust.
Why Lead a Pilgrimage?
Steps to a Pilgrimage: Every pilgrimage begins with a conversation…
Begin the Conversation: Share your vision, timing, and hopes for the journey.
Shape the Itinerary: Build a pilgrimage that fits your community, with the right balance of sacred sites, worship, learning, and reflection.
Invite Your Group: Use meetings, printed materials, and online communication to help people imagine the journey and take the next step.
Prepare: Gather the group for prayer, orientation, travel preparation, and spiritual context before departure.
Travel, Worship, and Reflect: During the pilgrimage, hold together site visits, worship, learning, and daily reflection.
Continue the Journey at Home: Share stories, photos, learning, and testimony so the pilgrimage continues to shape your community.
Oh the Places to Go…
The Holy Land
Walk in the footsteps of Jesus in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Galilee while encountering sacred places, local Christians, and the living church today.
Greece and Turkey
Follow the journeys of the Apostle Paul through places such as Corinth, Athens, and Ephesus
Germany
Explore Reformation history through Luther’s Germany and places shaped by faith, theology, and Christian witness.
Italy
Discover sacred art, historic churches, and important centers in the life of the wider church.
Egypt
Visit the land of the Exodus, explore early Christian heritage, and encounter the rich biblical history along the Nile.
Jordan
Stand at the Jordan River, climb Mount Nebo, explore Petra, and journey through desert landscapes of Wadi Rum central to the story of Scripture.
Ireland
Walk ancient monastic paths, pray at sacred wells, and encounter a living tradition of Celtic spirituality and faith.
Why the Holy Land Matters
Walk in the footsteps of Jesus
Discover the geography of the place
Meet the Living Stones, the Palestinian Christians living there today
Why Good Shepherd Travel
A Palestinian Christian owned company with deep roots in the Holy Land
Prioritizing supporting Palestinian Christian owned businesses
Experienced Guides
Connections with the Living Stones
Customized pilgrimage itineraries
You are more than a pilgrim, you are family