Walk to Jerusalem - Overview and Week #1 Travelogue

Walk to Jerusalem - Week One

Walk Overview

The Walk to Jerusalem is an imaginary walk that encourages members of all ages to increase their physical activity, spiritual growth and cultural awareness through a virtual tour to Jerusalem.

All age groups are invited to participate in this walk.

Let’s all “pack our bags” and get ready to travel!

Remember, each participant is asked to provide their mileage weekly.

Our projected route is across the country to New York City’s JFK Airport where we “board a plane” to cross the Atlantic Ocean to Morocco. From there we journey across northern Africa to Jerusalem.

As with any long trip (and life), we may encounter some unexpected detours along the route!

The total trip from Lord of Love to Jerusalem is approximately 3750 miles (not counting our flying miles). Don’t be intimidated by the total mileage. We are traveling as a group and all participant miles are aggregated and tracked weekly to help us reach our destination.

Please watch your inbox for a weekly mileage total and travelogue. We’ll provide information about some of the places we are “traveling through”.

Find Out More

Great Initial Interest!

Thanks for your overwhelming interest in the Walk to Jerusalem at church on Sunday!

Remember, all the Walk information is available Lord of Love website under the News and Events tab or from the rotating banner on the home page.

You can download the material and print at home.

We apologize for running out of hard copies of some of the material.

If you need a hard copy of the instructions, devotions or mileage tally sheets, please let us know via the email address: membercare@lord-of-love.org . We will get one in your church mailbox.

Walk to Jerusalem Information Page

Week 1 Travelogue - Iowa

We are traveling through our neighbor state of Iowa this first week of our journey.

The total population of Iowa is 3.146 million people. That’s over 1.22 million more than Nebraska!

Iowa’s capital and largest city is Des Moines. Iowa’s nickname is the Hawkeye State.

While most of us probably think of Iowa as a farming state, their economy is mostly based on manufacturing, biotechnology, finance and insurance, and government services.

Notable Iowans: Herbert Hoover, Mamie Eisenhower, Norman Borlaug, Bill Bryson, Harry Reasoner, Grant Wood, and many more.

Some of the places we might visit as we cross the state of Iowa include:

• Bridges of Madison County near Winterset, Iowa

• The Iowa State Capitol and the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines

• The Amana colonies near Williamsburg, Iowa

• National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa

Submit your mileage weekly

Each participant is asked to track and report their mileage weekly.

Use the Weekly Tally Sheet to help you and other participating family members track their mileage each day and accumulate for the week; Sunday thru Saturday.

Submit mileage weekly through this on-line form .

If necessary, return a Weekly Tally Sheet each Sunday morning in the designated basket in the Narthex.

Feel free to email any questions or concerns you might have to membercare@lord-of-love.org.

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