TENTATIVE ITINERARY FOR SHANDONG Details being developed by Amity Foundation.

Explore one of the centers of Chinese civilization Travel with two Chinese Americans born in China, meet pastors they know, glimpse China’s ancient and recent history through their eyes, experience urban and rural life as lived by modern Chinese, consider possibilities for future partnerships with churches in serving God in China and the US.

Schedule for 2008 PNME/Amity Easter Tour April 9-26, 2008

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Wed 9 April Arrive Shanghai, travel to Qingdao, Shandong Province

Thur 10 Qingdao (Tsingtao) Former German colony, old churches, beaches.

Fri 11 Tourist destination for Chinese, site of Olympic water sports.

Sat 12 Weifang Center of Protestant mission, visit hospital, center for elderly run by the churches.

Sun 13 QuFu Confucius’ birthplace Attend dramatic enactment of his life and teaching

Mon 14 Jinan, provincial capitol Visit regional seminary, see projects in health care and work with the disabled

supported by the Amity Foundation.

Tues 15 Jinan Explore church life in city and in the countryside.

Wed 16 Travel to Beijing Orientation to rest of tour, meet new participants.

FIRM ITINERARY FOR BEIJING AND INNER MONGOLIA

Thurs 17 Beijing Visit State Administration for Religious Affairs.

Visit the Institute of World Religions of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Visit Beijing Christian

Council. Evening: Youth Fellowship in a Beijing Church.

Fri 18 Beijing Visit Yanjing Seminary (passing by the Olympic site). Visit the Great Wall and The Summer

Palace.

Sat 19 Beijing Visit the Forbidden City.

Fly to Hohhot, capitol of Inner Mongolia

FOCUS ON INNER MONGOLIA

The natural world of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been suffering immense degradation in recent decades. In recent times, much of the grazing land of Inner Mongolia - once fertile with perennial grasses, woodlands, and wetlands – has been greatly overgrazed and overharvested. What remains today, in many locations, are extremely desertified conditions. Amity, in cooperation with local partners, has engaged in efforts to reverse these conditions. Local churches have been growing in Inner Mongolia and some of them are involved in health projects, including HIV-AIDS education and running homes for the elderly.

Sun 20 Hohhot Worship in a local church.

Mon 21 Hohhot Visit Inner Mongolia Christian Council. Visit the church-run home for the elderly.

Visit the Training Center for the Lay Leaders.

Tues 22 Dalate County Visit Amity grassland management project.

Wed 23 Abaga County Visit the Eco-tourism project.

Thurs 24 Visit the HIV/AIDS training program by the church.

Fri 25 Morning: Hohhot

Afternoon: fly to Beijing and debriefing.

Sat 26 Depart from Beijing.

This trip is sold out--Please consider one of our other upcoming trips:

PNME and the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) co-sponsor two weeks in Ecuador--July 12-27 2008

and

PNME sponsors an exploration of the church in Malaysia--the island of Borneo--September 2008

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