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Include Cross Cultural Connections on Your Church Tour
Interact with local people and discover local customs when you include Cross Cultural Connections on your group church tour. We believe that the most enduring travel impressions are forged by the chance to meet local people and experience first-hand the unique aspects of a local culture.
Accordingly, in all of our worldwide destinations, we offer a variety of cross-cultural activities you can choose to include in your itinerary. These vary from visits to local churches and schools, cooking lessons, and evening activities in local theaters or sports arenas.
A primary focus of every Casterbridge tour is to help group members develop connections with local people and to develop a deeper understanding of their life. We encourage our groups to participate in hands-on workshops and artisan demonstrations, engage in ethnic activities from street theater to folk festivals, and visit local markets and craft-makers.
Opportunities for International Fellowship and Worship Experiences Overseas
Sharing one’s faith with those in a different culture of the same denomination provides a unique insight into the issues and challenges facing Christians today. We believe that the most enduring travel impressions are forged by the chance to meet local people and experience first-hand the unique aspects of a local culture. We have many contacts with congregations around the world and can arrange meetings or worship at key churches or sites of importance to your religious tradition.
A primary focus of every Casterbridge church tour is to help group members develop connections with local people and to develop a deeper understanding of their own lives and of their fellow believers around the globe. Here are just a few examples of the cross-cultural connections we can arrange as part of your group’s travel program,:
- Arranged meetings with other churches of your denomination.
- Private Church services or the opportunity for your accompanying minister to officiate at a service overseas at a site of particular importance or significance to you or your congregation.
- Performances for your Church Choir at local churches or in some of the world’s great places of worship.
- Opportunities for charitable visits or community service at local churches, schools, homes for the elderly, orphanages, hospitals and clinics.
Equally, if you already have established links with a church overseas, we can arrange flights, transportation and accommodations. Your visit could serve as part of a customized religious tour, church history tour, or remain a program unto itself. If you do not have such a relationship, we can help you establish such an international fellowship.
Here are examples of the cross-cultural connections we can offer across six continents.
Europe:
• Visit a Local Church
• Attend Evensong in Britain
• Medieval banquet in Ireland
• Perfume or cheese factory tour in France
• Flamenco lessons in Spain
• Winery tour in Italy
• Curling classes in Austria
Latin America:
• Community service projects
• Weaving demonstration in Peru
• Cooking lessons in Brazil
• Visit a remote Guatemalan village
North America:
• Native American carving workshop
• Hula lessons in Hawaii
• Historical re-enactment in Virginia
• Community service or charitable visits in the USA or Canada
Asia and Australasia:
• Chinese art classes in Xi’an
• Tang Dynasty opera performance
• Tea ceremony in Japan
• Elephant ride in India
Africa:
• Tribal dance lessons in Uganda
• Cooking classes in Malawi
• Ostrich ride in South Africa
• Visit to a Bedouin tribe in Egypt
• Drumming lessons in Kenya
• A safari or breeding center experience
Register to plan a religious travel program with Casterbridge, either online or by calling 1-800-522-2398. Start planning your religious travel program today!
