The Rev. B. Penrose Hoover, bishop of the Lower Susquehanna Synod, will travel next month to Israel, Jordan and Palestine with 58 other bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and five Canadian bishops.
Hoover and the others will meet Jan. 6-13 with Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian religious, community and political leaders, visit congregations and schools and visit sites of religious significance.
The bishops and their spouses provided synod and personal funds for the visit, according to a news release.
It will be the first time to the Middle East for Hoover, who lives in Fairview Township. He said he hopes to expand his "knowledge and understanding of the complexity of the issues confronting those who must live in this troubled promised land from day to day."
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