Galilee Branch

The building behind us is the the meeting house for the Galilee Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a beautiful house that they have remodeled into a chapel, multi purpose room, kitchen, apartment for the service missionary couple, class rooms and even a required bomb shelter!

Unlike in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, where the majority of the members of the congregations are temporary (consulate/embassy officials, ex-pats from various corporations, and college professors from BYU and other universities) the members here are permanent to the area. They come from all over as you can see from the boards announcing the hymns....

They sing in English, Spanish, Russian, and Hebrew! I'd love to hear how that sounds.

This is the view when sitting in the chapel.

Can you imagine singing songs about the Savior while looking out at his beloved Galilee? I remember the song from the old hymn book, "Oh Galilee, sweet Galilee where Jesus loved so much to be."