Besides offering quality summer camp and year-round retreats, Ingham Okoboji is committed to encouraging campers of all ages to continue growing in faith BEYOND their time at our youth and family programming. As a part of IOLBC Beyond Ministries, this site is designed to offer engaging content and ministry resources for all.

"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. " ~ I Corinthians 10:13 ~ Awhile back we had a super long staff meeting at work. It was our annual meeting scheduled to last all day as we evaluated and discussed the bulk of our programming and events from the summer months. When you work at a Bi

One of our more unique programs at IOLBC is our annual Travel Camp. Each year in the fall we choose a different location, hire a coach bus, and travel for about a week to experience a different part of the United States. We've been to the Grand Canyon, San Antonio, Savannah, Colorado, and Mackinac Island just to name a few. This year, our featured destination was the Ark Encounter just outside of Cincinnati, OH. The trip also included time at the Creation Museum and the N

"Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, 'Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the world is ripe.' So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested." ~ Revelation 14:15-16 This week, as we end our "Lessons of Harvest" series, we go all the way to the end of the Bible: Revelation. This book is an account of a vision given

"Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." Matthew 9:38 NASB "And He was saying to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." Luke 10:2 NASB A couple of nights ago I was driving home after dark from a friend's house. It was around 9pm and, as I drove, I had to be stay aware of a good amount of farm equipment still on the roads. Harvest sea

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous? - Matthew 20:15 Once upon I time, I spent a couple of years working in middle management at a Target Store in the Minneapolis area. I had been there for a couple of years and had been promoted a couple of times within my department. News came out during this time that Target was going to raise its starting wage for hourly employees. It was news which was greeted positively