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.

Towards the end of November, Americans will celebrate our annual holiday of thankfulness; Thanksgiving. It is meant to be a day where we give thanks for the blessings in our lives, not just a day to eat a lot of food and watch football! I came across this a few weeks ago and thought I would share it here as the month of November kicks off. It's called the Thanksgiving Challenge. For each day in November, there is a different scripture to help us learn and remember to be th

"When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands". ~Deuteronomy 24:19 Here in the Midwest, it is very rare to see someone still harvesting their fields by hand. Instead we have giant combines costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy new being utilized to bring in the harvest. Combines have taken wha

If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down. ~Luke 13:9 When I used to volunteer regularly as a youth leader in my local church, one of my favorite outings to do with the girls in my small group was to go to a local Apple Orchard. We’d pick a cool, crisp, fall Saturday, drive just outside of the Minneapolis metro area, and join the crowds fleeing the city for a breath of fresh country air and a grand country adventure. Most of the time we would also explore

How can we possibly do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ?