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.

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. Genesis 2:8 Several years ago on Jimmy Kimmel Live, a challenge was issued. Let your kids open a Christmas present early and film the reaction. The catch? Give them something they would never, ever actually want to get for Christmas. Predictably, the children reacted with varying levels of dismay and disappointment. While they were set up in what was intended to be a harm

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