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Spring Elderversity
June 1-2, 2026
Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camp
Did you go to Bible camp as a kid and wish you could have that experience again? Or maybe you didn’t have the opportunity to go to Bible camp but would like to have that experience! Here is your chance!
Elderversity camp is a special camp for those age 55 and older. At camp you will have the opportunity to participate in many different camp activities such as:
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Singing
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Campfires
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Devotions and Teaching Times
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Pontoon ride
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And much more!
Speaker: Pastor Scott Meyer
Scott Meyer is the pastor of Mona, Six Mile Grove, and Our Saviors Lutheran Churches in Lyle, MN. He worked at Ingham/Okoboji back in the mid 80s before going to seminary out in Gettysburg, PA. He has served churches in north Iowa and southern Minnesota, and has also spent time outside pastoral ministry building furniture and working at a musical supply factory.
Scott's hobbies are woodworking and riding motorcycle. He is married to his best friend, Tracy, and together they have six children and four grandchildren. He and Tracy are thrilled at the thought of coming back to camp to renew old friendships and develop new ones. IOLBC has been a godsend in Scott's life and faith, and has been his 'home away from home' for many years!
THEME:
"How to be a Witness for Jesus Christ in Today's Anti-Church World"
Acts 1:8 - "And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Registration Cost: $109
Commuter: $69
Fall Elderversity
August 28-30, 2026
Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camp
Speaker: Dr. Fred Baltz
Dr. Fred Baltz is Pastor Emeritus of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Galena, Illinois, where he served as Pastor for 40 years. He is an author of confirmation curriculum, many articles and more than a dozen books. He has appeared in documentary videos: “Herod’s Temple, the Temple Jesus Knew”, “The Fall of Jericho”, and “The Census and the Star”, and has contributed to Patterns of Evidence documentary films, web articles, and podcasts. Dr. Baltz has given presentations to three international conferences on the Shroud of Turin. A long-time student of the nativity stories in the Gospels, Dr. Baltz has written When the Bible Meets the Sky: The Star of Bethlehem and Other Mysteries. He has also taught for the Institute of Lutheran Theology in Brookings, South Dakota, and served as its interim president in 2011. Dr. Baltz has long attempted to make the Bible come alive for his hearers. He has built and collected unique items for that purpose. Dr. Baltz and Cindy continue to reside in Galena, Illinois. They have four children and seven grandchildren.
THEME: “These are the Names…”
The Book of Exodus for Christians
“These are the Names,” That’s how the Book of Exodus begins, with names of real people who experienced real events in real time. The Exodus from Egypt is the greatest story of deliverance in the Old Testament, and it contributes mightily to our appreciation of the New Testament’s great deliverance story, the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We will travel through the book and hear new facts only recently brought forward. We will consult ancient calendars; astronomy; the archaeology of Egypt/the Sinai/the area north of the Gulf of Aqaba; statements from historians from the ancient world; maps of the proposed Red Sea crossing sites. We will address how the Christian should regard Moses (which happens to be the name of a sermon by Martin Luther); the plagues on Egypt, especially the death of the firstborn; the Passover; the golden calf; the wilderness wandering; the manna and the water from the rock. We will discuss the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle for what they have to tell us about proper worship. Bring your questions, as well.
Registration Information Coming Soon