DISCOVER! | JULY 23, 2016 10 | Community Sidebar: Saturday, July 30 7:15 p.m. – Selah in Concert 9 p.m. – Food and friendship on campus Sunday, July 31 8:30 a.m. – Begin the day with prayer – R. R. Brown Chapel 9 a.m. – Annual Report to Conference Family – Founders Hall 9:15 p.m. – Adult Christian Life Community with Carrie Schlieker – Founders Hall 10:30 a.m. – Skye Jethani, Worship Team 6:45 p.m. – Evening Prayer – R. R. Brown Chapel 7:15 p.m. – Joshua Becker, Worship Team 9 p.m. – Food and friendship Monday, August 1 8:30 a.m. – Begin the day with prayer – R. R. Brown Chapel 9 a.m. – Morning Bible Hour with Skye Jethani 10:00 a.m.to noon – Children & Youth Communities 10:30 a.m. – Adult Christian Life Communities 6:45 p.m. – Evening prayer – R. R. Brown Chapel 7:15 p.m. – Tom Nelson, Worship Team 9 p.m. – Food and friendship Tuesday, August 2 8:30 a.m. – Begin the day with prayer – R. R. Brown Chapel 9 am – Morning Bible Hour with Skye Jethani 10:00 a.m. to noon – Children & Youth Communities 10:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Pastors’ Day – Lakeshore Center at Okoboji (Complimentary ticket required) 10:30 a.m. to noon – Adult Christian Life Communities 12:15 p.m. – Luncheon <strong>for</strong> pastors and spouses – Lakeshore Center at Okoboji (Complimentary ticket required) 6:45 p.m. – Evening prayer – R. R. Brown Chapel 7:15 p.m. – Tom Nelson, Worship Team, Theater <strong>for</strong> the Thirsty KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER Sing it Selah Okoboji Bible Conference opens Saturday, July 30 Continuing a longstanding tradition the Okoboji Bible Conference is back <strong>for</strong> its 82nd year. They’ll once again be featuring intriguing speakers, uplifting music and much more from July 30-Aug. 7. They are kicking off the nine-day conference at 7:15 p.m., Saturday, July 30, with a free concert by the popular group, Selah. Selah is a contemporary Christian vocal trio. It is made up of Todd Smith, Allan Hall and Amy Perry. Selah has won seven Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and sold more than 4 million albums and single units combined. This will be their third time per<strong>for</strong>ming at the Okoboji Bible Conference. “They are a conference favorite because their music spans generations,” said Jody Van Kley, the conference coordinator <strong>for</strong> Okoboji Bible Conference. “They also are known <strong>for</strong> taking a church hymn and reworking it into something very contemporary and something people really enjoy listening to.” The concert is free and the doors open at 5:45 p.m. About 1,500 can fit in the tabernacle and the outside tented area and it’s first-come, firstserve when it comes to seating <strong>for</strong> the concert. Just like the rest of the nine-day conference, the Selah concert is completely free. “We just believe that the Lord has kept this event going <strong>for</strong> 82 years and it’s supported by the people who come and God has blessed us through At a Glance: WHAT: Selah in concert at Okoboji Bible Conerence WHERE: Okoboji Bible Conference Ministries, 7 Okboji Grove Rd, Ardnolds Park, IA WHEN: 7:15 p.m., Saturday, July 30 COST: Free CONTACT: 712-332-2883 ONLINE: okobojiconference.org gifts from those generous people,” Van Kley said. “We want it to be available <strong>for</strong> anyone and everyone to come.” The first weekend will also include some very interesting speakers. Skye Jethani and Joshua Becker will both give speeches on Sunday, July 31. Jethani is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. and Becker will follow later that evening at 7:15 p.m. Those speeches as well as many of the rest throughout the nine-day conference will focus around this year’s conference theme: Redeeming Work. “It has a double meaning. The first meaning is to remind us that we are redeemed by Jesus so we celebrate that fact,” Van Kley said. “The second half of the meaning is that fact that the work we do every day is work we are called to do by God so that makes it redeemed.” This concept is <strong>dis</strong>cussed in Colossians 3, verse 23, and according to Van Kley, it will be a common thread throughout the conference this year. F 9 p.m. – Food and friendship Arnolds Park | Iowa
DISCOVER! | JULY 23, 2016 | 11 Everyone Welcome - 7:15 Nightly IN CONCERT OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY, JULY 30 - 7:15 PM Open Seating OKOBOJI BIBLE CONFERENCE • July 30-August 7, 2016 69 WEST BROADWAY, ARNOLDS PARK, IOWA 712.332.2883 • okobojiconference.org
Change language