Celebrate Life is a multi-day event, open to students currently in 6th through 12th grade, which takes place in May at Olivet Nazarene University. Celebrate Life is designed to encourage the development and abilities of students in the name of Jesus. Each year, hundreds of students from all over the Central Field convene on ONU’s campus to worship and fellowship together and to celebrate the gifts and talents God has given to them. It’s a wonderful weekend of Christian community and a great opportunity for students to experience what ONU has to offer!

  • Celebrate Life takes place in two places: at the District level and at the Field level. District Celebrate Life events occur once per year in various venues throughout the Olivet Nazarene University educational field, which includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Students participate at the District level depending on your area of residence. It is at the District level event that a student may qualify to participate in the Field Celebrate Life event.

    The Field Celebrate Life event is held once per year in May on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois.

  • All participants must be in the 6th-12th grade by the time of Field Celebrate Life in May in order to participate in any form of competition on the district or field level.

  • Celebrate Life gives you the opportunity to have the time of your life with friends, compete in an activity, sport, or talent you enjoy and excel in, experience a world-class college campus, make memories that will last a lifetime, and experience the goodness, love, worship, and peace of God in incredible, life-changing ways!

  • The registration for each district is unique. Talk with the youth leader of your local church to get registered!

  • If you’d like to check out the 40+ activities you can participate in, or simply want more detailed information, you can click here!