Homecoming

Alumni Activities & Events

Homecoming & Family Weekend

October 3-5, 2025

Homecoming is the largest gathering of MNU alumni all year long. We welcome alums and their families to campus for a weekend full of fun and meaningful events and activities. We worship, enjoy fellowship with each other, cheer for our teams, admire the talent of our current students and our fellow alums, recognize the purposeful lives we lead, and celebrate the faithful lives of those we have lost in the past year.

It is a powerful weekend, and we want as many alums as possible to join us on campus every year.

9:30 AM	Homecoming Chapel	College Church
11:30 AM	Alumni Award Honorees Luncheon (invite only)	Cunningham Center (Austin Room)
12:30 PM	Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Bell Center (Performance Hall)
3:00 PM	Copeland Athletic Complex Site Visit	Pioneer Field
4:00 PM	Hymn Sing-Along	Weatherby Chapel
5:00 PM	MNU Block Party (till 7:00 PM)	Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
5:00 PM	Homecoming Chili/Dog Dinner*	Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
6:00 PM	Friends of the Performing Arts Reception (invite only)	Bell Center (Gilmore Room)
7:00 PM	Volleyball Game vs Park*	Cook Center
7:30 PM	COLLAGE: Performing Arts Concert*	Bell Center (Performance Hall)
9:00 PM	Men’s Soccer Alumni Futsal Game	Cook Center

*Event requires registration | **Event is at your own expense

8:30 AM	Homecoming Celebration Breakfast*	College Church (Uphaus Hall)
9:00 AM	Women’s Soccer Alumni Game	Pioneer Field
10:00 AM	Class Reunions*	Metz/Smith
10:00 AM	Golden Reunion: Class of 1974*	College Church (Garrett Chapel)
10:00 AM	Volleyball Alumni Game	Cook Center
12:00 PM	Lunch**	Cunningham Center (Wiley Commons)
1:00 PM	Women’s Soccer Game vs Mount Mercy*	Pioneer Field
2:00 PM	Homecoming Football Game vs Missouri Valley*	Olathe District Activity Center (ODAC)
3:30 PM	Men’s Soccer Game vs Mount Mercy*	Pioneer Field
5:00 PM	Pioneer Family Feast*	Cunningham Center (Wiley Commons)
7:00 PM	Women’s Basketball Alumni Game	Cook Center
7:00 PM	MNU’s Night of Praise	Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
7:30 PM	Student Homecoming Banquet	Kansas City, MO
8:30 PM	Men’s Basketball Alumni Game	Cook Center

*Event requires registration | **Event is at your own expense

8:00 AM	President’s Memorial Prayer Breakfast*	Bell Center (Grand Lobby)
9:00 AM	Homecoming & Family Worship	College Church
10:30 AM	Golden Reunion Sunday School Class	Weatherby Chapel

Homecoming 2024 Highlights

Homecoming Information

Presenting the 2025 Alumni Awards

Each year, we honor several alumni who have led purposeful lives following their days at MNU. These awards include: Alumna of the Year, Alumnus of the Year, Young Alum of the Year, and Carrying the Torch. In 2022, we created the Michael Copeland Civic Leadership Award to honor alumni who are serving in the public sector. If you would like to nominate a Pioneer for any of these awards, please fill out the Nomination Form by May 1. Recipients will be announced in September and will be honored during Homecoming & Family Weekend, October 3-5.

NOMINATE

Alumni Reunions

Remember, relive, and reconnect as the classes of 1972, 1973 and 1974 welcome the Class of 1975 into the Golden Circle at their 50-year reunion, while the classes of ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’00, ’05, ’10, ’15, and ’20 celebrate their reunions. Each class will have their own reserved room and a committee of peers who have organized activities. Cost is free, but registration is required.

Alumni Gatherings

There is a little something for everyone on the Homecoming schedule:

Reunion Alumni: Homecoming Chapel; Class Reunions; Homecoming Celebration Breakfast; Homecoming Football Game; Pioneer Family Feast; MNU Night of Praise

Former Athletes: Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; Athletic Alumni Gatherings for Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Soccer

Families: Junior/Senior Visit Weekend; MNU Block Party; Homecoming Football Game; Pioneer Family Feast; MNU Night of Praise

MNU Fans: Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; Pioneer Volleyball Match, Homecoming Football Game; Pioneer Men’s & Women’s Soccer Matches; Men’s & Women’s Basketball Varsity vs Alumni Games

Music Lovers: Homecoming Chapel; Collage Concert; MNU Night of Praise

Hotels

Our homecoming festivities fall on the same weekend as a major soccer complex in Olathe, causing a shortage of available hotel rooms. Check availability soon.

HOTEL GUIDE

CAMPUS MAP

Events

First Act - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall

Feb 13, 2025 @ 7:00pm

to Feb 16, 2025 @ 4:00pm

Based on the famous novel by Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features an original score composed by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray) and a book by David Greig. The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory…but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a life-changing journey through Wonka’s world of pure imagination including chocolate waterfalls, nutty squirrels and the great glass elevator, all to be revealed by Wonka’s army of curious Oompa-Loompas.

First Act - Godspell

Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall

Feb 6, 2025 @ 7:00pm

to Feb 9, 2025 @ 4:00pm

Godspell was the first major musical theatre offering from three-time Grammy and Academy Award winner, Stephen Schwartz; and it took the world by storm. A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques and a hefty dose of comic timing. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus’ life dances across the stage. Dissolving hauntingly into the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Jesus’ messages of kindness, tolerance and love come vibrantly to life.

Olathe's Got Talent

Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall

Mar 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm

to Mar 29, 2025 @ 9:00pm

Olathe’s Got Talent is designed for individual students who want to showcase their talent in a local talent competition. Over $11,000 in scholarships to be awarded by local businesses. Two special scholarships may be available through JCCC and/or MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU) for students with an interest in attending those institutions.

MNU Nursing Day Event

Cunningham Center

Feb 26, 2025 @ 3:00pm

to Feb 26, 2025 @ 5:00pm

Join us for our open house to get an overview of MNU's three unique BSN programs, our admission and prerequisite requirements and more.

Performing Arts Preview

Bell Cultural Events Center

Apr 4, 2025 @ 3:00pm

to Apr 4, 2025 @ 9:00pm

If you're interested in MNU band, theatre, choir, or worship arts, this preview day is for YOU! Take an in-depth tour of our Performing Arts facilities, sit on rehearsals, enjoy dinner with current performing arts students, and meet our faculty and directors.

KCMTA - Multi Piano Concert

Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall

Jan 4, 2025 @ 4:00pm

to Jan 4, 2025 @ 5:30pm

Kansas City Music Teacher's Association invites you to our Multi-Piano Concert, which features many levels of performers on a stage filled with grand pianos, simultaneously playing duets under the direction of a conductor. Please join us as we waltz, boogie, tango and serenade in our “Dance With Me” concert at 4:00pm on Saturday, January 4.

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