PURSUE: Seniors and Recent Graduates (Individual Student Event)
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Location
91ºÚÁÏ in Joplin, MO
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Date
September 3 - 5, 2026
Event Summary
What is PURSUE?
PURSUE equips high school seniors and recent graduates who want to serve in vocational ministry as a career. Students will experience 91ºÚÁÏ and learn more about training for the kingdom assignment God has for them.
On-campus housing is full for this event. Guests will need to secure their own housing.
Pursue students will attend two classes, interact with current Ozark students and professors, and hear about what it means to be called by God and how to pursue him in their lives right now. They will enjoy five meals on campus (breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Friday and breakfast and lunch on Saturday).
Included in the cost of registration is a free sweatshirt for all attendees.
Students can participate in an optional campus tour on Saturday afternoon with the Ozark Admissions team. Students who attend Pursue and submit an admissions application prior to leaving campus will receive a $1,400 Ozark Scholarship to OCC!
Questions regarding registrations for Pursue at OCC? Contact Event Director, Grace Jones, at [email protected].
Teen Event Permission Form
OCC requires a Teen Event Permission Form for every student attending our events. Parents can fill out . (A pdf version of the form is available upon request).
Event Itinerary
Thursday, September 3
- 8:00 PM Registration/Check-In
- 9:00 PM Welcome to Pursue session
- 10:00 PM Dorm Devos
Friday, September 4
- 7:00 AM Breakfast Opens
- 8:00 AM Attend an OCC Class/Breakfast
- 9:00 AM Attend an OCC Class
- 10:30 AM The Path They Took - Breakout
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 2:00 PM Free Time
- 3:00 PM The Path They Took - Breakout
- 5:00 PM Dinner
- 6:00 PM FallZark!
- 12:00 AM Lights Out
Saturday, OSeptember 5
- 8:00 AM Breakfast
- 9:00 AM Pursue Session
- 10:00 AM Break
- 10:30 AM The Path They Took - Breakout
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 1:30 PM The Path They Took - Breakout
- 3:00 PM Sending Pursue Session
- 3:30 PM Dismissed
- 4:00 PM Campus Tour (Optional)
Frequently Asked Questions
- Will housing be available?
On-campus housing is full for this event. Guests will need to secure their own housing (on-campus housing is available for anyone who registered by 9/19). However, parents / sponsors are not permitted to stay overnight on campus for this event, and may find information for local hotel bookings at a discounted rate by visiting .