Our mission is to invite those in the academic setting to know Christ and the community that bears His name.
Worship
Hearing and learning God’s Word together in old, new, creative, and beautiful ways.
Search
Asking tough questions, wrestling with our faith, and being open to the way God moves in this world.
Serve
Discovering our call to embody the love of Christ and learning how to best live out the Gospel.
Send
Equipping young adults to be the church for the sake of our community and the world.
We journey with students as they encounter questions and doubt during a transitional season in life.
1919
Lutheran Student Club is organized at the University of Nebraska
1923
Committee for Lutheran Student Work is established, comprised of the pastor and one lay person from each of the Lincoln congregations.
1932
The Lutheran Student Club officially becomes part of the national Lutheran Student Association.
1946
Pastor Alvin Petersen is installed as the first Campus Pastor to the Lutheran students in Lincoln.
1952
The Lutheran Student House, later called the Lutheran Center, is dedicated at a total cost of $125,000. It was the second Lutheran Campus Ministry Center built in the United States.
1958
The chapel addition to the Lutheran Center is dedicated.
1975
The Lutheran Center choir gives 220th concert.
1982
A Church Occupations Group for persons discerning a call to ministry is established. Over 100 Lutheran Center students have been ordained to the Ministry of the Word and Sacrament.
2001
Rededication of the building following a capital campaign designed to bring the Lutheran Center up to code and make it handicap accessible.
2005
Pastor Meyer passes away after serving as campus pastor for over 16 years at the Lutheran Center.
2008
Lutheran Center students and leaders travel to Haiti for the first of many service trips.
2011
Brother Emile from the Taize’ Community in France visits the Lutheran Center and leads evening prayer.
Liz Kocher
Transitional Campus Pastor | Omaha, NE
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Coco Lyons
Deacon | Waukon, IA
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We’re imagining a sustainable ministry center where students are deeply nurtured in their faith.
