NLOM History

Through the Early 1960s: Nebraska Lutherans borrow camping sites to operate junior high camps.

1964: Circle R Camp is established. 

1974: George and Irene Holling gift a half section of land near Ashland to Nebraska Synod/LCA in memory of their daughter, Carol Joy Holling. 

1975: Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries is formed.

1979: Carol Joy Holling Camp opens with 356 campers. 

1986: Carol Joy Holling Camp serves 1000 campers for the first time.

1994: Day Camp is established in six Nebraska Synod Congregations.

1995: Lester & Lillian Sullivan gift a section of land near Lodgepole, Nebraska...to be known as Sullivan Hills Camp. 

1997: Sullivan Hills Camp opens with 80 campers.

2002: The Resource Center at Carol Joy Holling Camp is finished.

2005: The Swanson Retreat Center is completed.