JTK Cuisine & Cocktails

Rehearsal Dinner

St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center

Nuptial Mass

Graduate Hotel

Wedding Reception

Summer

Our Wedding

We were acquainted in high school at Pius but really connected through mutual friends in college when Jess moved back to Lincoln for nursing school. We were both members of the ballroom dance company at UNL and were heavily involved in the Newman Center throughout college. Before our senior year of college we spent the summer working together as lifeguards on a resort in Sea Island, Georgia as part of a program called Summer Projects run by the Fellowship Of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) the organization Lucas now works for. We started dating after that summer and continued dating long distance after graduation while Lucas moved to Emporia, Kansas for work. We got engaged in May 2024 while Lucas was home for FOCUS summer training and are so excited to get married in June 2025.

Our Story

Gallery

Audrey Aschoff

Crispin Corpuz

Abigail Davis 

Ethan Hansen

Kenzie Terhune

Donovan Heard

Brooklyn Guess

John Cardillo

Alisha Huber

Andre Honz

Jordan Huber

Ryan Huber

Wedding Party

Our wedding ceremony will be included in a full nuptial Mass. Catholic wedding ceremonies are typically between an hour and fifteen minutes to an hour and thirty minutes in length. We understand not everyone attending the wedding is Catholic, follow along best you can, we are happy to have you with us. If you need to leave the church at any point, please do so quietly with as little disruption as possible and exit from the outside edge of the pew if possible. As Catholics we believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. If you are not Catholic or are not spiritually prepared to receive Communion, you are welcome to walk up for a blessing instead. Please indicate to the priest you will not be receiving Communion by crossing your arms over your shoulders or by placing your index finger in front of your lips. Out of reverence for our Lord, during the ceremony please silence electronic devices and refrain from bringing food or drinks into the church.If you are attending the wedding with children please refrain from bringing toys that make noise or light up. Furthermore we politely ask parents to exit the church if children become loud or upset.

Q + A

We have a room block at the Graduate Hotel where the reception is located for the nights of June 6th and 7th for guests. Copy and paste the link below to take you directly to the booking page or click the "website" button - search Lincoln, NE, June 6/7, 2025, and add "HHW" under the special codes option for the group rate. https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/rooms/?ctyhocn=LNKGLGU&amp;arrivalDate=2025-06-06&amp;departureDate=2025-06-08&amp;groupCode=HHW The room block pricing is available until May 13, 2025.

Graduate by Hilton Lincoln

Travel

Stroll around the Haymarket and support local small businesses and other vendors, try delicious food, find fun arts &amp; crafts, gorgeous flowers, and more.

Haymarket Farmers' Market

Jess's favorite food is ice cream, be sure to stop by and try one of their seasonal flavors -- GF, DF, V options available.

(402) Creamery at Telegraph

Stop by for all your caffeine needs, plus smoothies, cocktails, and more.

The Mill Coffee

Grab a drink on the rooftop bar right next to the reception venue and take in the views of the historic Haymarket.

Barry's The Nebraska Bar

Walk around the Sunken Gardens and see the gorgeous flowers and water features where we took our engagement pictures.

Sunken Gardens

Again Jess loves ice cream and their waffle cones are to die for.

Ivanna Cone

Wanna Hurts donut? Hurts Donut Co. is open 24/7 and located in the Grand Manse building right across the street from the reception venue.

Hurts Donut Co.

Located in the basement of the Grand Manse building. Boiler Brewing Co. is a fun local brewery where we went to many Theology on Tap events in college.

Boiler Brewing Company

Since our ceremony is early on Saturday afternoon it does not fulfill the Sunday Mass Obligations for Catholics. Please see the list below of local Mass times to fulfill the Sunday Obligations: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church320 North 16th. St | Lincoln, NESunday 10AM, 12PM, 9:10PM St. Mary Catholic Church1420 K St. | Lincoln, NESunday 8AM, 10AM, 12:30PM, 5PM Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church1720 Lake St. | Lincoln, NESunday 8:30AM, 10AM, 11:30AM St. Theresa Catholic Church735 South 36th St. | Lincoln, NESunday 8AM, 10AM, 12PM North American Martyrs Catholic Church1101 Isaac Dr | Lincoln, NESunday 7AM, 8AM, 9:30AM, 11AM Other Churches and Mass Times May Be Found At www.masstimes.org

Lucas & Jessica

Lucas & Jessica

Registry