Summer Sunday Morning In-Person worship at 9:30 am.

Our regular worship schedule returns on Sunday, September 14th with services at 8:30 and 10:30. (8:30 in-person, 10:30 both in-person and live-streamed.) Children’s Sunday School resumes on the 14th as well.

The service is also Live Streamed on YouTube

Welcome to Lovely Lane!


In the summer months we have one worship service at 9:30 am. The service is also live-streamed on our YouTube channel. 

 August 17, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Scott will preach, “Athens,” Paul’s Travels, Acts 17:16-34

Connect with Us!

Please click on the button and fill out our Connection Form so we know you worshipped with us online.

We love that you are able to join us in online worship! But we miss connecting in person. We invite you to reach out to Pastor Scott or Pastor Kristina with prayer requests, joys and concerns or just to tell us that you worshipped with us.

All Are Welcome with Rainbow

The people of Lovely Lane UMC humbly strive to be light, love and leaven to the world.

We stand with those who are devalued in our society because of their color, gender, marital status, creed, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental ability, immigration status or economic condition.

We serve those in our neighborhood and our community who are in need of food, housing, education, or health care.

We heal the world through collaboration with the national and international missions of the United Methodist Church, because where our hands cannot be, our hearts can.”

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Find Us

2424 42nd St. NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319) 393-6674

The corner of 42nd Street and Wenig Rd. next to KennedyHigh School

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New to Lovely Lane?

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Nourished

The Missional Campus of Lovely Lane.

Nourished strives to be a holistic healthy community that grows in Spirit and serves in love and justice.

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Lovely Lane is a dynamic faith community that seeks to welcome all people, nurture one another in the faith, and reach out in ministry and service.

Lovely Lane is a dynamic faith community that seeks to welcome all people, nurture one another in the faith, and reach out in ministry and service.

Lovely Lane News

Hy-Vee Receipts for Children’s Weekday Ministries

Hy-Vee Receipts for Children’s Weekday Ministries

Hy-Vee Receipts for Children’s Weekday Ministries – For every $200 in eligible Hy-Vee receipts collected, CWM will receive $1. The receipts can be from various Hy-Vee locations and departments, including groceries, catering, pharmacies, fuel, and more. Hy-Vee receipts...

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Children’s Weekday Ministries Hiring for this fall

Children’s Weekday Ministries Hiring for this fall

Children’s Weekday Ministries Hiring for this fall Pierce before school daycare staff: 6:30 am - 9:00 am, Monday & Wednesday Pierce before school cook: 7:00 am - 9:00 am, Monday-Thursday Pierce After School Staff: 3:00 pm - 5:45 pm, Friday Office Admin Assistant:...

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Women’s Book Study begins Sept 17

Women’s Book Study begins Sept 17

Women’s Book Study will begin meeting on Wednesday, September 17, at 12:00 pm in the Fireside Room. Sherrie Ilg will be leading this study in the Fall. More information to come soon.

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Chancel Choir begins Sept 14

Chancel Choir begins Sept 14

Chancel Choir will begin their 2025-2026 season with rehearsal on Sunday, September 14 at 9:00 am in the Choir Room. We will sing for the first time the following Sunday, September 21. If you have ever considered "Singing to the Lord", the time is now. Rehearsal is at...

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Middle School Sunday School

Middle School Sunday School

Join us for Middle School Sunday School during the 10:30 am service beginning October 5th, 2025. Middle schoolers will be dismissed after the children's sermon.

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Worship Servant Signup

Worship Servant Signup

Worship Servant Signup for greeters, lectors and ushers will continue to be done through the signup sheet in the narthex or by contacting the church office. September and October datesa and times are now available for signup. If you are interested in assisting as a...

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AcabeLLa Bell Choir Seeking New Members

AcabeLLa Bell Choir Seeking New Members

The Bell Choir of Lovely Lane, known as AcabeLLa, is seeking new members. We have an opening for a ringer this coming ringing season. Our first rehearsal will be September 10, at 7:15 pm in the sanctuary of Lovely Lane. The Bell Choir rehearses every Wednesday night...

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Pastor Scott’s Book Study resumes Sept 10

Pastor Scott’s Book Study resumes Sept 10

Pastor Scott’s book study will resume on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. This study meets on Zoom on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 am and on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 pm in the library. The first book for the study will be “Jesus and the Powers,” by N.T. Wright and...

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Paul’s Travels – by Pastor Scott

Paul’s Travels – by Pastor Scott

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old had gone, the new has come!" - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) The apostle Paul is one of the most intriguing individuals in the Bible. A younger contemporary of Jesus, he was at the forefront of the beginnings...

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School Supplies / Backpack Offering

School Supplies / Backpack Offering

We are collecting a special offering for students in need at Kennedy High School and Pierce Elementary. These monetary donations will go towards purchasing school supplies for these students. The goal is for all students to have the necessary supplies at the beginning...

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Nourished Centering – Change in Location

Nourished Centering – Change in Location

Nourished Centering is now taking place at St. Paul's United Methodist Church at 1340 3rd Ave. SE in Cedar Rapids. They will be meeting in the Art room on the 3rd floor, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7:00 pm. Nourished is no longer meeting at the home of Pastor...

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Special Offering – UMCOR – Guadalupe River Flood

Special Offering – UMCOR – Guadalupe River Flood

You can now give to support disaster response efforts across the Rio Texas Conference. Every gift goes directly toward helping families recover and rebuild after the devastating flooding that has impacted communities across the Hill Country and beyond. To give by...

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“For it is the God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”

2 Corinthians 4:6

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The office is closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.