Join us for Worship
Sundays at 8:30 and 10:30 AM
Adult Sunday School 9:30, Children’s Sunday School 10:30 after Children’s Sermon in Worship
Sunday Mornings
Sunday Morning In-Person worship at 8:30 and 10:30 AM
The 10:30 service is also Live Streamed on YouTube
Adult Sunday School at 9:30 | Children’s Sunday School at 10:30 after Children’s Sermon in Worship
Welcome to Lovely Lane!
Each Sunday we have two in-person worship at 8:30 and 10:30 am. The 10:30 am service is also live-streamed on our YouTube channel.
December 22, Fourth Sunday of Advent, Kristina will preach, “Bethlehem,” On the Way to Bethlehem, Luke 2:8-20.
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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.
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.”
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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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.
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
Nourished Bakery Holiday Orders
Nourished Bakery Holiday Orders Holiday Sugar Cookie Kit $24 - Order by December 12th Christmas Cookie Tray $25 - Order by December 19th Take & Bake Cinnamon Rolls $35 - Order by December 23rd Email Pastor Kristina to sign up: kristina@lovelylane.org...
Pastor Scott’s Study Groups – December 2024
During the season of Advent, the Wednesday study groups will focus on the book, On the Way to Bethlehem, by Rob Fuquay. The study will examine the cities that were central to the birth of Jesus. These cities include Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. The...
Poinsettias for the Sanctuary
If you would like to bring a Christmas poinsettia to decorate the sanctuary in memory of or in honor of a loved one, please register the information on the clipboard in the narthex. The listing of those remembered and honored will be provided as an insert in the...
Starry Nights – by Pastor Kristina
Have you ever noticed how light and darkness are almost always pitted against each other? We see this in the Christian scriptures throughout the season of Advent: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness shall not overcome it.” (John 1:5). Or “I am the...
Managing the Darkness – by Pastor Scott
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” – Isaiah 9:2 (NRSV) Advent is meant to be a time of darkness, yet we move to the bright lights as soon as possible. If you drive through a favorite neighborhood, you will likely notice some remarkable light...
United Women in Faith
Our goals for next year will include rebuilding the United Women in Faith section of the Lovely Lane Library. The UWF Reading Program consists of 5 categories: Leadership Development, Social Action, Education for Mission, Nurturing for Community, and Spiritual Growth....
Youth Co-op News – November 2024
Please communicate with your youth leader if you plan to go to something! Also Make sure to register for the Prairie Patch Farm trip below! Do you like llamas? How about cool llamas with sunglasses? Join us on 11/10 for a service project at Prairie Patch Farm, a...
2024 Advent Offering Recipients
Women at the Well: Is a United Methodist congregation located within the walls of the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women, in Mitchellville, Iowa. It offers ministries designed to encourage the spiritual growth of its members, assist them when they transition back...
Cuba Partnership Trip
A small group in our church will travel to Havana, Cuba from January 28 – February 6, 2025. The group is accompanying a group from Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines. The aim of the trip is to learn about the partner relationships the Plymouth Church has...
Weaving Plastic Mats for the Homeless
The Cedar Rapids Metro Circut Lay Ministry Board and Kenwood Park UMC mat weaving team invite you and your congregation to participate in a ministry to the homeless people in Cedar Rapids. Since last February, we have been weaving sleeping mats made from plasƟc...
Pastor Scott’s Study Groups
During the season of Advent, the Wednesday study groups will focus on the book, On the Way to Bethlehem, by Rob Fuquay. The study will examine the cities that were central to the birth of Jesus. These cities include Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. The study...
John Wesley and Money – by Pastor Scott
“But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires . . .” – 1 Timothy 6:9 (NRSV) Some of our Wednesday study groups have been focusing on the life and teachings of John Wesley. Wesley was a Church of England...
“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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Church office hours:
Monday - Thursday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The office is closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.