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. 

November 17, Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost.  Scott will preach, “Purpose and Discipline,” Building a Better Life, Matthew 7:24-27.

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.”

Graphic map of area around Lovely Lane

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?

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

Youth Co-op News – November 2024

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...

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Advent Giving Tree

Advent Giving Tree

We will again purchase gifts for Tanager Place, Four Oaks and Trinity Lane Preschool this year. The tree and approximately 75 tags will be in the Narthex by November 17. Sponsored by the Missions Committee.

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2024 Advent Offering Recipients

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...

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Cuba Partnership Trip

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...

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Weaving Plastic Mats for the Homeless

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...

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Pastor Scott’s Study Groups

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...

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John Wesley and Money – by Pastor Scott

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...

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Saints of a Haunted Land – by Pastor Kristina

Saints of a Haunted Land – by Pastor Kristina

This coming week, on November 1st, we’ll celebrate All Saint’s Day, remembering our loved ones, family, friends, and ancestors who have gone before us. It’s a day to honor our grief and those we are missing in this life on Earth. Regardless of how long they may have...

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United Women in Faith – November 2024

United Women in Faith – November 2024

In October we have developed some new goals with the biggest being to rebuild our library for United Women in Faith. The library consists of 5 categories: Leadership Development, Social Action, Education for Mission, Nurturing for Community, and Spiritual Growth....

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CWM Fundraiser

CWM Fundraiser

Children's Weekday Ministries has a couple of fundraisers to share. 1) Savearound coupon books. $25 each. Stop by the office to purchase one. 2) Dirt Road Christmas/Winter themed Candles - Order before Nov 20. Candles will arrive no later than December 13th. 8 oz....

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Sunday Coffee Minstry

Sunday Coffee Minstry

Our SUNDAY COFFEE MINISTRY is an important ministry on Sunday mornings. We have folks who make coffee early in the morning and individuals who clean up after the last service is completed. We are currently needing assistance in both areas. Please consider serving in...

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Chancel Choir – new members welcome

Chancel Choir – new members welcome

CHANCEL CHOIR rehearsals have begun meeting at 9:00 am in the Choir Room. New members are always welcome. Join the music producing family and enjoy the fun, love, caring, and friendly group of Lovely Lane.

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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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Monday - Thursday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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