Sundays
In the summer (beginning May 25th) we have one worship service on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am.
Summer Sunday Morning In-Person worship at 9:30 am.
The service is also Live Streamed on YouTube
Welcome to Lovely Lane!
- We have one worship service on Sunday mornings in the summer. The service is at 9:30 am. It is also live-streamed on our YouTube channel.
June 8, Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Kristina will preach
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.
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
You Can Make a Difference – by Pastor Kristina
“You can make a difference.” I’ve heard that phrase a lot throughout my life, and I’ve often wondered if I truly can make a difference as just one person. I’ve never gotten involved in legislative change in either the United Methodist Church or on a political level....
A Matter of Trust – Pastor Scott
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 (NIV) The National Review ran a story the day after Memorial Day that was titled, “’Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,’ In Cruise We Trust.” The article brought out...
Children’s Weekday Ministries Summer Camp needs you!
Children’s Weekday Ministries is planning for their 10-week summer camp. They are looking for individuals who may have an interest in sharing their culture, special talent, hobby or job with 50 elementary kids. They are also looking for fifty 5-gallon buckets. If you...
Friendly Fellowship – See you in the Fall!
Friendly Fellowship will not meet in May and does not meet over summer. We look forward to gettng together again in the fall.
Transitions – by Pastor Kristina
Transitions and change are always hard. When I was a child, I used to get really emotional if I came home from school and my mom had rearranged the living room furniture. As time has gone on, my husband has learned to give me a heads up if he moves furniture around...
Reflecting on Pope Francis – by Pastor Scott
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 (NIV) I was ten years old in 1978 when I heard news on the car radio that Pope Paul VI had died. Our family was on vacation. Not really knowing anything about...
NOURISHED: Centering – April 28
Centering at Pastor Kristina's - April 28, 7pm
United Women in Faith News – April 2025
Elizabeth Circle Work Session - April 10, 1:00-3:00 pm We will continue to work on buying and adding books to our United Women in Faith library at Lovely Lane. We will also work on completing a program book for 2025. If time allows, we will discuss the 153rd birthday...
The Final Week – by Pastor Scott – April 2025
“The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” – MaƩhew 26:41b (NIV) Each of our four Gospels tells the story of Jesus a little bit differently, however, there is a common understanding about the general events during the final week of Jesus’s life. Following an...
From Pastor Kristina – April 2025
We are in the midst of our Lenten season as we enter into the season of Spring and the fast-approaching month of April. Throughout our Lenten series in the Nourished community, we have been reflecting on themes in “The Risk of Being Woke” by Curtiss Paul DeYoung. This...
The Season of Lent – by Pastor Scott
“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry.” – John 6:35 (NRSV) I really enjoy the music of rocker, Bruce Springsteen. I saw Springsteen in concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1985 when I was in high school. From that point on, I have been...
The Risk of Being Woke – from Pastor Kristina
The word “woke” has been a word that has flown around the media and in circles working for racial and social justice. You can simply Google the word, “woke,” and you’ll find quite a few definitions and understandings. You’ll find the idea of emerging from a state of...
“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.