Sundays

8:30 am Worship

9:15 am Adult Sunday School

10:30 am Worship

10:30 am Children’s Sunday School

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!


We have two worship services on Sunday mornings. 8:30 and 10:30 am. The 10:30 service is also live-streamed on our YouTube channel.

April 20, Easter Sunday, Scott will preach, “Our Hope,” Romans 8:31-39 and Mark 16:1-8

The memorial service for Wanda Whitford will be held in person and online at 6:30 pm Tuesday, April  22nd.

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?

Learn about our worship services, our beliefs, Sunday school, children’s activities, and more.

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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

Youth Co-op News

Sunday, April 13, 2:00 to 4:00 pm - Service Project Location TBD Saturday, April 26, All Day - Camping Day - Location TBD Sunday, May 11, Presentation and Activity on trauma-informed ministry with Dr. Hannah Sutton-Adams Sunday, May 25, End of the School Year Party

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United Women in Faith News – April 2025

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...

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The Final Week – by Pastor Scott – April 2025

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...

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From Pastor Kristina – April 2025

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...

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United Women in Faith March News

United Women in Faith March News

ELIZABETH CIRCLE MEETING -  THURSDAY, MARCH 13 – 1:00PM This will be a working session. We're working on programs for the rest of the year. RIZPAH CIRCLE MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 27 – 6:30‐8:00 Topic of discussion TBD. *Childcare is available for all meetings. Please...

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The Season of Lent – by Pastor Scott

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...

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The Risk of Being Woke – from Pastor Kristina

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...

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I’m So Happy – Pastor Kristina

I’m So Happy – Pastor Kristina

There is something just so wonderful about those slow mornings at our house getting ready for work and school. Because Audrey often wakes up pretty early, we have some downtime before we have to get moving to get ready for the day. We eat our breakfast slowly at the...

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United Women in Faith – February News

United Women in Faith – February News

ELIZABETH CIRCLE MEETING - Our Annual Valentine Cookie/Candy Deliveries Thursday, February 13 – 1:00 to 3:00 pm Bring cookies, candy, treats. We will box them and deliver them to our church members/friends who may not get out very often. RIZPAH CIRCLE MEETING...

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Cuba Partnership Trip – Pastor Scott

Cuba Partnership Trip – Pastor Scott

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”– Matthew 28:19 (NRSV) As the new month begins I am in Havana, Cuba, with a small group of Lovely Laners. We are traveling with a group of folks from the Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines. Our group totals...

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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.