Summer Worship
One worship service in person at 9:30 am.
The service is also livestreamed on our YouTube channel below.
All are welcome at Lovely Lane!
Summer Sunday Mornings at Lovely Lane (beginning May 24th)
In the summer, we have one worship service in-person at 9:30 am. The service is also live-streamed on our YouTube channel.
There is no Sunday School in the summer.
Join us for coffee and donuts in Fellowship Hall between services.
Ways to Assist our Friends in Cuba
As many of you know, we have a sister church in Matanzas, Cuba. We want to keep this church, and all the good folks in Cuba, in our prayers at this difficult time. It is also our responsibility as people of faith and constituents of the United States to tell our elected officials, ‘Hands Off Cuba.’
In the summer, the Sunday morning worship service is in-person at 9:30 am. The service will also be livestreamed below.
June 28, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, the Rev. Paul Witmer, Women at the Well UMC, will preach.
The Fonda Carris Celebration of Life service will be livestreamed Tuesday, July 7th starting at 1:30 pm.
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 Alecia 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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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
The Lion and the Lamb – From Pastor Scott
I have always been intrigued with “oxymorons.” Oxymorons are figures of speech that combine normally contradictory terms such as “good grief,” “small crowd,” “original copy,” and “clearly confused.” Many of these oxymorons are found in the midst of the Christmas...
Lovely Lane UMC 2021 Goals
(approved by Ad Council and shared during Lovely Lane’s 10/18/20 Charge Conference) 1) Remain a church focused on mission and outreach to others. We are in the midst of a pandemic and a building project. We don’t want to lose focus on the need to lift up those around...
From Associate Pastor, Rev. Kristina Roth-Klinck
Since March when we went into this pandemic, we have had very little socialization with others as we worked from home, wore masks, socially distanced ourselves, and did not get together with friends. In the midst of all of that, many of us, if not at some point all of...
Finding Hope
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light” – John 1:5 (CEB) Last year the word “existential” was the Dictionary.com Word of the Year. The word inspires us to ask big questions about “who we are” and “what our purpose is” in the...
ROTARY INVOCATION-September 21, 2020
As we all know, 2020 is a year we will never forget. With the pandemic, Derecho, conversations about race and class, as well as a Presidential election, there is so much going on. And with the news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent passing, we take time to celebrate her...
From Our New Associate Pastor, Rev. Kristina Roth-Klinck
My position here at Lovely Lane is split halftime with Matthew 25, where I serve as a spiritual cultivator, planting a diverse progressive community of faith. Matthew 25 is a non-profit organization on the west side of the Cedar River that does work primarily in the...
Remembering Rev. Dean A. Lanning
The Memorial Service for Dean Lanning took place on September 24, 2020, at Lovely Lane, and was recorded. Video Recording Obituary Personal messages to the Lanning family may be sent to: lanningmemories@gmail.com. https://youtu.be/uCEwdWovcaA
Making Decisions
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart” – Proverbs 3:5 (CEB) Eleanor Roosevelt once remarked that “one’s philosophy is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves . . . and the choices we make are ultimately our...
From Our New Associate Pastor, Rev. Kristina Roth-Klinck
It seems like just yesterday that I wrote in the newsletter for August about the windstorm back in July when a tree limb fell down! Well, here we are again, with much bigger tree limbs and a much bigger windstorm! I know for many of us, we experienced great damage to...
New Beginnings – From Pastor Scott
The past few weeks in Cedar Rapids, Marion, and surrounding areas have been emotional and exhausting. We have come together to assist one another following the damaging storms that came through our communities. Through it all, the best in people has come out. Folks...
Managing Our Fears
Fear is all around us! And yes, some fear can be good. Fear is a vital response to physical and emotional danger. If we didn’t feel some fear from time to time, we couldn’t protect ourselves from legitimate threats. I am grateful for tornado watches and warnings. I am...
From Our New Associate Pastor, Kristina Roth-Klinck
A few weekends ago in that big windstorm, we had a large tree limb come down, thankfully not on our cars! Ryan and I do not have any materials to clean up a large tree limb and did not know where to begin in terms of getting it cleaned up. After coming home from the...
“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.