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.
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
AcabeLLa, Lovely Lane Handbell Choir
AcabeLLa, Lovely Lanes handbell choir has resumed rehearsals on Wednesday nights starting at 7:15 pm. Rehearsal generally lasts one hour and 15 minutes. If you are interested in learning more about handbells this would be an excellent opportunity to learn. You are...
Children’s Sunday School
Sunday School will also begin again on the 15th during the 10:30 service following the children’s sermon.
Adult Sunday School
We have two adult classes at Lovely Lane starting on Sunday, September 15, both classes meet at 9:30 am. The “Faith Issues” class meets in the library and focuses on contemporary issues and the ways people of faith respond to those issues. Jim and Myrna Loehrlein lead...
Wesley and Methodism-by Pastor Scott
“We love because he first loved us”– 1 John 4:19 (NRSV) In August the 22nd World Methodist Council met in Gothenburg, Sweden. This gathering takes place every five years in different parts of the world. The council represents Methodists, Wesleyans, United and Uniting...
Worship Servants Needed
Matthew 20:28 “just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.” Jesus is calling the disciples and all who are in Christ to follow the same path to greatness: humble, sacrificial service to each other. For serving as...
UWF Activites and Events – August 2024
United Women in Faith is continuing to put an emphasis on climate justice and sustainability! We appreciate all the positive feedback for leading the June worship service. We hosted an event on domestic violence on June 26th. Lynn Calvert, a recovering victim of...
Join the Bell Choir, AcabeLLa
Lovely Lane has a bell choir, AcabeLLa. The director, Charlie Kucera, has been leading the choir since January 2019. The choir rehearses every Wednesday night starting at 7:15 pm at Lovely Lane in the sanctuary. Rehearsals last typically until 8:30 pm or earlier if...
A Blessing for Heading Back to School – from Pastor Kristina
As a former elementary school teacher, August was the time of year when my shoulders started creeping back up again, I turned back into a pumpkin, and my mind started to wander to all the tasks at hand to get ready for the school year. Teaching is a hard profession,...
Agree to Disagree – by Pastor Scott
“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul” -Psalm 94:19 (NRSV) A few weeks ago Heather and I attended the Beach Boys concert at the McGrath Amphitheater with some friends. I know some of you saw the concert too. It was a great show and...
I’m Here, Where are You? – from Pastor Kristina
There were so many delightful moments on our family vacation trip to Ely, MN. We rented a cabin on Lake Vermillion, which I know many of you know as a prime place for fishing walleye. While we didn’t fish, we enjoyed many hikes, and I often stopped myself and...
Grind Often, Celebrate Rarely – from Pastor Scott
Inspiration comes from the Bible. Inspiration comes in other ways too. A sports radio talk show host spoke words several years ago that I’ve taken to heart. The words are “Grind Often, Celebrate Rarely.” The radio host used those words to describe successful sports...
On to a New Chapter – by Sue Moss
I don’t know about you, but I have always thought of my life as a book with different chapters. I’mabout to fi nish the chapters of being gainfully employed and begin the next chapter of full retirement. It will be a big change—that’s for sure! Will it be a life 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.