Summer Worship begins May 24th
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.
May 24, Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Scott will preach, “Living in the Power of the Spirit,” Acts 2:1-21 (Summer hours begin)
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.”
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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
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...
Lovely Lane is now on Instagram
Find and follow us at https://www.instagram.com/lovelylaneumc.
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...
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...
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...
Shop Hy-Vee – Support the Children’s Weekday Ministry
The Children's Weekday Ministry is again participating in Hyvee's Cash 4 Students program. The program will earn $1 for every $200 in receipts collected. Just save your Hy-vee receipt and drop them off at the church. Collection boxes are located in the narthex and...
“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.