Sunday Mornings
In-Person worship at 9:30 on Sundays Memorial Day weekend through September 8th.
The service is also Live Streamed on YouTube
Welcome to Lovely Lane!
From Memorial Day weekend through September 8th, we will have one Sunday worship service at 9:30 am. The service is also live-streamed on our YouTube channel.
August 11, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Scott will preach, “Jacob and Laban,” Hope in the Midst of Darkness, Genesis 31:44-55.
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
Think Spring!
March 20th is the first day of spring and it’s not too early to start planning your garden and outdoor living space. For inspiration, plan to attend one (or more!) of the Linn County Master Gardener Library Talks currently taking place at local community libraries....
Discipline for the Journey – from Pastor Scott
This month we move into the season of Lent. Lent is a season of spiritual preparation that leads to Holy Week and Easter. Lent is forty days and forty nights that recalls Jesus’s surrender and retreat into the desert. Whereas Easter rejoices in the resurrected...
Five Tips to Help You Practice Self Love*
The idea of practicing self-love can be daunting. We’re constantly facing internal and external challenges, such as busy schedules that make pausing for self-love or self-care seem impossible. However, taking small steps each day or week to take care of and love...
Moving Forward – from Pastor Scott
One word that has been on my mind, and probably all of our minds, is "Perseverance." We have seen the need to persevere during the pandemic, derecho, economic uncertainty, and hiring challenges in the workplace. Perseverance is often defined as a continued effort to...
The Joy of New Life from Pastor Kristina
My husband and I had a great visit to Los Angeles, California this past January. It was apart anniversary trip, remembering our honeymoon to California just two years prior, but it was also a trip to celebrate the new birth inside of me. We were thrilled to finally...
Post Holiday Blues
The 3rd Monday of January is “Blue Monday” - the most depressing day of the year. Post holiday blues include fatigue, loneliness, financial stress, anxiety, and low mood. Try this recipe to make this New Year of 2022 a positive one from the start. You need: 1 Bottle...
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice (f/k/a Iowa Justice For Our Neighbors, or JFON) Our top 3 moments from 2021: 1) Iowa MMJ exists! Thank you for your support (and patience) as we transitioned, launched and continue to evolve! 2) We served over 500 new clients! This is...
Listening to Others – from Pastor Scott
Ernest Hemingway once said, “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” Regrettably, our society has become increasingly distracted, inclined to multitask, and not willing to give full attention to the matter at hand. We have not become good...
Who are we now? Who do we want to become? – From Pastor Kristina
Who are we now? Who do we want to become? While visiting family in Texas after Christmas, I’ve been working on my ordination paperwork in preparation for the January 8th deadline. There’s so much to submit for ordination: Bible studies to write, sermons to send in,...
Staying Fit in Winter Months
No need to hibernate in the winter; you can stay active. Though experts recommend you exercise for at least 30 minutes, 5 days a week, 5-10 mins. of movement a day (or several times a day) will help with weight loss, improve your mood, and increase your heart health....
All Generations Will Call Me Blessed – from Pastor Kristina
I’ve been enjoying working through the Advent Devotional that we purchased for this Advent season at the church. You can pick up your copy of “God With Us” at the church in the Narthex on the welcome table. We have Advent devotionals for adults and families. Week one...
Extravagant Gifts – from Pastor Scott
My favorite holiday movie is “Miracle on 34th Street.” I love the older version of the film from 1947 as well as the newer one from 1994. There’s something about this movie that gets me in the right mood this time of year. Most of us have a favorite holiday movie,...
“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.