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.
June 21, Father’s Day, Pastor Scott will preach, “A Father’s Love,” Luke 15:11-32.
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
Believing and Belonging – from Pastor Scott
What comes first for the Christian? Is it believing or belonging? Belief involves a confidence in a set of statements about Christianity. Belong inginvolves a confidence that we are loved and welcomed into a Christian community. Truth is, this conversation has been...
Barbie and What We Are Made For
Have you seen the Barbie movie yet? I’ve seen it a few times now, and each time, I’ve gone with someone new. It brought up so much conversation within my circle of friends, my family, my chiropractor, my colleagues, and even the Starbucks employee making my first...
Chancel Choir News
CHANCEL CHOIR NEWS: The Chancel Choir will begin rehearsing on Sunday, Sept. 3rd, after the 9:30 AM worship service, and will rehearse again on Sept. 10th, at the same time. Rehearsals go back to their normal time of 9:00 AM on Sunday, Sept. 17th, the date we change...
A Blessing For When The Laundry Sits from Pastor Kristina
Blessed are you when the laundry overflows in the corner- Dirty, Wrinkled and clean, Or folded ready to be put away. Blessed are you when the simple task of laundry Feels like too much to bear, When your to-do list leaves you weary, Expectations weight heavy,...
Moving Forward -from Pastor Scott
Barbie or Oppenheimer? Oppenheimer or Barbie? Wasn’t that the big conversation recently? Two very different movies came out the same weekend. This conversation about which movie to see was a welcome diversion from the “heavier news” we read about. We have so much...
Reading the Bible – from Pastor Scott
“I will instruct you and teach you about the direction you should go. I’ll advise you and keep my eye on you.” – Psalm 32:8 (CEB) The summer months are a wonderful time to go deeper into the biblical word. I encourage each of you to read the Bible on a regular basis....
Men’s Breakfast Gathering – see you in the fall!
The Men's Breakfast Group is taking a break over the summer; they will meet again on Sept. 16th. Have a great summer and see you in the Fall!
Keep on Walking…
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of wellbeing and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still,...
Prioritize Your Mental Health This Summer
(adapted from Mental Health First Aid Monthly, June 2022) Many of us have been eagerly anticipating the season of summer, possibly for a lighter workload and/or for some extra time off—to go on vacation or to have a stay-at-home vacation to accomplish some planned...
From Pastor Kristina – Will You Pray for Us?
In just a few short weeks, several of us from Lovely Lane are piling into large ten-passenger vans to travel down to the U.S.-Mexico border where we’ll spend time learning, listening, and seeing the experience at the border. We leave on July 8th early in the morning...
NOURISHED Weekly Emails
Each week the Nourished Spiritual Cultivator sends out a weekly newsletter with the current and upcoming events and happenings. Don't miss out on an exciting centering topic or a favorite bakery item! To get on the email list, email Spiritual Cultivator Kristina...
Seeing God in Story Books
This past week I spent a week off to spend time with Audrey as daycare takes a two-week break, in between the school year and the summer program. We played outside, went on walks, went to the infant story hour at the new Marion Public Library, read books at home in...
“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.