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Middle School Youth   Grades 6-8, meets at the church on Wednesdays! Every week: All youth grades 6-8 will gather. Two Times per month: Confirmation youth (8th graders) will attend classes with Pastor Jenny to have the deeper conversations of faith. The 6-7th graders will... Read More →

Middle School Youth PLEASE NOTE:  There will not be any Kid’s Club, family meal, youth group, confirmation, Adult Explo, or any other activities on Wednesday, January 2nd. Wednesday night activities will resume on Wednesday, January 9, @ 5:30 pm with supper. Grades 6-8,... Read More →

The Bible Study group will resume meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8th, from 9:30-11:15 AM in Fireside. We’ll continue our study of the Gospel of John. We’ve found that our studies help us gain new insights and understanding of the Scriptures, help us to grow spiritually, and deepen our... Read More →

WWW: Wednesday Women of the Word is meeting Wednesdays at noon.  All women are invited to this study placed during the lunch hour. IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN IN! If you can schedule your work day once a week to join us, please do. For those coming over the noon hour, feel free to... Read More →

“Doing Small Things With Great Love” – that is the wise motto of one of my Colleagues in Ministry and a good friend. Although we’d rather be doing “the big stuff’, small things done with great love and an even greater God do not remain small for very long. In Elm... Read More →

Ann Naffier, a staff attorney for Iowa JFON who sets up office here at Lovely Lane one day a month and then helps in the evening’s clinic held in our Fellowship Hall, shared this story in April 2015 at Aldersgate UMC in Des Moines. It is an illustration of just one incidence of... Read More →

The ministry of funeral lunches is important to our family and friends as they navigate the waters of grief and loss. Volunteers bring bars, help serve beverages at the lunches, and help with set up and clean up. If you’d be willing to assist with funeral luncheons, please sign... Read More →

This article was written by Mary Mathis, University of Iowa Law graduate and published in the Daily Iowan. She describes life in a Syrian refugee camp in Northern Greece. She interviews Drew Craig follows him as he works with Lighthouse Relief, an organization Lovely Lane... Read More →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, a gentle Father and the God of all consolation, so that we can offer others, in their sorrows, the consolation that we have received who comforts us in all our sorrows, from God ourselves. – 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ... Read More →