The Spiritual Renewal Center's Mission

We are a community where Spirit and Service come together

Out of love of neighbor, we are committed to offering a wide variety of spiritual renewal experiences and events through both holy traditions, both ancient and new, from many faiths - offered by professional practitioners in a home of trust and sacred hospitality.

The Spiritual Renewal Center's Message

No matter who YOU are, or where YOU are on life's journey... YOU are welcomed here!!

Our Goals and Objectives

To offer spiritual practices from a variety of traditions that ain to renew and heal the spirit. Through information and experience, in an atmosphere of love and trust, we look to offer seekers essential tools and foundations to further their spiritual growth and development.

Workshop & Seminar Facilities

Our center is the year round retreat center for First Parish Church, in Riverhead, NY, and its members. The center welcomes a wide variety of groups and individuals to its beautiful site on the North Fork in Long Island Wine County, offering simple and comfortable facilities for recreation, study, and reflection in its ministry of hospitality.

Latest News & Announcements

Latest news from First Parish Church...

HEAR NOW THE GOOD NEWS!!
First Parish Church Has Been Rebirthed.

Copy & paste the address below to your browser to read Riverheadlocal.com's March 11th article on First Parish Church....

http://riverheadlocal.com/local-news-content/8785-change-is-afoot-nagain-for-church-congregation-that-traces-its-history-to-the-1830s

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PENTACOST WORSHIP
Pentacost Sunday Worship on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at the Grange Hall Building, 5268 Sound Avenue, Northville (Riverhead), NY. The theme is "Gathered and Scattered." Please wear red. We will also be blessing our new Worship Space and our new Banner (if we receive it by then). Contact Pastor Dianne Rodriguez for more information at (516) 673-1231 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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CONVERSATION AT A VINEYARD
Religion on the Vine on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 at 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Sherwood House Vineyards, 1291 Main Road (Route 25), Jamesport. We are offering a monthly conversational gathering at Sherwood House Vineyards, 1291 Main Road (Route 25), Jamesport, NY. It will be opened to all seekers who desire to explore the perennial spiritual questions of life and issues of faith and religion. We will be inviting our community to share and be in conversation with us. Contact Pastor Dianne Rodriguez for more information at (516) 673-1231 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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FOOD DRIVE
Food Drive Going on at our Grange Hall Building. Give today! We at First Parish Church, UCC, are collecting for all of our local community's food pantries--canned, jarred, and boxed goods. If you'd like to give, please drop your food items off at the Grange Hall building at 5268 Sound Avenue, Northville (Riverhead) on Sundays between the hours of 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please give what you can and help fill the pantries in our community. Tell a friend; pass the word around!! For further information, please contact Pastor Dianne Rodriguez at (516) 673-1231 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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BE A PART OF OUR WRITER'S PAGE!
Each month a writing gets posted here on our website's Writer's Page as well as an eblast sent to all of our email recipients and gets posted onto our Spiritual Renewal Center Facebook page! If you or if you know of anyone who would like to submit prose or poetry for our Writer's Page, please send your material to Lisa at gar This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or submit it right here on our website. You may submit your writing(s) any time you'd like!

We look forward to hearing from you!

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A CELEBRATION OF JEFF FRANK'S LIFE

Our dear friend and Spiritual-Renewal partner...who founded the Nature Lyceum, and who took the risk of bringing the classes to a new home at our Grange Hall, has passed into the next adventure.

Jeff will be MUCH missed by so many of the lives he has touched and taught and mentored. He is a beautiful person, in whom so many of us confided and loved.

Please stay with us as we will announce a get-together luncheon to honor Jeff in his classroom space. Friends and graduates of the Nature Lyceum will also be looking to carry on Jeff's many years of work. More shall be revealed...

Jeff's presence among us will be sorely missed. He charmed us with his "Holly Wand," delighted us with his YUA-TAH-HEY salutations and Vaya Con Dios (have a silly day) words of departure. But most importantly, Jeff challenged each and everyone of us to live soul-filled lives because no matter who we are or where we are on life's journey with Jeff we are all in this together.

The gift of his life and memory remains "food for our souls." Please join the Spiritual Renewal Center at First Parish Church,UCC on Sunday, December 16th at our 10:30 a.m. service, in which we will be celebrating the life of our friend, JEFF FRANK. Afterwards, we will be hosting a luncheon in honor of commemorating his life and gift to our community.

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Greetings! First Parish Church, UCC/Spiritual Renewal Center often says to those who visit... "No Matter Who YOU Are or Where YOU Are On Life's Journey, YOU Are Welcomed Here!" We Live It! We Believe It! And We Mean It!!!!!

So much so, that on June 10, 2012, we voted to adopt the following ONA (Open and Affirming) Statement:

Because we believe that all people are created in God's image and thus are blessed and loved equally by God, and because love is a unifying and strengthening force within our Christian faith, We, the members of the First Parish Church, United Church of Christ, hereby declare ourselves an Open and Affirming Christian community, actively expressing Jesus' inclusive embrace of all people. We welcome all who seek to follow Jesus, including persons of every age, gender, race, national origin, faith background, marital status and family structure, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, mental and physical ability, economic and social status, and educational background, to share in the life, leadership, ministry, fellowship, worship, sacraments, responsibilities, blessings and joys of our church family. Jesus teaches us to welcome all God's children into God's covenantal community. As we grow together in faith and love, we will strive to celebrate the diversity in which God has created us.

When we voted, we were blessed to have with us representatives of DignityUSA http://www.dignityusa.org/. In solidarity with them, together we wear rainbow/equality bracelets. So... No Matter Who YOU are or where YOU are on life's journey...YOU are welcomed at First Parish Church!! Come... We have a rainbow bracelet waiting for you! Sunday Service begins at 10:30 a.m.

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News About Two of Our Authors:

Lisa Acor Laurel's "Love in the Gardens of Macantar, A Spiritual Journey of Healing from Codependency and Relationship Addiction" now available at Riverhead, Mattituck, Greenport, Quogue, and Westhampton Beach libraries!! For more on Lisa's book, visit our Book Store page. The Survivors Club has created an article promoting Ms. Laurel's "Love in the Gardens of Macantar." Please visit the link and share it with your followers via Facebook or Twitter. http://www.thesurvivorsclub.org/news-and-articles/lisa-acor-laurel-love-gardens-macantar-addiction-survivor Find Lisa's eBook on www.healingebooks.com, then go to the left column "Categories" listing and click on "Emotional Healing". Lisa's book is also available on Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and booksonboard.com, or write her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Rev. Richard Adinolfi's "Divine Living: Practical Advice for a Lifetime." For more on Rev. Adinolfi's book, visit our Book Store page. Find his eBook at www.healingebooks.com, then go to the left column "Categories" listing and click on "Spiritual eBooks". For more information, write Rev. Adinolfi at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Now their books are available on the Healing eBook website www.healingebooks.com. Lisa's book is mentioned in Healing eBook's Self-Healing Expressions "Issue 109 - October - Embracing Emotional Healing" email under the heading, "Healing eBooks that Focus on Emotional Healing."

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Click onto these links below to read articles about The Grange & Jeff Frank's NatureTalk Lecture series to help Save the Grange Campaign:

http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/06/09/free-lectures-to-help-save-the-grange-riverhead-landmark/

http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2011/01/7024/gearing-up-to-save-the-grange/

Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 May 2013 19:56 )

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