Glenwood Life Center

Our Story

Glenwood Presbyterian Church, a white steeple New England Colonial, officially closed October 2015. Its legacy included helping create the fire department located across the street and providing a faith home for many area residents tracing back to 1872, when “Glenwood Landing was then just what its name implies, a few houses and a good dock.”

Before closing the church helped start Glen

wood Arts, www.glenwood-arts.org/events.html. Glenwood Arts successfully engaged a larger, more diverse population of the Glenwood Landing through cooperative, creative community events and projects. Unfortunately, the existing church congregation did not have the means left to sustain itself and continue to help facilitate this new venture. The Long Island Presbytery, www.presbyteryofli.com and current owner of the church property, sought a partnership. Leaders did not want to be forced to quickly sell the church property to the highest bidder, earning some developer a quick profit, and an unknown future for the building, property values, and the Glenwood Landing community. Instead the Long Island Presbytery reached out to United Adult Ministries (UAM), a non-profit that “offers older adults hope, through expanding opportunities and practical services, to live confidently in today’s world.” UAM, a nonprofit originating in 1916 by eight Brooklyn women to care for mothers widowed by World War I, agreed to partner with the Long Island Presbytery and envision new uses for the property. The focus quickly became to re-purpose the historic space, honoring its past, by resurrecting a communal refuge from home and work. A nonsectarian place to harness community talents and passions to be more inclusive, collaborative, and diverse than is possible for just a single place of faith. A commitment was made to renovate several sections of the building for immediate use and recast the old building as the “Glenwood Life Center” - a communal place for…

Spirituality, regardless of one’s faith, rooted in tolerance and understanding, to counteract ignorance and fear. Discerning faith today in collaboration with all God’s people. Wellness, a place to grow, personally and professionally, and cultivate physical and mental healing, recovery, and wholeness. Harnessing the talents and passions of the community to offer educational wellness forums, speakers, seminars, and events. The Arts, a place that showcases, fosters, and appreciates excellence in the Arts, via different medium, in which artists, local community, and the wider public can interact. Care, to cast a vision of shalom, peace, to explore culture, diversity, cooperation, and unity. Community driven to lead to personal awareness, accountability, perseverance, and vulnerability related to others. Glenwood Life Center (GLC) is currently developing collaborative relationships with community organizations and leaders. GLC seeks to invigorate the soul through community connectedness and assist in overcoming isolation and fears that hinder people. GLC seeks to be a safe place to examine tough, sensitive topics and seek life-giving solutions. GLC seeks to promote a healthier neighborhood and more understanding world. GLC encourages people to seek “what is possible,” as individuals and in collaboration with others. Please consider joining your vision and passions with GLC for the benefit of the larger community!