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Presbyterian Church of Morristown - 57 Park Place  973-538-1776
(FAX 973-538-7879) - E-Mail: morrchurch@cs.com.  At the Green in Morristown.  WMTR radio 10:05 AM Sundays WMTR 1250 AM on dial.  Click-> Morristown Website.  George Washington attended services in their cemetery near one of the original Presbyterian churches, here, and throughout the county, served as hospitals for small pox.  Famous people of the Revolutionary War period - are buried here.  Presby-Church USA <click.   

Or read an alphabetic listing of names at burial sites behind the church, going back before the 
Revolutionary War - Small-Pox victims of Militias and the Continental Army members and their families are here :  HEROES OF OLD 

 all know in our hearts you'll be there.
First Baptist Church - 51 Washington St. Morristown

Terrible Fire: 
FIRE HEROES  <= CLICK ... see the =>>First Baptist Website !

http://www.FBcMorristownNJ.com  Thanks to Debbie Garrison !

  973-538-4477 American Baptist - they have a Spanish service, too.  George Washington appreciated the use of their first church, across from the Green, for use as a hospital for small pox.  The cemetery was moved to the present site of Evergreen Cemetery.  The Presbyterian "Chapel" is being used for the American Baptist and Spanish services in the year 2001.

 

Morristown United Methodist Church 50 Park Place Morristown 973-538-2132.  They have a Korean Service, too  973-267-1175.  Their cemetery was moved to the present Evergreen Cemetery.

 

Calvary Baptist Church - 10 Martin Luther King Avenue 973-267-0136 

Union Baptist Church - Spring St. and Martin Luther King Avenue  973-538-4781

Bethel - African Methodist Episcopal Church - 973-267-8912

Church of God in Christ - 3 Rowe St. Morristown  973-993-5508

Greater New Jerusalem Institutional Baptist Church  63 Abbett Ave.  Morristown  973-267-7266

Word of Faith Christian Center, Inc.  26A Garden St. Morristown - 973-267-0662

Morristown Jewish Center  - Beit Yisrael (Conservative) 177 Speedwell Ave. Morristown  973-538-9292

Temple B'Nai Or - Overlook Road  Morristown  973-539-4539


Mother Cabrini Chapel - west of Denver, CO. - The Trinity.

Assumption RC Church - 91 Maple Ave. Morristown  973-539-2121  
              Click to Website.

St. Margaret RC Church - 6 Sussex Ave. Morristown  973-538-0874

St. Thomas Moore RC Church - Madison Ave. Convent Station  973-267-5330

Seventh Day Adventist Church - Tempe Wick Road and Rt. 202 - 973-539-2250

Seventh Day Adventist Spanish Church - 237 Speedwell Avenue Morristown 973-631-1117

St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church - 5 Jefferson Road Whippany 973-887-3616

Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) - 36 South Street 973-539-0703.  
                            Click on Website

St. Peters Episcopal Church - South St at Miller Rd. 973-538-0555.  
                    Click on Website.

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship - 21 Normandy Heights Road  Morris Township 973-540-1177

Spanish Alliance Church of Morristown - 57 Kadena Road Morris Township 973-267-0284

Word of Faith Christian Center 26A Garden Morristown 973-267-0662

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 More distant from Morristown :    Sample: a work in progress . . .

St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Hillview Avenue and Mountain Way  Morris Plains  973-285-0884


Presbyterian Church of Morris Plains - 400 Speedwell Avenue Morris Plains  973-539-3481

Jehovah's Witnesses  Morris Plains Area  973-267-2662

St. Virgil's RC Church  250 Speedwell Avenue Morris Plains  973-267-1366 

Trinity Lutheran Church  131 Mountain Way  Morris Plains  973-538-7606

St. Mark Lutheran Church - 100 Harter Road  Morris Township  973-538-3939

RC Church of Christ the King - Blue Mill Road New Vernon 973-539-4955

First Presbyterian Church - Lee's Hill Road in New Vernon  973-538-8394

St. James RC Church - So. Findley Avenue - Basking Ridge   908-766-0888

Basking ridge Presbyterian Church - 1 East Oak - Basking Ridge 908-766-1616

 

UNITED KINGDOM: 130 miles North of London { Info from a friend, Peter Royle, Ilkeston }

Church of England : Cotmanhay & Shipley CHRIST CHURCH Ilkeston, Derbyshire, UK

                                                                 and The Southwell Cathedral 

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Posted on Friday April 18, 2003   The Philadelphia Inquirer

N.J. adoption law needs update
Adoptees' genetic information, very hard to get, can be a life-or-death matter.
By Susan Perry

Five years ago, I had a serious bout with malignant melanoma that entailed major surgery, a decision whether to pursue experimental treatment through a clinical trial, and follow-up exams every three months for two years.

The doctors always asked for my medical history - malignant melanoma tends to run in a family. But I could tell the doctors nothing because I am an adoptee in New Jersey. I have no legal right to my genetic information.

Enacted in 1940, when the shame of an illegitimate birth was overwhelming, New Jersey adoption law still reflects the mores of that time.

The law required that adoption records be sealed to protect the adoptive family from the birth parent, who might change her mind and return, and to keep embarrassing information from "the prying eyes of the public."

Adoptees must petition the court for records only for "good cause," a phrase the law does not define. Only a small percentage of adoptees have received such records through the courts, and at great cost.

I didn't want to resort to the time and expense of a lawsuit, so I tried to secure vital information about my roots through the proper channels - in my case, at the Trenton agency that facilitated my adoption 52 years ago.

The officials at this agency are very proud of their voluntary program, which enables birth parents and adoptees to connect if both parties are willing. I entered the program nervously but also was somewhat optimistic about at least securing meaningful medical records.

Unfortunately, this voluntary process was a disaster for me. I had to pay $400 for the search, which was delayed for six months because my paperwork was lost.

The intermediary discovered that my birth father was dead. The agency did locate my birth mother, but, when contacted, she elected to have "no contact," which New Jersey law entitles her to do.

Not only was I left unable to secure my family medical history, but I also had to deal with the deep hurt from feeling rejected.

I asked the agency to call her back and explain more clearly what I sought. But I was told that only one call was allowed.

I asked to forward a letter with specific questions for my birth mother. The agency's policy does not allow it.

I was stunned. I hadn't done my homework, and I had no idea that the closed adoption system leaves no room for compromise.

It has been more than nine months since my birth mother elected to have no contact, and I feel that my basic rights as a human being have been violated. I have also learned that I need to advocate for myself, because I have few allies in this cause.

We adoptees are low in number and lack political clout. I am hoping my story will encourage the public to support the two adoptees' access bills, S-2067 and A-3136, which have been assigned to committees in the New Jersey Legislature.

This legislation would allow adoptees to secure their birth certificates and vital health information. It also would protect birth mothers by allowing them one year to remove their names from the birth certificate if they chose not to be contacted by their offspring, although it would require them to update medical information on a regular basis.

It is a reasonable compromise to a situation that has left too many adoptees out in the cold.

For me, to be forbidden by law to know who brought me into this world is demeaning and disturbing. I had no control over these adoption agreements forged long ago.

I agree that adoption can be wonderful if secrecy, shame, lies and denial are removed from the process. I love and cherish my adoptive family, and for me they will always represent my true family line.

I am grateful that I have been truly loved. I've finally figured out that loving my parents and searching for my roots and medical records are entirely different. My adoptive parents are not my biological relatives, and I carry different DNA in my genes in an age when we know, as University of California medical researcher Gregory Stock recently wrote, "that genes are the biggest windows into who we are."

I believe the adoption agreements signed years ago were made in good faith. But they were made in ignorance, when genetic research was in its infancy.

We know much more now about the important links among genetics, behavior and disease. The adoptees' access bills are long overdue. I hope the public, legislators, and perhaps even some adoption agencies will join us in our efforts to get them converted into law.

Susan Perry writes from Haddonfield.

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There recently was a Terrible Fire at The First Baptist Church Click for photos  51 Washington St. Morristown, NJ  07960      Please help!
Call 973-538-4477 The slate roof has been rebuilt since about February 1, 2001 !  Now mostly complete!   Inside finishing construction is now approved but funds for reconstruction of the interior are needed!  This church is part of the "American Baptist Convention"-  they have a Spanish service, too and have been very active in "helping the poor."  

George Washington appreciated the use of their earlier, 1777, 1779-80, building - as a hospital due to a small pox epidemic. The original "First Baptist Church" was across the roadway from "the Green."

Citizens and soldiers were then buried at the Baptist cemetery behind that original church.  Other cemeteries were also used.  Those bodies were later moved to their present burial site of Evergreen Cemetery 1/2 mile north of the original site.

GIVE to REV WAR related CHARITIES   ( or "get a job"==>  JOBS ) :

After the 2nd battle of Springfield, NJ  - 
 GEORGE WASHINGTON'S  2-night-stay of  Jun 25 and 26, 1780  headquarters, was at the Henry Doremus House (built about 1760) on the present Route 202 in Montville, NJ.  The American and French armies also stayed overnight in the orchard on  August 27, 1781 en-route to Yorktown, Va.

This small stone house is now in  GREAT  STRUCTURAL  DISREPAIR!  
The sign in front asks for "help" by giving to the non-profit  "RESTORATION FUND  PO BOX 742  Montville, NJ  07045"  -     phone number  1-___- ___-____ was given.     Make G.W. proud!  The sign on the  road is not readable as you pass by   ( it shouldn't be parallel to the road ) - so they may not be receiving much help!

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