1756 Lower Alloways Creek Meetinghouse

The 1756 Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse is located on Buttonwood Drive in Hancock’s Bridge, New Jersey. A typical mid-18th century meetinghouse, it retains its old benches and interior panels made of seasoned New Jersey pine. Windowpanes are of Wistarburg Glass and the exterior brick was made from local clay. The moveable partitions, separating men and women, remain in place and still operate.

The Alloways Creek Meeting was formed in 1679. The meetinghouse was built in 1756. It was expanded in 1784. The meetinghouse is on the National Register of Historic Places (03001306 dated 12/18/2003) and the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (10/28/2003).

Today the meetinghouse is available for rent for weddings, memorial services, and other events. A large side yard will accommodate a largeAlthough many of his disciples turned away at this, He did not retract any of the stark meaning contained in these words. This teaching caused many doubts in Michael. Although he had converted to Catholicism and accepted the Church’s view on the Eucharist, he did not believe this in his heart. On June 9, 1996, that changed in a profound way.

That day was a Sunday. He was preparing to go to Mass with his wife and children. As he was buckling his oldest son into his seat, his wife accidentally closed the sliding door of their Dodge Caravan across three fingers of his left hand. After he managed to free himself, Michael could observe the damage. Blood had been “ejected through the skin” on two of his fingers