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This series contains the orders of service created by the Church in the planning of services. The orders of service contain both a chronological list of the events of the service as well as a section for weekly notices. The chronological section details the songs to be played, hymns to be sung with lyrics and litanies, as well as when in the service the sermon and announcements will occur.

Orders of service exist for each Sunday service from February 1953 to present. From that time until June 2004, services ran from September of one year through June of the next. Beginning in September 2004, services run year round. Previous to 1953, there are only orders of service for special services like Christmas and these are sporadic.

This sub-series contains the music lists created by the Church in the planning of services. They exist for the years 1947-1952, following a September to June schedule, and include the songs and hymns to be played during service in chronological order. They invariably include a "Prelude", "Introit", "Hymn", "Anthem", "Interlude", a second "Hymn", "Offertory", a third "Hymn" and "Postlude" in that order.

The music lists are typewritten on lined notebook paper. Each page contains two music lists for two Sundays. The pages serving as dividers often have relevant calendars (see the calendar series linked under related materials) glued to them.

This series contains records regarding Church finances during normal operations from 1911 to 2023. It does not represent a complete record of Church finances in that time but does include a ledger book from May 1930-1938, financial reports from 1950-1961, a general operating budget pamphlet for May 1968 to April 1969, auditors reports from 1980-1983 and budgets from the 2000s.

This series contains the correspondence and copies of legal documents related to the bequest to the Church of a property in Rawdon, QC by Nicholas Jonas, who died December 6, 1971. The process of transfer took some time, so the Church only took ownership of the property in August of 1975. The series includes a travel map of Rawdon with the lot marked in pencil, as well a map of all the lots in the area. Also included are property tax receipts, correspondence with the Jonas family and a copy of Nicholas Jonas’ holographic will, dated December 14, 1959.

This sub-series contains documents related to the rebuilding and move efforts in the wake of the fire that destroyed the Sherbrooke street church building on May 25, 1987. It includes reports on the state of the church buildings after the fire, as well as internal correspondence between Church officers and external correspondence with various legal, consulting, architectural and construction firms. It also includes calls for and received project proposals, along with financial analyses and draft resolutions to be submitted to the congregation regarding said proposals.

Notably there is also a copy of an ultimately rejected proposal, with drawings, called the "Simpson Project." It aimed to build a mixed use high-rise tower on the site of the Sherbrooke street church, which would’ve included space for the Church. There are also 11 full sized architectural drawings of the project. The project was controversial in the greater local community and the sub-series also contains correspondance from community members and minutes of city consultation meetings.

This series contains records related to the property on the corner of Sherbrooke and Simpson streets. Construction of the main church building and Channing Hall began in October 20, 1906 and the congregation moved in on September 1, 1907. Unitarian House was purchased in September of 1946 and was located at 3419 and 3421 Simpson street, immediately to the north of the main church property. Channing Hall housed a pastor’s study, a kitchen and rooms dedicated to various purposes over the years. It also housed the Sunday school. Over the years 1968 to 1970 Channing Hall underwent a remodelling. After the purchase of Unitarian House, the buildings were subdivided into classrooms for the Sunday school. It was in use by the church until 1978, when it began to be leased to various tenants.
The Church remained at this property until the fire of May 25, 1987, which destroyed the main church building.

The series is comprised architectural drawings related to the construction and renovation of all buildings on the property, including not only the main church building but also Unitarian House and Channing Hall. Beyond this, it also contains other documents related to the property such as surveyor’s reports, deeds, financial reports on building upkeep, meeting minutes, correspondence related to the building, newspaper clippings, as well as photographs and drawings of the buildings.

This series also contains records related to the post-fire response and rebuilding effort. These include meeting minutes, reports on the cost of rebuilding, proposals for rebuilding/moving and opinion polling of the congregation. There is also a small amount of correspondence related to public response to proposed rebuilding projects and newspaper clippings.

This sub-series contains records related to the construction of the main church building on the property located at the corner of Sherbrooke and Simpson streets. It contains textual records related to the history of the church building, including photocopies of “Montreal then and Now” articles from the Montreal Gazette from the 1980s with pictures, meeting minutes and a photocopy of the lot’s record of purchase from 1905.

The sub-series also contains architectural plans created by the Maxwell Brothers as well as their specifications for construction. Photocopies can be found in Box 10 and originals can be found in Tube 36.

The sub-series also contains articles from 2000 and 2002 about the Maxwell Brothers and their work on the church building.

This sub-series contains copies of the declarations of marriage and other paperwork sent to le Directeur de l'état civil to register a marriage in Québec for the years 1994 to present. Each declaration of marriage and its associated paperwork details the personal information of the spouses, including but not limited to their marital status previous to the marriage and demographic data.

The file contains music lists from September 1949 to December 1951.

This series contains the newsletters created by the Church from 1950 to 2021. Published on a monthly basis, these roughly 2-5 page documents typically contain reports of past and future events at the Church. This includes dates, times and topics of future services; acts of civil service like baptisms that have occurred over the past month; the names of new Church members as well as the deaths of Church members and the dates of their memorial services. The information included varies from year to year and also changes depending on the editor and minister of the time, however they often also include news from various Church clubs and organizations, important personal milestones in members’ lives, profiles on Church officers and members, short essays written by the active minister and poetry or selections from non-religious literature.

The titles of the newsletters changed over time, they were called “Bulletin” or “News Bulletin” from 1950 to 1979, changing to “NUUS” until 2009 when the title became “Gathered Here.”

At the file level, the newsletters are organized chronologically into files that contain September of one year into May of the next. The collection of newsletters in the early 60’s is spotty, with there being an almost total absence from 1963-1966.