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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 UCM-SE1-SU2) glued to them.

The file contains only music lists from September 1947 to June 1949.

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

The file contains music lists from September 1952 to January 1953.

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.

Orders of service and calendars also contain information about Church events, see UCM-SE1 Orders of service, music lists, calendars for more information.

This sub-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.

From 1951 to June 1983, the orders of service are photocopies of typewritten documents. Between September 1983 and September 1997 they appear to have been printed on a dot matrix printer, after which they begin to be printed on contemporary computer printers.

The sub-series is organized into files chronologically. The pre-2021 files cover September of one year through June of the next. From 2021 to present, each calendar year has its own file. There only exception is that September to December 2020 has its own file.

This series contains the orders of service, music lists and calendars created by the Church. All three types of material have some overlapping purposes in the planning of the services and the communication of their content. Calendars were created from 1905 to 1953 after which orders of service begin to be created. The music lists exist chronologically alongside or instead of orders of service from 1947 to 1953.

Orders of service tend to have more information about the services than the calendars which again tend to have more information about the services than the music lists.

This sub-series contains the minutes and reports generated by the committees created after the fire. Notably it also includes the results of a congregational survey done by the Building Needs Committee in 1988. The series also contains documents identifying those involved in said committees.

Before the purchase of the de Maisonneuve property in 1995, there were several proposals put forward regarding whether to rebuild on the same property or move to a new one. Many of these committees worked on multiple of these projects. The committees for which there are records are the following:

• The Options Committee (created January 13, 1988)
  This committee was responsible for recommending a building project to the Board of Management.

• The Building Needs Committee (created May 11, 1988)
  This committee was mandated to update the 1984 Property Study Committee Report (this can be found in UCM-SE10-SU2) in order to guide any rebuilding project. It also surveyed the congregation on the needs for a new church building.

• Building Committee (Operated from October 1988 to October 1989)
  This committee was mandated to oversee the design and construction of any new church building. It became the Design Committee in October 1989.

• Design Committee (created in October 1989)
  This committee oversaw design and use plans for any new church building.

• The Project Management Committee (created October 3, 1990)
  The series contains two written mandates for this committee. The first tasks it with recommending a building project and the second with acting on behalf of the Board of Management in dealings with developers. It appears that the Options Committee is often retroactively referred to as the Project Management Committee as well.

• Furniture, Fixings & Equipment Committee (was active 1995-1996)
  This committee was responsible for the internal details of the de Maisonneuve building.

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 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.