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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 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.

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

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

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

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.

Series consists of minutes books and several file folders detailing the events of meetings and Church goings on from June 1842 to February 2023. The volumes are labelled alphabetically and with their dates up to L, after which point they are simply labelled with their dates or not at all. The volumes are organized in chronological order, both in their boxes and internally, with some variation on the latter. The dates covered in each volume, with notes on their internal arrangement, are noted in an Arrangement note.

The minute books also contain annual reports post-2018. See UCM-SE5 Annual reports for more information.

This file contains 8 photocopies of Montreal Gazette articles titled "Montreal Then and Now" from the 1980's. The copies include photographs of the Beaver Hill Hall Church from the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as photographs of the area at the time of the issues' publication. They also include short articles on the history of the Church.

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, auditors reports from 1980-1983 and budgets from the 2000s.

This file contains three pages of handwritten ledgers from September and November 1858, related to the construction of the Beaver Hall Hill Church building. They detail the construction materials needed as well as their cost. They also note that the amounts listed were paid in full to one James Mavor.