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Binder labeled "Wedding Ceremony Examples and some services by Ellen Taylor 1975-89" includes templates, transcriptions, and records of weddings she officiated.

Letter and brochures from UU UN office.

Includes financial statements and receipts.

Minutes that were found with other unrelated materials, includes many duplicates that are found in original files.

Order of service materials. Textual documents and art. The LUF was only able to meet on a regular and consistent basis after they got their own building, before then then they met usually only once a month at various locations that were often announced a few weeks before the date of service. Order of service booklets vary.

A committee that planned the services and created the order of service booklets.

Printed from the web. Includes "Affirmations".

Textual documents pertaining to programs and services and 1 audio tape from the Ken Morrison lectures.

In addition to Sunday Programs like religious education, the LUF operated programs that provided opportunities for people to learn and grow as individuals and as a collective. These programs were normally educational and included workshops, and promoted community involvement, such as workshops where they visited other religious denominations, and volunteered as a collective at Shelter House. They also provided services typical of religious denominations such as weddings and celebrations of life. They took part in local Thunder Bay programs such as “adopt a highway” and “bicycle for humanity.” Materials here reflect the originally received file arrangement.

Includes bazaar licence and lottery reports. Service auctions were ways for people to offer and receive assistance. Rather than auctioning off items for funding, the members would offer services such as cleaning vents and filing taxes. Money went back to the board.

Textual documents and 3 CD-Rs with pictures and videos from events and moments. While the administrative assistants over the years did an admirable job updating binders with related material, there was substantial material that was not filed with the Board minutes and seemingly was gathered from the administrators desk when they moved out of their building on Algoma street. This included board minutes, reports, and correspondence that directly related to the way that LUF governed their institution. This subseries reflects the way the alphabetical arrangement had limitations: there was material that did not neatly fall into the categories they chose. Files relating to organization and function that did not fit into other series are stored here, such as “fellowship life.” Includes also bylaw and policy information, financial statements and reports, and board members’ correspondence.

Reports from various committees to the board that were not filed elsewhere.

While newsletters were regularly sent out to the congregation and community at large, the LUF would also post PSAs for regularly attending members about the month ahead.

The LUF held their first several meetings in the homes of the Board members. As they grew and became a larger community, they started meeting at local centers and renting out halls. Finally, in 1984 they moved to their own building on Algoma St. The building was adequate, but was not the ideal location since it had poor accessibility and required constant upkeep. From the 1990s up until the late 2010s the LUF regularly discussed the prospect of a new building and sought new ways to better the Algoma building.

Brochures, letters, 2 CD-Rs about unitarian universalism.

In addition to weekly Sunday Services, the LUF hosts special services such as memorials and weddings, and runs programs and events for members and the community to attend. The Religious Education committee frequently ran educational workshops for both adults and children, which often focused on spirituality and identity. The LUF took part in community events such as “Bicycle 4 Humanity” and cleaning up the highways, and offered services to the community such as the Empty Bowls/Caring Hearts program. Materials here include event planning records, promotional posters, correspondence, and planning for such events and programs.

Textual documents dealing with the people involved with LUF and one digital video of the ordination of Julie Stoneberg in 2005. Information on employees, volunteers, and membership. The services were mostly run by lay chaplains, though they also welcomed visiting and consulting ministers. Information dealing with the interim ministry program, hiring processes and employment contracts, membership lists, and board membership lists are found here.

Includes booklets from 2000 onward: received organized together. Includes agendas, announcements, images, and some advertisements.

Organized by decade: 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Includes hymns, poetry, programming information, and organizational updates. Individual booklets are not arranged in any specific order.

File arrangement reflects original order: as part of the history project, the past Newsletters were ordered chronologically and ordered into binders. They include information typical of any newsletter: the month ahead, notes from the president, and general updates. The original arrangement was not disturbed while the binders were replaced with folders. It appears the newsletters were sent out electronically after 2012.

Includes legal paperwork pertaining to the Ministerial Internship, Interim Ministry, Minister on Loan, Extension Ministry programs. Documents pertaining to the hiring of Louise Ulrich; Ordination and legal documents dealing with the hiring of Julie Stoneberg; Ministerial Consultant information; Descriptive and legal material on the minister position; Minister correspondence and reports; Ministerial Committee reports; Materials on UU Ministry from the CUC.

Includes membership committee documents outlining duties and role in LUF, has materials from other UU fellowships and the CUC on growing memberships; membership lists 1965-2005; attendance statistics 2002-2007.

The committee that devoted specific focus to how the LUF could grow and in what direction they should move as they developed. The LRP committee planned events, conferences, and determined the needs of the congregation. They ensured the vision and mission statements were implemented.

Records relate to the establishment and operation of the Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They reflect matters concerning Port Arthur, Fort William, and Thunder Bay; and the development of Unitarianism and its institutions in North America more broadly.

The LUF is a non-profit organization that was incorporated into the Canadian Unitarian Council in 1984; after incorporation, the materials become more formal and there is more paperwork pertaining to the fellowships organization and governance.

The material includes reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photo negatives, floor plans for building, pamphlets and brochures, and several CDs, which included photographs and videos from special events. Majority of the materials are LUF specific, while there is also material pertaining to neighboring Unitarian organizations in Canada and America, and to the broader Unitarian Universalist Association\ Canadian Unitarian Council. Some records are specific to individuals while others relate to the entire fellowship.

Textual documents, pamphlets and brochures, and 2 digital videos received from the CUC, one being labeled “UUA 2010 Breakthrough Congregation” and the other “Fusion;” both are promotional videos for the Unitarian Universalist denomination.

The Canadian Unitarian Council was a national group formed within the continental Unitarian Universalist Association in 1961. They were interconnected corporations until 2002 when they split into independent organizations. The LUF hosted the CUC Annual General Meeting in 1986, 1997, and 2009. The CUC/UUA head office and other organizations within the UU society provided direction and guidance to the LUF when they were establishing themselves and when they became an incorporated fellowship. Mostly materials viewed and used by the board members and committee chairs. Majority of materials pertain to the AGMs and other conferences; not LUF specific.