Title based on contents of fonds.
The documents were loaned in 1993 by the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada.
The archives of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery local churches and pastoral charges are all arranged according to a common classification system established by Susan Stanley, former Montreal and Ottawa Conference Archivist.
The documents are in English.
Calvary United Church in Sutton, initially of Methodist denomination, was established at the beginning of the 19th century. It was part of the Essex, Vermont circuit until 1821 and of the St. Armand circuit from 1821 to 1855, before becoming the head of its own circuit. The congregation worshipped in private residences and in a Union church until 1877, when the Methodists decided to build their own church. In 1925, when the United Church of Canada was formed, amalgamating the Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian Churches, the Methodist Church in Sutton, decided to join the Union. It was then renamed Calvary United Church. Calvary United Church is part of the New Vision Pastoral Zone.
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The fonds contains source material on the management, the congregation's affairs, and the women's organizations of Calvary United Church in Sutton from 1856 to 2018. It consists mainly of minutes, account books, circuit registers, and registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials. It also includes information on a memorial service for Stan Pergau, and annual reports for the Sutton-Dunham Pastoral Charge. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1871-1994), Buildings and Property (1893-1955), Financial Resources (1899-1936), Annual Reports (1989, 2000, 2003, 2006-2008, 2011-2013, 2017-2018), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1856-2001), Membership (1859-1949), Historical (1877-1990), Organizations (1921-1992), Photographs ([before 1925], 1989), and Miscellaneous (1980).
Further accruals are expected.
Researchers may also consult St. Paul's United Church (Waterloo) fonds (UC021), Dunham United Church fonds (UC033), and West Brome United Church fonds (UC065).
The registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials may be restricted at the discretion of the Archivist.