File contains an outline for a Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church workshop delivered by Brent Hawkins entitled "Dynamics of Exciting Church Development".
File contains three booklets from the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, including bylaws revised in 1993, one lay delegate manual, and one copy of the five year strategic plan for the Eastern Canadian district.
File contains one copy of the Orientation Guide to The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, prepared by Safe Harbour MCC Reverend Darlene Young.
File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church, and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference, held September 23-25, 1994. Materials include a conference program, conference schedules, notes, promotional materials, one coordinator's report to the district conference, one women's secretariat report, one job description for a district coordinator and lay representative, lists of delegates, job applications, operating procedures and by-laws, agendas, minutes, and financial records.
File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church, and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference, held September 22-24, 1995. Materials include a conference program, proposed and confirmed conference agendas, correspondence, promotional materials, reports to the district conference, conference minutes, financial records, proposed by-law revisions, and applications for conference positions.
File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church (UMFCC), and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference, held October 11-13, 1996. Materials include conference schedules, minutes, evaluation forms, reports to the conference, and notes. File also includes general correspondence, financial records, UMFCC pamphlets, meeting agendas and minutes, operating procedures, and by-laws.
File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church, and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference. Materials include conference agendas, reports to the conference, and conference flyers. File also contains financial records, correspondence, notes, workshop materials, meeting minutes and agendas, and applications for district positions.
File contains the task force report on commissioned church status within the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches.
File contains materials relating to workshops and group discussions held by Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include agendas, scripture and external readings, notes, and discussion questions.
File contains one draft of the proposed credentialling process process for the Clergy Credentials and Concerns Committee and associated correspondence. File also includes newsletters, notes, and correspondence from the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches.
File contains issues 2 and 3 of the United Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church - Eastern Canadian District newsletter, published in March and June of 1997, respectively.
File contains one booklet of reports provided to attendees of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church's annual general meeting, held on 1993-02-07.
File contains two obituaries for Safe Harbour MCC Reverend Darlene Young; 1 printed out from Walker Funeral Home's website, and one photocopy of Jon Tattrie's article "Rainbow church moves on after beloved minister's death" for the Chronicle Herald.
File contains materials relating to the annual congressional business meeting of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, held on 1994-02-06. Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence from Reverend Darlene Young to Safe Harbour congregants, and a seventeen page booklet of agendas, reports, and membership lists.
File contains five pages of notes and correspondence related to Brian Mombourquette's facilitation of The Queer Bible: A Workshop on Homosexuality and the Bible.
File contains materials relating to the operation and disbanding of the music committee for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include sheet music, correspondence and notes.
File contains five hand painted posters produced by Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include four posters feature religious messages, and one poster for Winter Wonder-land, a drag show held at Rumours bar to benefit Safe Harbour.
File contains clippings regarding religion and the LGBT community, collected by Ross Boutilier. Subjects covered include conversion therapy, LGBT clergypeople and congregants, and theological arguments regarding homosexuality. Clippings are primarily taken from the Chronicle Herald, the Daily News, and the Advocate.
File contains correspondence, pamphlets, and newsletters from Sparrow, a support community for gay and lesbian Christians. File also contains one copy of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Directory of Congregations and Clergy.
File contains one pamphlet for the Dignity Canada Lesbian and Gay Catholic Association and accompanying correspondence from the Dartmouth chapter of the organization.
File contains essays on homosexuality and religion and related correspondence between Bob Fougere and Richard Beis. Essays include one copy of the essay God Dave Me a Gay Son by Thomas A. Nelson, one copy of Sex: Purpose and 'Natural Law' by Richard Beis, and one copy of Same Sex Marriage: What Exactly is the Problem? [unattributed].
File contains one copy of What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say About Homosexuality: Bible Study Course Material for Safe Harbour; one program for Safe Harbour Church service dated January 21, 2001; and notes.
File contains materials relating to 10th anniversary of Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church in 2001. Materials include planning notes; memos; one program for Safe Harbour church service, held January 27, 2002; one printed copy of the web article Halifax church's mission: offer a safe place for gays by Alan McAvoy, published November 6, 2001; news clipping from the Daily News and the Chronicle Herald relating to the anniversary; one copy of the Safe Harbour press list; Eastlink Community Television coverage application forms; correspondence; three copies of a press release entitled Celebrating Our First Decade of Ministry, published October 16, 2001; and two advertisements for Singing God's Praises? An Evening with Rev. Delores Barry.
File contains administrative records relating to the operations of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include invitation and program from the wedding of Norma Christine Cameron and Margot Whynot on February 17, 2001; meeting minutes and agendas dated 2010-2011; financial report and budgets dated 2010-2011; correspondence dated 2011; and 1 copy Board of Directors Training Manual for Churches Under 75.
File contains materials relating to the decision to close Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include financial reports from 2010-2011; letters of interest from other community groups dated 2011; correspondence dated 2011; news clippings dated 2011; Board of Directors meeting minutes dated 2011; and notes.
File contains materials relating to the closure of Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. This includes correspondence dated 2012-2013; inventory lists documenting the church's materials as of the time of its closure in 2011; lists of members; minutes from the annual congregational meeting held August 31, 2011; pamphets; programs; and notes.
File contains one copy of the essay The Intersexed? by Jennifer L. Paty, dated April 6, 2005; one copy of the essay Why Don't You Tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-Nonconforming Child by Florence Dillon; one photocopy of the article A Boy's Life by Hanna Rosin, published in the November, 2008 issue of The Atlantic; one glossary of LGBT terminology; one transcript of the sermon Celebrating the T in LGBTQ: One Family's Sacred Journey, presented by Joan WIley to the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto on January 21, 2007; one copy of the essay Darn Those Names and Pronouns by Mary Boenke, dated July, 2003; one copy of the article Metro Transition by Brendan Dunbar, originally published in July 20, 2006 issue of The Coast; Bob Fougere's correspondence regarding transgender activism, dated 2009-2010; eight business cards for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church; one business card for Staci Montgomery, Employment Counsellor with LakeCity Employment Services Association; and notes.
File contains flyers for Affirm United; one poster for Jesus for the Non-Religious, a lecture with the Right Reverend Bishop John Shelby Spong; pamphlets on homosexuality and the churchs; one cartoon about gay bashing; one pamphlet for St John;'s United Church; and one copy of the essay Supporting Our Gay Loved Ones : A Parents FLAG Perspective.
File contains materials related to A Time for Quiet and Healing, the weekly service and vigil hosted by CARAS for people living with AIDS, their friends, family, and supporters. materials include posters, flyers, programs, sheet music, clippings, and notes.
File contains materials regarding a CARAS survey of churches and religious groups to identify attitudes towards individuals with HIV/AIDS and faith groups' involvement with CARAS or other HIV/AIDS support programs. Materials include the survey report, correspondence, memos, minutes, and notes.
