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On the 30th June 1788 the Relief Presbytery of Glasgow was presented with a petition from New Kilpatrick, the parish in which Milngavie was situated, requesting the provision of sermon, and as a consequence Mr Hutchison of Paisley was appointed to preach within the district. The initial enthusiasm towards the establishment of a permanent Relief Presbytery in Milngavie appears to have soon abated, and after a period of 6 years the Relief Presbytery informed the members of Milngavie Relief congregation that unless steps were taken to provide themselves with a place of worship, supply of sermon within the area would be withdrawn. These instructions were again presented in the following year and at this time the congregation appeared on the verge of extinction. Soon after however a number of families from Doune settled down in Milngavie and as a result, on the 27th June 1796, renewed application for sermon was presented to the Relief Presbytery. The new application was accepted and in 1799 a church was erected at a cost of £500. Additionally during the year 1799 the first minister of Milngavie Relief Church, William Milquham, was ordained. In 1847 Milngavie Relief Church became part of the United Presbyterian Church and a number of years thereafter, following the 1900 union between the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland, Milngavie United Presbyterian Church was renamed Milngavie Cairns United Free Church. In 1903 the old church of the congregation was closed to make way for a new church which was opened on the 10th May 1903. At the 1929 union of the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, Milngavie Cairns United Free Church became Milngavie Cairns Church of Scotland. The congregation of Milngavie Cairns sits within the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Dumbarton. |