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The first mention of Logiealmond in the minutes of the Associate Presbytery appears in 1744 when a petition for supply of ministry was presented by a number of residents of Logiealmond and Glenalmond. A probationer was appointed to the district however over the next year and a half service only took place in Logiealmond on eight or nine occasions and Hector Chisholm, the first minister of Logiealmond Associate Session, was not ordained until 1753. The church of the congregation is thought to have been erected two years prior in 1751 and a new church was later built in 1811 with sittings for 450, and at a cost of over £400. In 1847, Logiealmond Associate Session became part of the United Presbyterian Church. Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Logiealmond Associate Session was renamed Logiealmond South United Free Church and in 1907 Logiealmond South United Free Church was joined with the congregation of Logiealmond North United Free to form the session of Logiealmond United Free Church. After this local union, the former South Church was removed in 1912 and the North church remained in use as the place of worship. Upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland, Logiealmond United Free Church became Logiealmond Heriotfield Church of Scotland and in 1934 the charge was united with that of Logiealmond Chapelhill, under the name of Logiealmond Church of Scotland. Both churches remained in use for a time after 1934 however, owing to the poor condition of the building, the Chapelhill Church fell into disuse. In 1968 a link was established between Logiealmond and the congregation of Almondbank St Serf's but this link was later terminated in 1995 in favour of a union with the charge of Methven, under the name of Methven and Logiealmond. The united congregation of Methven and Logiealmond sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Perth. |