Burns Presbyterian Church Mosa

Burns Presbyterian Church Mosa. . Founded by twelve families in approximately 1835, the first Presbyterian Church of Mosa was a meager pioneer log building constructed on a site across from the present day church. The original log structure was soon deemed unsuitable and the congregation moved its worship services to the barn of Hugh McLaughlin, the first farm west of Kilmartin. The traveling minister, Rev. Duncan McMillan, conducted services in Gaelic., In 1864, the Mosa congregation constructed the original manse with the first brick church being built in 1867. The church's first inducted minister was Rev. William R. Sutherland. The brick church served as the community's social centre and spawned the formation of the first women's missionary society in 1886. The first brick church served the congregation for twenty-five years until renovations to the building demonstrated structural weaknesses in the church's walls., The present day Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1891. The new church was equipped with its first musical organ in 1899. The first organ created controversy in the congregation resulting in the organ only being used for evening worship services until 1901. The first wedding was held in the church in 1902. By 1915, the Burns Presbyterian Church had a membership of two hundred and nineteen residents., Electricity was installed in both the church and the manse in 1939.