Built in the mid-1950s on a site selected for its visibility, the landmark Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church is one of the area's oldest and most active congregations. The church spire, towers above the Hidden Valley neighborhood in Lafayette and Orinda. It can be easily seen from Interstate 24, just as the church founders intended.
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian is part of the San Francisco Presbytery. The church holds multiple community, family- and youth-oriented events. The church has its Seedlings Preschool. A missionary outreach program has taken church members to Guatemala and Zimbabwe to help those less fortunate.
Peter Whitelock is the pastor and head of staff at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian.