The Orcutt Presbyterian Church has been a Christian witness
to the Orcutt, CA area for over 100 years.
Following the discovery of oil in 1904, people flooded into the hills around Central City (Santa Maria) in search of “black gold”. Among the arrivals was a Reverend Sloan, who preached the Gospel and served meals from the back of his chuck wagon.
The next year, William A Ferguson, who was surveying a town-site location for the Union Oil Company, suggested to his boss, W. W. Orcutt that land be set aside in the town-site for a church. The church was built in 1907 at the corner of Pacific and Union streets. The still standing structure would house the ministry of this congregation for the next 55 years.
The “Orcutt Community Church” was affiliated with many different Christian traditions in its early years. During this time, various itinerant preachers and dedicated laymen tended the flock. In 1941, the church formally affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, which developed the congregation as a mission church.
The creation of Vandenberg AFB in nearby Lompoc, caused great growth in the community and the growing Orcutt congregation reorganized as a self-sustaining church in 1961. Two years later the church relocated from the heart of Orcutt to its present 3.5 acre site on Patterson Road. In 1969, the Rev. Robert Wedaa began a 25 year pastorate. Orcutt Presbyterian Church grew in size and ministry and a new sanctuary was dedicated in 1994.
In 1996, Rev. Bruce Lethbridge took over as Pastor of the
Orcutt Presbyterian Church and leads us today in our mission to:
