University Place Presbyterian Church's roots stretch back to the 1920s, when it began as a Sunday school on nearby Day Island. By the mid-1940s, the school had moved to its current location and efforts to establish a full church had begun. Over the years, the church has grown to accommodate its expanding congregation. Today, it features a sanctuary, kitchen, education space, pipe organ, food bank, gymnasium, youth room, café and more. The church's buildings blanket 75,000 square feet across 5.5-acres, and it is large enough to welcome its 1,400 members. The senior pastor and teaching elder is Reverend Patrick Wrisley; the associate pastor of spiritual formation is Reverend Taeler Morgan.