Church Staff
Meet the First UCC Team!
Rev Jennifer Seaich (she/her)- Pastor:
Pastor Jennifer is thrilled to be ministering the lovely people in Sauk City. Her ministerial passions include social justice, spiritual formation, interfaith collaboration, and nurturing community. She believes that everyone has spiritual needs and longings and that in a time of deep uncertainty and upheaval, gathering to sing, pray, talk, listen, breathe, and break bread together are sacred acts. Christianity was never about certainty and having all the answers, but about relationship with a God who gave reason and wants us to use it; a God opposed to empires, cruel politics, and economics that harm the most vulnerable; a God found in and through creation. Pastor Jennifer loves exploring what a deeper, wiser, and more compassionate Christian faith might look like, in contemplation and action, and she is deeply suspicious of any theology in which God or God’s people are jerks.
Pastor Jennifer has a Masters in Divinity from Yale Divinity School, a Masters Degree in Counseling from Idaho State University and a Bachelors in English- creative writing and literature- and in Religious Studies from the University of Montana.
In her personal time, Pastor Jen loves reading, writing, cooking, and baking (she gives out a lot of sourdough), walking, traveling, and being with standard poodle Fergus. She is married to Brett and Oma to Lila, William, Alaina, Lilly, and Michael.
Dennis Kahn- Music Director:
Denny
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be what you’ve always been!”
Margaret McFarlane- Sunday School Superintendent, 1994-2021, 2023-2026
I grew up in Monona, Wisconsin. I was one of five (two sisters and two brothers). I attended the University of Wisconsin- Madison and graduated with a degree in elementary education. I taught third grade for seven years at Cottage Grove Elementary School. I married my husband, Tom, in August of 1986 (a blind date set up by his sister, my dental hygienist). In August of 1988, we were blessed with a daughter, Amanda. Our family grew with the addition of our son-in-law in 2016 and grandson in 2025! I enjoy reading, cooking, traveling, and being with my family and our dogs! I began my career as Sunday School Superintendent here at First U.C.C. in 1994. My work is not just a position I fill, but my calling here at church. God keeps calling and I keep answering; Here I Am, Lord. Children are a gift….and therefore it is a privilege to serve in children’s ministry. My heart overflows with 30 years of memories of the many students that I had the honor to lead to discipleship and share God’s love! 💕
