Westerville Community United Church of Christ

MEET OUR STAFF

Sharing the Ever-widening Circle of Christ's Love

Susan Langner

Pastor

Rev. Susan Langner joined our staff in July 2021 as Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Engagement and was promoted to Pastor in December 2023.

Susan grew up in Wheaton, IL, and attended St. Matthew United Church of Christ, where she learned the value of meaningful friendships in youth group, received the unconditional care of loving adults, met her first female minister, and built the foundation of her faith. It was not until after she graduated from Denison University and spent several years working in higher education and volunteering with her church's youth program that she felt the call to join a church staff. Shortly thereafter, with the support of her husband, she answered when the Spirit nudged her toward seminary and ordained ministry. She graduated from Methodist Theological School in Ohio in 2019 with a Master of Divinity and was ordained in 2020.

She is passionate about her family and about raising her son and daughter to "act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God" (Micah 6:8). She believes in showing the love of God to children of all ages, reminding them they are beautiful and made in Divine image.

Sigrid Rother

Pastor

Rev. Dr. Sigrid Rother has served at Westerville Community UCC since 2002. Her focus in ministry is teaching and preaching.

Sigrid received her theological education in Germany and also in England. She received a Th. M. in 1997 from Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI, and a Doctor in Ministry in Preaching in 2003 from Chicago Theological Seminary.

A devoted mother and wife, Sigrid has been married to Thomas Cochrane since 1996. They have two children. In her free time she likes to walk, read, cook and travel.

Kevin Marsh

Director of Youth Ministry

Kevin (He/Him) stepped into the role of Director of Youth Ministry at WCUCC in May 2025. He has served in a handful of other UCC and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregations in youth and children ministry and pastor care roles since 2016.

Kevin grew up in the small community of Gratis, Ohio to a family who instilled the love of God deeply into his soul. He felt the Holy Spirit nudge his heart towards youth ministry while still a senior in high school, and he pursued that calling to Indiana Wesleyan University, obtaining a B.A. in Christian Ministry and Biblical Literature in 2019.

Kevin became a part of the United Church of Christ in January 2020, as a part of a time of deconstruction after leaving the evangelical faith that he was raised with. He felt loved and affirmed in the UCC drawn in by their theology of justice and belonging. He continued his involvement with the UCC as he continued to follow his calling to minister to young people, leading him to seminary. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 2023, with a Certification of competency in Congregational Ministry from Andover Newton Theological Seminary at YDS.

A self dubbed “collector of hobbies,” Kevin likes to spend his free time doing just about anything creative or fun including: woodworking, painting, playing the guitar, collecting Vinyl records, watching old movies, baking, teaching himself another useless skill on Youtube, and spending time with his cat, Rudy, and hedgehog, Francis.