Terra Holdridge has been living in Merrill since 2011. She was born in Merrill, grew up in Tomahawk, but visited Merrill often as her dad and stepmom live in Merrill. Terra has an Associate degree in Supervisory Management, a Technical diploma in Accounting and Accelerated Certificate in Leadership from NTC. She is excited to be putting her education to use at Saint Stephens after working in the travel industry for the last 5 years. Terra is married to Nick and has two children. Her family enjoys camping, hiking, and most other outdoor activities.

Responsibilities:

• Website
• Financial
• Church Database
• Reports & Statistics
• Payroll
• Food for Kids Administration

You can contact Terra via email at: terra@ststephensucc.net

Kimberly McCaskill is a lifelong Wisconsin resident who hails from the “Holy Land” area (St. Joe, St. Peter, St. Cloud, Mount Calvary, etc.), which is near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where her father-in-law has been active in planting nearly half a dozen Converge Worldwide (formerly the Baptist General Conference) churches. (Journey Church in Merrill is a Converge church.)

She has been looking for a way to serve a Christian community with the gifts and talents God has given her.  Kimberly has a heart for children and has been a dance teacher and substitute for Merrill Public Schools in her past.  She also enjoys putting her creative skills into the Sunday School program at Saint Stephens in her capacity as Administrative Assistant.

Responsibilities:

• Administrative Support
• Bulletin
• Medical Ministry
• Orders Supplies
• Sunday School Support

Darlene Johnson quite simply makes beautiful music here at Saint Stephens. On the organ or the piano or directing the chime choir, she lends her talents to our music ministry. Darlene is our primary accompanist for worship services in addition to funerals, weddings, and other special occasions. When she is not playing music or giving piano lessons, she can be found relaxing at her cabin, canning, or spending time with her husband, Jim, and her children and grandchildren. 

Responsibilities:

• Organist
  
• Pianist
  
• Director of Chime Choir

Abrielle is the new music director at Saint Stephens UCC. She grew up in Wausau, WI. She is married and has a cat and some beef cattle. Abrielle has a Bachelors Degree in music education from UW Eau Claire and has a Masters in Education and Professional Development. Prior to Saint Stephens, Abrielle worked as an accompanist at a church in Eau Claire for six years before moving back to the Wausau area. Once back in the area she taught general music at the elementary through high school levels and was the children's Sunday School music leader at a UCC Church in Wausau. She has always enjoyed being a part of church music and hopes to help grow the choir and make music enjoyable in any way she can at Saint Stephens. 

Responsibilities:

• Choir Director
• Music Scheduling

Timothy "Tim" Ruprecht was born and raised in Merrill, Wisconsin. He brings a strong work ethic and pride in maintaining a church property, along with lots of experience working for a church and an understand of all that entails, having spent 15 years as the custodian at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church here in Merrill.

He and his wife, Dawn, are the proud parents of two sons and two grandchildren ... one grandson and a new baby granddaughter. When he is not hanging around churches or enjoying his family, Tim enjoys oil painting and doing martial arts, which he has been doing since he was 12 years old.

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance
• Janitorial
• Repairs
• Groundskeeping
• Supply Purchasing

You can reach Tim via email at:  timothy@ststephensucc.net