New Staff Member @ Oikos! Welcome Sylvia Schmidt!

We are so excited to announce that Mrs. Sylvia Schmidt has joined the staff of Oikos Church as our new Ministry Assistant! She will provide ministry, business, and operational support to the Oikos family, the staff, and the community. She will also manage church finances and administrative operations and support ministry. Read a bit about he below and join us in welcoming her!

SYLVIA SCHMIDT

Ministry Assistant

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Sylvia is blessed with the opportunity to serve at Oikos and connect with everyone from the members and throughout the community. She primarily provides support to staff and church members by managing the administrative functions of the church.

Sylvia has been honored to serve on the Texas District LCMS Board of Missions for 11 years as well as working with LINC Houston and Trinity Downtown. Throughout these opportunities, she worked and learned from some incredible church workers who discipled others with simplicity, intentionality and accountability. It was moving to see the way they had a discipline of reproducing the life of Jesus in disciples. In Sylvia’s early years, she worked as a Director of Community Relations and the Foundation for Williams. She has also been a Stephen Minister for 18 years and Stephen Leader for 12 years. Stephen ministry taught her that “only God can provide the cure and we can only provide the His care.” Nearly every facet of her career and volunteer work was focused on empowering others to be leaders. Believing that helping others is leadership in its purest form.

Sylvia and her husband of 31 years, Nelson, are both native Texans who prayed long and hard about joining on the journey with a new church plant. In responding “yes” to God, they have seen Him challenge and prune them while always blessing in ways they could have never imagined. They both love spending time with Oikos family, loving their dog, Chulo and taking road trips! They too are blessed with some wonderful nieces and nephews. Regardless of where life leads them, they are blessed to experience the joy of knowing Jesus love and resting in His unfailing plan.