Meet the Staff
Meet the Staff
Ed Giese – Pastor
Ed Giese (rhymes with “easy”), or “Pastor Ed,” has been serving part time at Christ Our Savior since 2016. He worked first with Pastor Ely Prieto, then with Pastor Dan Mueller. Starting in January 2024, Pastor Ed is the sole called pastor at Christ our Savior.
Ed was born in Houston and spent some time in the New York area growing up. He attended UT in Austin and received bachelors degrees in Liberal Arts and Chemical Engineering. His early career took him to the Boston area, where he met his wife, Ricki. God blessed them with four boys, all born in New Hampshire. In 1995, Ed followed a call from God and undertook training at Fort Wayne Theological seminary as a second career. He served two churches full time, Grace in Seguin and Resurrection in Fredericksburg, until God called him, this time to a worker-priest career. He since served a number of churches in central Texas, most notable Genesis Lutheran church in Buchanan dam, before working with Dr. Ely Prieto and then Pastor Dan, who have remained friends even as they were called to new ministries.
Ed’s ministry passion is the way that God is calling the church to grow in faith through changing social structures driven by technology. He feels that a Biblical faith is more relevant than ever.
Sharon Hudkins – Organist
Sharon has been involved in church music from the day she could sit alone in the front pew at church while her mother sang in the choir. Formal piano lessons began at age 5. At the age of 12 she became organist for her hometown church. She was also the pianist for a gospel quartet that traveled throughout the North Central West Virginia area. Sharon remained organist at her church until graduation from High School. She majored in Piano Performance at West Virginia University where she was the recipient of a 4 year Board of Governor’s Scholarship in Music. After graduation she taught private piano lessons both in West Virginia and Texas. Sharon has served as pianist/organist for several San Antonio Churches. She has been organist at Christ Our Savior for 8 years and is thankful for her loving church family. She continues to have a full schedule of private piano students.