Part time Church Administrator / Theology Lecturer
My passion is to journey with disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ to help them grow through spiritual formation to love God more, to serve his Church and to reach his World. Mentoring is an effective tool for discipleship. I have researched it, shared what I have learned in person and in writing, put it into practice and trained others to do it. I have mentored Bible college students, developing ministry and church leaders and some church members. As well as working and volunteering part-time, I am a busy daughter, sister, mother and grandmother so my mentoring is now mostly confined to within my church.
Education
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2004-2008
PhD: Thesis - Mentoring in Christian Community at The Queen's University of Belfast and Belfast Bible College
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The university validated and examined the thesis, but I was supervised at Belfast Bible College. As part of the research I organised and evaluated a student mentoring programme for 10 2nd year Bible College students and a church mentoring programme for 26 young people. I won the Linda Philip’s Award for my research.
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2000-2004
6 BTh modules, 2 MTh modules, MTh Thesis at Belfast Bible College & Queen's Univeristy of Belfast
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The modules were qualifying modules in Theology to allow me to access the PhD course at QUB
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1996-1997
Teacher/Tutor Cert. Adult and Continuing Ed. High Commendation at Queen's University of Belfast
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This certificate course involved lectures, assignments and a Reflective Essay on a teaching internship.
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1979-1983
BA Hons English Language & Literature 2:2 at The Queen's University, Belfast
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My advanced areas of interest were Phonetics and Linguistics.
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June 2014
Certificate in Mentoring at Moorlands Bible College
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This was a week-long residential course in Birmingham and involved classwork. Assessment was by a film review, and a Reflective Journal on a Mentoring Experience. 2014 I co-hosted a training day with Paul Wilcox for the Mentoring Network in Bangor NI.
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1991
Level 1 Certificate in Christian Counselling at Association of Christian Counsellors
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This training was run by The Philippi Trust (UK) and Christian Guidelines (NI). It involved 2 residential weekends, A Book Review and a reflection on Counselling.
Experience
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2004-2014
Executive Director/ Founding Board Member at International Christian Mentoring Network
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This non-profit was an online resourcing network based in Denver Seminary, Colorado. It emerged out of bi-annual conferences I attended (2002-2012) in Mentoring at Denver Seminary. I organised and ran the Network’s conference relocated to Belfast in 2010.
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2004-2014
Conference Speaker and Distance Mentor at Denver Seminary
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I spoke on a variety of topics at a variety of mentoring conferences. I also distance mentored a staff member/student in spiritual formation for 1 year. In 2014 the ICMN disbanded and passed on their resources to The Mentoring Network UK.
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2002-2017
Theology Lecturer, Administrator and Mentor at Self-employed Sharon Heron
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I lectured in theology (Mainly Practical Theology, Research Methodology and Mentoring) from Certificate to MTh level for a variety of Universities and Bible Colleges. I have given training in a variety of areas, including mentoring, in churches. I have been a Bible Teacher and Retreat Leader for Women’s conferences and groups.
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2015 - to present
Administrator at Hamilton Road Baptist Church
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Administration of a church of approx 450 members & adherents. Use of Church Suite Management System. Data Protection Lead. Signatory on the Safeguarding Team. I also volunteer as the Leader of the Women’s Ministry and am on the Prayer Ministry Team.
Education
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PhD: Thesis - Mentoring in Christian Community at The Queen's University of Belfast and Belfast Bible College
2004-2008 -
The university validated and examined the thesis, but I was supervised at Belfast Bible College. As part of the research I organised and evaluated a student mentoring programme for 10 2nd year Bible College students and a church mentoring programme for 26 young people. I won the Linda Philip’s Award for my research.
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6 BTh modules, 2 MTh modules, MTh Thesis at Belfast Bible College & Queen's Univeristy of Belfast
2000-2004 -
The modules were qualifying modules in Theology to allow me to access the PhD course at QUB
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Teacher/Tutor Cert. Adult and Continuing Ed. High Commendation at Queen's University of Belfast
1996-1997 -
This certificate course involved lectures, assignments and a Reflective Essay on a teaching internship.
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BA Hons English Language & Literature 2:2 at The Queen's University, Belfast
1979-1983 -
My advanced areas of interest were Phonetics and Linguistics.
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Certificate in Mentoring at Moorlands Bible College
June 2014 -
This was a week-long residential course in Birmingham and involved classwork. Assessment was by a film review, and a Reflective Journal on a Mentoring Experience. 2014 I co-hosted a training day with Paul Wilcox for the Mentoring Network in Bangor NI.
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Level 1 Certificate in Christian Counselling at Association of Christian Counsellors
1991 -
This training was run by The Philippi Trust (UK) and Christian Guidelines (NI). It involved 2 residential weekends, A Book Review and a reflection on Counselling.
Experience
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International Christian Mentoring Network (2004-2014)
Executive Director/ Founding Board Member -
This non-profit was an online resourcing network based in Denver Seminary, Colorado. It emerged out of bi-annual conferences I attended (2002-2012) in Mentoring at Denver Seminary. I organised and ran the Network’s conference relocated to Belfast in 2010.
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Denver Seminary (2004-2014)
Conference Speaker and Distance Mentor -
I spoke on a variety of topics at a variety of mentoring conferences. I also distance mentored a staff member/student in spiritual formation for 1 year. In 2014 the ICMN disbanded and passed on their resources to The Mentoring Network UK.
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Self-employed Sharon Heron (2002-2017)
Theology Lecturer, Administrator and Mentor -
I lectured in theology (Mainly Practical Theology, Research Methodology and Mentoring) from Certificate to MTh level for a variety of Universities and Bible Colleges. I have given training in a variety of areas, including mentoring, in churches. I have been a Bible Teacher and Retreat Leader for Women’s conferences and groups.
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Hamilton Road Baptist Church (2015 - to present)
Administrator -
Administration of a church of approx 450 members & adherents. Use of Church Suite Management System. Data Protection Lead. Signatory on the Safeguarding Team. I also volunteer as the Leader of the Women’s Ministry and am on the Prayer Ministry Team.