Minister
Rev. Sharon Moon
The Rev. Sharon Moon was born and raised in Thunder Bay. She has a master of divinity degree from Queen’s University and was ordained in 1985. Ministry is a third career for Sharon. She taught high school with CUSO in West Africa, and later in Sault Ste. Marie and London, Ontario. She also was a potter for nine years while home with her two sons.
Sharon came to Cedar Park in 2002 from Ottawa, where she ministered for 17 years at First United, an inner-city congregation. She was drawn to Cedar Park because of its active outreach ministry–particularly, fair trade through Dix Mille Villages and the C.A.R.E. Apartments. She and her partner, the Rev. Howard Clark (Summerlea United Church), have a blended family of four children and are enjoying being grandparents to two beautiful little girls. Sharon loves to garden, do Tai Chi, read detective novels, and she is a recent convert to Sudoku.
For Sharon, spirituality and justice are two sides of the same coin. She received awards for her work in the community of Ottawa, and at Cedar Park she has developed a ministry of healing and spiritual growth and of justice making. Cedar Park is a creative, inclusive, active community of people who are discovering their spiritual gifts and using them in all areas of ministry.
Sharon chairs the Vision and Transformation Committee of the Montreal Presbytery and has been theme speaker across the church on congregational renewal and transformation. She is a frequent retreat leader, and she has written two books to offer spiritual practice and renewal to the wider church. Healing Oasis Meditations for Mind, Body and Spirit, first published in 1998, is a Canadian best-seller; and Returning to the Healing Oasis, published in 2006, is widely used in spiritual growth and healing ministry.
