Biographies

The Revd. Deborah McVey
Assistant Chaplain

Deborah combines three ministries; a half-time post as minister at St Luke's Local Ecumenical Partnership, Victoria Road, Cambridge, chaplaincy for Eastern Region Ministry Course (http://www.ermc.cam.ac.uk/) and with the chaplaincy team at Addenbrooke’s hospital.

Deborah is married to William, she taught in mainstream and special primary schools before having a family of four, now adult, children. During 13 years as full-time mum, she worked as Voluntary Area Co-ordinator for Tradicraft, third world trading organisation pioneering its introduction within Cambridge churches.

Deborah trained with East Anglian Ministerial Training Course, now ERMC, before ordination in 1998 to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the United Reformed Church , whereupon she became Community Chaplain in a doctors' surgery, whilst Associate Minister in Emmanuel URC, Cambridge . She recently completed her MA in Pastoral Theology, her dissertation studies focused on the potential for chaplaincy in primary healthcare.

Deborah served for 7 years as Health and Healing Advocate for the Eastern Synod of the URC, promoting her ecumenical commitment to the ministry of wholeness and healing in which both faith and medicine are integrated.

Current service

• one of the two denominational representatives for the URC on Churches Together for Healing part of Churches Together in England ( http://www.cte.org.uk)

• ecumenical representative on the Ely Diocesan Healing Advisory Group.

• member of Cambridgeshire Ecumenical Council Vellore Link Support Group

• member of URC Ministers’ Synod Spring School planning Group

• member of Cambridge Theological Federation Chaplains’ Group

• Associate member of College of Health Care Chaplains

• Hobbies: Gardening, reading, swimming, hospitality with friends and family, exploring new places and cultures.

Last updated: 3 August, 2007