Rev'd Deborah McVey

Rev’d Deborah McVey combines two ministries; a half-time post as minister at St Luke's Local Ecumenical Partnership, Victoria Road, Cambridge, and half-time with the chaplaincy team at Addenbrooke’s hospital.

Deborah is married to William (35 years) and taught in mainstream and special primary schools before having a family of four, now adult, children. Grandchildren, Milly and Louis were born in the autumn 2008, within five weeks of one another. During 13 years as full-time mum, she worked as Voluntary Area Co-ordinator for Traidcraft, pioneering its introduction within Cambridge churches.

Deborah was ordained in 1998 to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the United Reformed Church, then served as Community Chaplain in a doctors' surgery, whilst Associate Minister in Emmanuel URC, Cambridge. For her MA in Pastoral Theology dissertation she 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.

Currently she serves as:

• URC representative on Churches Together for Healing
• 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
• Associate member of College of Health Care Chaplains

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