Reverend Julie Wearing is a priest with PTO currently based in Barton-upon-Humber serving the Yarborough deanery. She serves as volunteer Lead Chaplain for Humberside Police (HP) and has part-time employment with HP as Wellbeing administrator.
Julie grew up in Birmingham before studying at Sheffield City and Coventry Polytechnics. She gained her HND and BSC(Hons) in Applied Biology respectively before beginning a 20 year career in the pharmaceutical industry in 1990. Working in various roles in clinical research including project and line management, locally and globally, she became a consultant in quality management which included training, ISO and GCP* audits, supporting the set-up of GCP departments and ensuring readiness for regulatory inspections.
Following a call to the priesthood, Julie was ordained in 2012 after studying at Cranmer Hall, Durham. Julie served her curacy across 3 churches, predominantly Anglo Catholic, in the multi cultural, urban parish of Upton cum Chalvey (Slough). This included working ecumenically and across different faiths.
Julie began serving as a Air Training Corps (ATC) chaplain which she has continued ever since. In 2015, Julie started eight years as incumbent to two inclusive, urban parishes, St Faith’s, Lincoln and St George’s, Crosby, Scunthorpe. She worked closely with local schools and community groups. Julie re-established the interfaith forum in Scunthorpe to work more closely with other faiths especially as Crosby is the most ethnically diverse parish in the Lincoln diocese. Julie served as a volunteer police chaplain with Lincolnshire police visiting the local police station. On her arrival in Scunthorpe, Julie quickly established connections with her local police station to become a volunteer chaplain for HP before covering stations forcewide. Subsequent to the diagnosis of a heart condition, Julie stepped back from full-time ministry to work less hours and has spent some time discerning where God may be calling her next. It has allowed her time to work in different contexts and now works part-time within the Wellbeing department of HP. Julie continues her chaplaincy with 119 (Scunthorpe) Air Cadets and recently became volunteer Lead Chaplain within HP in support of developing their multi-faith chaplaincy.
Julie plays French and Tenor horns in local bands and supports the Air Cadet band with their playing and marching. She enjoys being outdoors walking and cycling and in her quieter moments, she loves to cross-stitch.
