Since November 2020, she has served as Archdeacon of Lindisfarne in the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle.
[1] She studied modern languages at the University of Bath, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1991.
[2][3] As part of her degree she spent a year abroad in Germany, and experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall.
[3][4] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Constructions of motherhood: representations and realities of women's experiences as mothers in the former GDR under state socialism and capitalism".
[2][3] On 1 July 2007, Sourbut Groves was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England by Peter Maurice, Bishop of Taunton, during a service at Wells Cathedral.