Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share On Honoring Peaceable Interdependence - Introducing, The Rev. Sydney Avent, Esq.
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
On Honoring Peaceable Interdependence - Introducing, The Rev. Sydney Avent, Esq.
The Reverend Sydney M. Avent has a passion for pastoral ministry and for social justice ministry that is grounded in her belief in God’s unconditional love for all people. She currently serves as Pastor for Social Justice and Worship at the Park Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Manhattan, New York. Reverend Avent accepted God’s call to ministry in 2010. She was licensed to preach the Gospel on February 3, 2013, at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York; and was ordained on November 6, 2016, by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Northeastern Region. For over eight years, she has served in various ministry positions, including over four years at The Park, three years at Abyssinian and one year at the Baptist Church of Redeemer in Brooklyn. Reverend Sydney continually seeks to discern God’s will in her life and understands her call is to seek individual and communal healing through spiritual practices and disciplines; to envision, teach and work for the manifestation of the Beloved Community; and, to fight for systemic changes for justice for all marginalized and oppressed people.
She earned her Master of Divinity degree at the Drew Theological School where she was the recipient of the Henry L. Lambdin Prize for excellence in pastoral leadership and the Franz Hildebrandt Prize for exhibiting the quality of combining deep faith and excellence in theological studies with effective ministry as an intern in field education. She earned her Juris Doctor degree at the UCLA School of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a member of Psi Chi National Honor Society and was a National Achievement Scholar.
Reverend Avent is also a licensed attorney. She recently retired as Assistant General Counsel for Pfizer, Inc. Prior to joining Pfizer, she held the senior leadership positions of Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the United Negro College Fund, Senior Vice President Administration and General Counsel of the Philadelphia Gas Works, and Counsel for Gulf Oil Corporation.
Reverend Sydney has served in many other leadership roles including: Hearing Committee Chair for the Disciplinary Board of The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; President of the National Bar Association, Women Lawyers Division, Philadelphia Chapter; and President of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. She is currently active as a member of the Friends of Education of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the Advisory Board of the International Review of African American Art, Hampton University, and the Links, Inc., Greater New York Chapter. [...]*
*Please note bio is abbreviated.
To learn more about The Rev. Sydney Avent, Esq., connect on LI.
Today's episode is SPONSORED by Mateo Records. Be sure to purchase Joshua Mateo's new single, "Let's Dance Together" on iTunes HERE and look for his soon to be released album, "In Session" on November 26th.
Thank you for listening! Share your thoughts and follow Klay on your favorite social media: @PlanAwithKlay and use the hashtag #PlanA101. Want more Plan A? Subscribe to Klay's website: KlaySWilliams.com Have a story to share and would like to be considered as a future guest on Plan A Konversations? Email our team: [email protected].
View all episodes
By Klay S. WilliamsThe Reverend Sydney M. Avent has a passion for pastoral ministry and for social justice ministry that is grounded in her belief in God’s unconditional love for all people. She currently serves as Pastor for Social Justice and Worship at the Park Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Manhattan, New York. Reverend Avent accepted God’s call to ministry in 2010. She was licensed to preach the Gospel on February 3, 2013, at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York; and was ordained on November 6, 2016, by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Northeastern Region. For over eight years, she has served in various ministry positions, including over four years at The Park, three years at Abyssinian and one year at the Baptist Church of Redeemer in Brooklyn. Reverend Sydney continually seeks to discern God’s will in her life and understands her call is to seek individual and communal healing through spiritual practices and disciplines; to envision, teach and work for the manifestation of the Beloved Community; and, to fight for systemic changes for justice for all marginalized and oppressed people.
She earned her Master of Divinity degree at the Drew Theological School where she was the recipient of the Henry L. Lambdin Prize for excellence in pastoral leadership and the Franz Hildebrandt Prize for exhibiting the quality of combining deep faith and excellence in theological studies with effective ministry as an intern in field education. She earned her Juris Doctor degree at the UCLA School of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a member of Psi Chi National Honor Society and was a National Achievement Scholar.
Reverend Avent is also a licensed attorney. She recently retired as Assistant General Counsel for Pfizer, Inc. Prior to joining Pfizer, she held the senior leadership positions of Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the United Negro College Fund, Senior Vice President Administration and General Counsel of the Philadelphia Gas Works, and Counsel for Gulf Oil Corporation.
Reverend Sydney has served in many other leadership roles including: Hearing Committee Chair for the Disciplinary Board of The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; President of the National Bar Association, Women Lawyers Division, Philadelphia Chapter; and President of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. She is currently active as a member of the Friends of Education of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the Advisory Board of the International Review of African American Art, Hampton University, and the Links, Inc., Greater New York Chapter. [...]*
*Please note bio is abbreviated.
To learn more about The Rev. Sydney Avent, Esq., connect on LI.
Today's episode is SPONSORED by Mateo Records. Be sure to purchase Joshua Mateo's new single, "Let's Dance Together" on iTunes HERE and look for his soon to be released album, "In Session" on November 26th.
Thank you for listening! Share your thoughts and follow Klay on your favorite social media: @PlanAwithKlay and use the hashtag #PlanA101. Want more Plan A? Subscribe to Klay's website: KlaySWilliams.com Have a story to share and would like to be considered as a future guest on Plan A Konversations? Email our team: [email protected].