Senate Resolution No. 2588

BY: Senator PARKER

HONORING Reverend V. Jean McBryde upon the
occasion of her designation as recipient of the
Ecumenical Award by Stuy Park Lions Club, Inc. on
February 14, 2020

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and
honor those distinguished citizens who would devote their life's work
and purpose to community service, contributing to the welfare of the
citizens of their communities and this great Empire State; and

WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
Reverend V. Jean McBryde upon the occasion of her designation as
recipient of the Ecumenical Award by Stuy Park Lions Club, Inc. to be
celebrated at its Red and White Sweetheart Gala on Friday, February 14,
2020, at Antun's, Queens Village, New York; and

WHEREAS, The Stuy Park Lions Club is part of Lions Clubs
International, one of the largest service organizations in the world,
and is deeply committed to meeting the challenges of public service; and

WHEREAS, Reverend V. Jean McBryde, known affectionately as Jean, was
born in Laurinburg, North Carolina to Mary Catherine Monroe; at the age
13, she and her siblings moved to Mount Vernon, New York, and in 1973,
she graduated from Mount Vernon High School; and

WHEREAS, Although she earned an academic scholarship, Jean McBryde
chose to enter the workforce and took a position working for the US
Postal Service; she worked there for 37 years, 20 of those years as a
Service Professional in marketing, before retiring in 2010; and

WHEREAS, In 1969, Jean McBryde joined the Greater Centennial A.M.E.
Zion Church; she entered ministry in 1986 and was ordained in October of
1989; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jean McBryde served as Assistant Pastor of the
First Church of the Christ Mind, Inc. until July of 1992; in April of
1993, she returned to her home church and rededicated her life back to
membership at the Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church; and

WHEREAS, In 2006, Reverend Jean McBryde moved her membership to
A.M.E. Zion Church of Newburgh, and two years later, she preached her
trial sermon and became a Local Preacher with the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jean McBryde was called to Pastor at the Wickham
Methodist Church in Port Jervis, New York, in 2013 and was installed
August 10, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jean McBryde is the proud mother of two daughters,
Kali and Monifa, and the loving grandmother of two grandchildren,
Michaela and Mikko; and

WHEREAS, The success of the Stuy Park Lions Club is in direct
correlation to the efforts of dedicated members such as Reverend Jean
McBryde, whose involvement is, and always has been, characterized by an
impressive commitment, an unbridled enthusiasm, and an uncompromising
standard of excellence in all endeavors on behalf of the organization
and the community it serves; and

WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by an
individual for the benefit of others which Reverend Jean McBryde has
displayed throughout her life; and

WHEREAS, It has always been the objective of this Legislative Body
to honor and support those individuals who have displayed their
commitment to the betterment of their communities, and it is the intent
of this Legislative Body to inscribe upon its records, this tribute to
Reverend Jean McBryde, that future generations may know and appreciate
her admirable character, her many benevolent deeds, and the respect and
esteem in which she is held by her peers; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Reverend V. Jean McBryde upon the occasion of her designation as
recipient of the Ecumenical Award by Stuy Park Lions Club, Inc.; and be
it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Reverend V. Jean McBryde.