by Brenda Capen | Mar 13, 2020 | Coronavirus
Due to rapidly escalating concerns associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19), Virginia United Methodist Pensions, Inc. (VUMPI) has directed Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to waive all health plan member costs for the COVID-19 diagnostic test. Accordingly, any...
by Brenda Capen | Mar 13, 2020 | Coronavirus
March 13, 2002 — A letter from Bishop Sharma D. LewisClick here to download a pdf copy of the bishop’s letter. Dear Virginia Conference,In monitoring the COVID-19 situation and the state of emergency announced by Governor Northam yesterday, all...
by Brenda Capen | Mar 13, 2020 | Coronavirus
As Bishop Lewis and conference leaders continue to monitor the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation, certain precautions will take effect in the conference center building to ensure the well-being and health of the staff and guests to the building. Starting Monday, March...
by Brenda Capen | Mar 12, 2020 | Sunday Advocate
Lessons from a leadership pioneer Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) was a pioneer and, perhaps more importantly, her ideas were and continue to be groundbreaking. She was taken seriously as a writer, lecturer, and thinker long before this was common for a woman. She...
by Brenda Capen | Mar 12, 2020 | Sunday Advocate
What does religious freedom mean today? Given the strong foundation of religious liberty built by those who established our nation and the history of painful challenges to that liberty, where do we look now? What are we as leaders to do to ensure religious freedom and...