... a free, weekly e-zine from The Mennonite. Hannah Heinzekehr named to new convention planning coordinator position By Annette Brill Bergstresser of Mennonite Church USA  Hannah Heinzekehr of Claremont, Calif., has accepted the new position of convention planning coordinator with Mennonite Church USA's national staff. She will begin working part time Feb. 1 and will transition to full time after completing graduate school in May ... Read more ... Canadian church leader speaks to Parliament members on climate change By Dan Dyck  Whether the scientists are right or wrong about climate change is no longer the issue, Willard Metzger, executive director of Mennonite Church Canada, told about a dozen Senators and Members of Parliament in Ottawa at a breakfast meeting on Oct. 25 ... Read more ... Photo: Willard Metzger addresses the Parliament members on Oct. 25. He gave the address the day before at an interfaith panel on climate justice. Bethany student named High School All-American From Bethany Christian Schools Femi Hollinger-Janzen, a senior at Bethany Christian Schools, Goshen, Ind., was named Indiana Player of the Year in boys soccer by the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association ...  Read more ... College Corner: Nobel Laureate helps spark women's program at EMU By Bonnie Price Lofton of Eastern Mennonite University In her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on Dec. 10, Leymah Gbowee-- an Eastern Mennonite University alumna--called on women around the world "to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph, our despair into determination and our fear into fortitude" ... Read more ... Photo: Leymah Gbowee, on the right on the screen, receives her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10. Photo by Loren Swartzendruber. Kate's blog: 'Show interest'   My Grandpa Good had a phrase that he repeated regularly. "Show interest," he would say.  I don't know if I ever heard him explain what he meant, but I grew up surrounded by people trying to follow his advice. Grandpa passed away ten years ago this month, but if you sit down with my dad, or one of my cousins or uncles, you'll find that they will keep winding the conversation back to you ... Read more ... Tim's blog: My #1 movie Mennonites must see for 2011 On Dec. 16, I went to see The Interrupters. It follows three violence interrupters who work on the south and west sides of Chicago with Ceasefire-an organization with a proven record of reducing shootings in neighborhoods around Chicago. The Englewood neighborhood saw a 34 percent reduction in shootings through Ceasefire's work ... Read more ...