Canadian women Use
hobbies to serve the Poor
we may think of craft bees as a throwback to the past, but women today are still using
hobbies to minister to those most in need.
Catherine Trafford-Welk, co-founder of
Jabez Blanket Ministry, found a way to
help orphaned children in the poorest
countries.
Catherine Trafford-Welk and Sharon
Trafford-James founded Jabez Blanket
Ministry International to do just that
( www.jabezblanketministry.org).
Trafford-Welk
wanted to help
orphaned children in the poorest countries, but didn’t
Their timing couldn’t be better. In a post-Enron, post-Bernie-Madoff era, the first-ever MBA graduates
from a Canadian Christian university
received their designa-
tions in November.
At a time when oaths
of ethical conduct at
business schools are in
fashion (Harvard’s MBA
grads pledge to “serve
the greater good”), at Trinity Western
University’s (TWU) School of Business,
students learn that the highest goal of
business is to serve others.
“It has to do with a belief that in business you’re providing value for value
in an exchange of some kind,” explains
Mark McKay, associate dean at TWU’s
School of Business. “And providing
service to others is going to pay off. It’s
going to provide a profit.”
tWU celebrates first crop of mba Students
TWU MBA grad Tony Lapointe says his
MBA “means I am able to refine and use
different skill sets in a variety of contexts
that ultimately help people help people.
It also gives me an opportunity to reflect
Christ in settings that would not normally
be exposed to God’s love and grace. ”
TWU launched their MBA course
in August 2007. Through a 22-month
blended-format program (classes take
place on campus during the sum-
mer and online during the rest of the
year), students can choose from three
