C2 - Wednesday, February 15, 1984 - North Shore News

CONTINUING EDUCATION
So you’re panting for plants?

IF YOU PANT for plants,
Green House Gardens, a
topic offered at the Night
School in a Day on February
18; is for you. If you already
own a greenhouse, or are
thinking of it, come on out
and learn about the costs,

operation, heating and ven-
tilation, and plant care for all
the little occupants.

You might enjoy paper
quilling — strips of warm
paper are coiled onto a quill-
ing tool, then pinched into
various shapes. Just bring
sharp scissors, exacto knife
and tweezers, the paper and
quilling tool will be supplied.

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK

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Consults and

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courtesy call to most pa-
tients. Reverend Pope is only
called on occasionally to see
patients in the acute care area
of the hospital.

Today he can more likely
be found working with other
health professionals, for ex-
ample, on the palliative care
unit, or counselling the
bereaved, or working with a
hospital employee who seeks
his assistance.

He coordinates services for
residents of LGH’s extended
care facility, Evergreen
House. It is here he comes
closest to the traditional
parish role. ‘‘This is a very
important aspect of my
work. Evergreen House is
home for some 170 people so
we must make sure they get
the same consideration as
anyone else in our
community.

‘*We are hoping to increase
my involvement with
Evergreen House. The people
living there are like a family
and we have to recognize
that. One of the things we are
contemplating is a ‘‘celebra-
tion of death’’ - something
that recognizes the person’s
contribution, something
more personal,’’ he said.

Al Pope is uniquely
qualified for his hospital
role. Like his predecessor he
is a Lutheran minister and is
vitally concerned with health
issues. A native of Flin-Flon,
Manitoba, he was a meat cut-
ter before deciding to finish
high school, obtain his degree
and become a pastor.

His first parish was in rural
Manitoba. ‘‘I was very ner-
vous about going out and
having to deal with death. !
hadn’t been there three weeks
when a two-ycar-old boy died
which brought me face to
face with death pretty fast. In
the first year I conducted 27
funerals. That was an ex-
perience which quickly
brought me in touch with
aspects of death, dying and
grieving

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he underwent major surgery
for cancer which contributes
towards his empathy with pa-
tients and their families.

In the early years of his
ministry he became interested
in the impact of alcoholism
on the community. ‘‘I met a

If you haven’t thought of
Shiatsu as a way of dealing
with tension, perhaps Satur-
day would be a good day to
give it a try. These six hours
will give you a good chance
to find out if this is
something you would like to
pursue, and even if not,
you’ll leave the class more
relaxed than when you came
in.

Investment in Securities
deal (naturally!) with how to
invest wisely, and will pro-
vide a wonderful opportunity
for you to find out everything
you want and need to know
to deal financially with your
future. Do pre-register
here—these classes are usual-
ly bulging.

Pre-registration is always a

counsels

opted for a spell of clinical
pastoral education, once
again in the field of health
care and addiction.

He spent three months as a
Chaplain-in-training in the

Lower Mainland’s Riverview
psychiatric facility.

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REVEREND Alan Pope ... a needed friend.

man who had the reputation
of being the town drunk. He
joined AA (Alcoholics

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an incredible change in him.
That kind of miraculous turn
around influenced my life.”
It led Reverend Pope to
spend 28 days at a treatment
centre for alcoholics in
Saskatchewan as one of the
first non-addicted people to
attend its therapy sessions.
He drew on this experience
when he took over a parish in
Port Alberni in 1975. During
his six years in that communi-
ty he served on the local
alcohol and drug advisory
board and added to his exper-
tise in the field. In 1981 he

there he went to the U.S. to
the Hazelden addiction cen-
tre in Minnesota, a 220-bed
institution which is the model
for treatment of alcohol and
drug dependency in North
America.

On his return to B.C. he
spent many months
unemployed, a victim of the
tough economic situation. ‘‘!
was not prepared to go back
into a parish at this time. |
wanted to work in a health
care setting, somewhere |
could use this training.

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some two months working
with the hospital chaplain at
the Juan de Fuca Hospitals in
Victoria, and I really enjoyed
it. That is what led me to ap-
ply for the post at Lions
Gate.”’

While waiting
about the job in North Van-
couver, Reverend Pope serv-
ed as a counsellor with the
Aurora Society, a Vancouver
women’s addiction treatment
group. He was its first male
staff member.

‘*Being the only man in a
womens’ treatment centre
made me more aware of the
needs of women - and the
abuse they have to suffer at
the hands of men. It was a

very interesting time for
me.”’ .

Four weeks into his
hospital chaplaincy,

Reverend Pope says he sees
his role as supportive. ‘‘I
hope anyone in the hospital
will feel able to come to me
and use me as a sounding
board. This is a stressful en-
vironment for employees and
I hope_I can help ease that. |
want people to know my
door is always open.’’

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