Sidewalk Skyline Podcast

Tim Schindel is a return guest to the podcast. He is the director of Leading Influence, whose mission is ‘to provide excellence in chaplaincy care for elected officials in Canada. On this episode we talk about his new book ‘Towards A Better Canada’ and Christian engagement with civic life.

David Larmour is the lead pastor of King Street Community Church in Oshawa, Ontario. He and his congregation decided to do something related to understanding antisemitism in Canada. Through building a relationship with the local Jewish community through learning and fellowship, they entered into a friendship that bolstered their own faith experience.

According to Stats Canada, “Antisemitism targets people who are or are perceived to be Jewish. Antisemitism continues to persist in Canada, manifesting itself in different ways: vandalism and graffiti, circulation of hate propaganda, intolerant and racist statements, bomb threats to Jewish schools, community centres, and other gathering places. Hate crimes against Jewish people increased by 71% between 2022 and 2023 for a total of 900 crimes reported by the police.” (https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/canada-holocaust/antisemitism.html)

This episode will shed light on the reality that many Jews face and the importance of Judaism at the heart of the Christian faith.

The focus of David Dwarka's work is to provide spiritual and mental health support to employees in a workplace environment.

As Mission Canada was praying about who could take over this opportunity to serve as a workplace chaplain, a role that was begun by a previous Mission Canada worker, David is the perfect person to step in to fill the gap... and this corporate setting is right in David's hometown of Burlington, Ontario.

As a licensed mental health professional and an ordained minister with the PAOC, workplace chaplaincy provides David with the opportunity to engage with people in two area of life that he values - their mental health and their spiritual wellbeing.

David knows the importance of reaching people right where they are, leaning into everyday conversations and interactions with a listening and supportive ear. With over ten years of ministry experience, he knows that it is often in moments of crisis that people realize the need to confidentially welcome someone into their challenging situations and troubling thoughts. Wellness and wholeness can result when wise counsel is intentionally sought out and occurs in a safe place and space. And when it does, home and family life improve, social relationships strengthen, and workplace challenges often lessen.

David values being able to journey with people, providing encouragement, empathetic listening, and being a sounding board for life's many challenges. David's heart is to help people discover what he has come to understand throughout his life: That God not only loves people, but He is interested in the details of their everyday life. David desires to see people living to the full, as God intended (John 10:10).

Mission Canada is thankful for workers who are welcomed into corporate workplace settings to engage employees in their time of need. Because, in that environment, everyone wins!

Teresa Stainton is the Learning and Development Manager for Karis Disability Services – South District. In her session at Our City Windsor 2026 she brought an educational and practical perspective on how churches and ministries can better serve people experiencing neurodivergent conditions. This is a look at best practices and inclusivity.

In this session at Our City Windsor 2026, Dan talks about moving beyond the endless cycle of apology toward meaningful transformation.

Daniel Collado is the President of Aboriginal Bible Academy and Indigenous Peoples Coordinator with Mission Canada. Aboriginal Bible Academy provides distance learning for ministry in indigenous settings. Dan also serves with Mission Canada as the Indigenous Peoples Coordinator.

Karen Stecher spent 40 years with Windsor Essex Children’s Aid Society. After retirement she has become an advocate and facilitator with Safe Families Canada, helping the church to engage with families prior to the need for child protective services. Government funded systems are inadequate to provide the needs of minors in crisis. Karen will help us understand how we can live a world where children are safe and families are together.

This session was recorded at Our City Windsor 2026.

Bob and his wife Margo moved into downtown in 2010 to creative alternative ways in loving our neighbours of no fixed address. DWCC has a faith-based mission to enhance the wellbeing of life in the downtown parish. Bob is a community builder and pastor at heart with an active vision to promote good neighbouring.

In this session at the Our City Windsor Conference 2026, Bob spoke on prayer engagement for the city.

In May 2026, the General Conference of the Pentecostal Assemblies Of Canada was held in Halifax NS. Kevin Rogers played roving reporter and captured short conversations about God at work in multiple communities and tidbits of history.

Elizabeth Anderson is the director of Urban Cry School of Mission in Windsor, Ontario. At the Our City Windsor 2026 conference, she brought a fascinating perspective from Paul’s offerings for the church in Jerusalem in their experience of famine.

In our pursuit of social justice, what distinguishes a humanistic response from the justice that God is looking for?

Our guest today is Brian Harrison. He splits his time as Outreach Pastor between Parkwood Gospel Church and Parkwood Outreach Centre (downtown). He is a lifelong musician and has decades of bringing people together in music productions.

He is also a Windsor born member with lived experience in the Black community. Our city is rich in Black history and that has shaped our city culture.

This session was recorded at Our City Windsor 2026 Conference at New Song Church.