Westside Stories

On this episode Pastor Danny talks with Steve Kim, an Edmonton-based member of the Apologetics Canada team about his life journey and the ministry of Apologetics Canada.

Westside Stories returns!  We start this new season off with a former Westsider from back in the '80s and '90s, Doug Morris.

On this episode of "Westside Stories" we dive deeper into the fascinating life and story of Tim H.

Pastor Danny welcomes a relatively new part of Westside Family Fellowship in the person of Tim H. to the podcast.

Guest Tom Birch will be discussing his new book "Bring Out The Capstone".

The last segment to Major Neil Wilkinson speaking on the great works happening within Salvation Army.

Major Neil Wilkinson of the Prince George Salvation Army will be with us sharing his story. It will also be wonderful to hear about the great work of the Salvation Army, as they are celebrating 100 years of service!

It's a good thing for old friends to get together and reminisce.  On this edition of Westside Stories Pastor Danny meets with Ben Spyker Jr. and they relive the old days!

This episode features Steve and Jane Ramsey as Pastor Danny's guests.

This episode features Steve Freschi as Pastor Danny's guest.

This episode features Scott Derksen as Pastor Danny's guest.

One of our early guests on Westside Stories returns, Tim Fisher is back with Pastor Danny Legault.

Pastor Danny Legault welcomes his "old" friend, John Cavari, to Westside Stories.

Pastor Danny welcomes Donya Powell to Westside Stories.

Guests on this episode are Terence & Stephanie Wall.

Long time Westside Family Fellowship member and Elder, Don Giesbrecht, joins Pastor Danny to talk about his journey of faith and what is doing through him today.

Pastor Danny interviews the brother of Pastor Marlo and third son of founding pastor Arlo Johnson, Dr. Randy Johnson. Learn about his new book and what it was like growing up sharing a room with Pastor Marlo!

Patrick and Dorothea Ellis joined Westside a few years ago.  Since then they've contributed to building up our fellowship by leading small groups and Bible studies.  On this edition of Westside Stories, we highlight Patrick's story of God's grace in his life.

This episode of Westside Stories gives you an opportunity to learn the amazing story of God's grace in the life of Joanne Hardy. She's been a part of Westside for going on ten years but feels now is the time to reveal more about herself to everyone.

This episode of Westside Stories give you an opportunity to learn more about Lutz Klaar. His series of short testimonies from earlier this year were very well received so we've brought him back for a full hour of great stories and encouragement.

Familiar to Westsiders from his visit to Prince George in 2019, our guest on this episode is Evangelist Greg Stephens from North Carolina.

On this episode of Westside Stories we welcome Nish & Kristin Kandangama from Sri Lanka.  As the granddaughter of our founding pastor, Arlo Johnson, Kristin is a "child" of the family.  She grew up as a part of Westside Family Fellowship and graduated from Westside Academy before meeting and marrying Nish. Hear them speak of their journey together into ministry in Sri Lanka.

After a delay due to technical issues we managed to connect with Pastor Paul in Kenya.  We learned more about Pastor Paul's life and ministry as well as how constructions is going on the dormitories at the Kericho Mwanzo Orphanage.

My guests on this podcast are Rich and Kerrie Wenzel from North Carolina. They were fellow leaders in our church in NC and are a very wonderful, God loving couple that you will enjoy getting to know.  Early this month they posted a short tribute to the faithfulness of God despite experiencing incredible loss in 2020. Last year was filled with so many challenges in different areas. I was impacted by their God story and immediately felt that it would be a great blessing to have them share their testimony with our church family here. ++Pastor Danny Legault++

This is the first edition of Westside Stories for 2021 and the first in our new format! We are now livestreaming this podcast every Tuesday evening on Zoom and YouTube. The next day the audio for this program will be made available on our website and through all the popular podcast apps. Our guest today is Dr. Raphael Samuel live from the new Samuel home in Ontario. Pastor Danny and Raphael will discuss the evidence that defends the resurrection of Jesus Christ and much more!

Ben & Brenda Peters have ministered hope and encouragement to thousands of individuals around the U.S., Canada and the world through their prophetic gifting.  During the COVID-19 pandemic crisis we hosted them for 3 Zoom ministry meetings.  On this episode of Westside Stories we bring you a portion of their recent May 12th Zoom virtual meeting where Brenda and Ben talk about how they began their ministry in the prophetic and a little about their history.

Ben & Brenda Peters have ministered hope and encouragement to thousands of individuals around the U.S., Canada and the world through their prophetic gifting.  The last time they were with us at Westside was 9 years ago.  On this episode of Westside Stories we bring you a portion of their recent April 28th Zoom virtual meeting where Ben teaches on the importance and biblical nature of the prophetic ministry.

Pastor Danny welcomes author and Bible teacher Tom Birch to the podcast to discuss comparisons between our current time and the time of Jeremiah.  It's a look at the coronavirus crisis and biblical prophecy.

COVID-19 has messed with everything ... including our podcast publishing schedule.  We’ve gone from once a week - to as often as possible as we try to bring you timely, accurate information and encouragement from different expert guests. On today’s episode of Westside Stories we welcome virologist, Dr. Reshmi Samuel in conversation with Westside Family Fellowship Senior Pastor Danny Legault.

During the COVID19/coronavirus crisis we're sharing selected recordings of our daily Zoom evening prayer meeting.  The featured guests on this program are Physician Assistants from New York State, Patrick and Janelle Carbary.

During the COVID19/coronavirus crisis we're sharing selected recordings of our daily Zoom evening prayer meeting.  The featured guest on today's program is Dr. Robert Tower.

During the COVID19/coronavirus crisis we're sharing selected recordings of our daily Zoom evening prayer meeting.  The featured guest on today's program is financial adviser Gino Nava.

This edition of Westside Stories is a recording of a virtual church meeting from March 26th.  Doctors Raphael(anesthesiologist)  and Reshmi(virologist) Samuel joined with Pastor Danny Legault to talk about COVID-19 from both a medical and spiritual point of view.

Pastor Danny welcomes another local pastor to the podcast.  This time it's the recently installed senior pastor of Overcoming Faith Christian Centre, James Skuggedal.  James grew up in a Prince George family with strong construction industry links, at one point attended Westside Academy and after marrying got a degree in nursing.  He talks about his life growing up, the expectations he had in life and how God was faithful in bringing him to a place he never planned on, the role of pastor.

Dave Pope has served as Westside Family Fellowship's "Missions Liaison" for a number of years now.  It's a role that he grew into as he and wife Sunni found themselves visiting Sri Lanka with Pastor Arlo and Kenya with Pastor Danny.  Hear the whole story of his salvation and work with missions in this episode of our podcast.

Pastor Danny welcomes fellow Pastor Victor Folorunso of Faith Chapel to our podcast.  Originally from Nigeria, Pastor Victor has been leading his church plant in Prince George for 9 years now.  At one point in his life he found himself targeted for elimination when he was leading a church in a Muslim part of Nigeria.  Learn about his boldness and courage as you listen to this edition of Westside Stories.

When God holds the keys to the doors He wants you to walk through - no one can keep those doors locked.  Hear Gino Nava's amazing story of the truth God spoke to him through the ministry of Ben and Brenda Peters in 2011.

Gino Nava was born in Canada, but lived the first 5 years of his life with his parents in Sri Lanka before moving back to Canada. In his early years he experienced both the civil war of Sri Lanka and the civil war within his family.  On this episode of "Westside Stories" we explore the life of man between two cultures whose faith in God has brought him to a place he could never have predicted.

Former Christian & Missionary Alliance pastor, Dr. Ed Drewlo joins Westside Stories host Danny Legault to talk about his book "Thoughtful Adaptations To Change". With his undergrad degree in Sociology, Master of Divinity, and Doctor of Ministry degrees plus more than 40 years of full time pastoral ministry Ed is more than qualified to speak about adapting to the radial changes in Western culture that have occurred over the past 50 years.

Pastor Danny welcomes long time Prince George pastor, Ed Drewlo to our podcast.  Relating some of his life experiences to the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel Ed comments that "To be effective in ministry you may need to have a limp." Today Ed leads a ministry called "Second Wind" which allows him to use the leadership gifts which God has given him to help churches of many different denominations transition from one leader to another.  Our conversation with Ed continues on our next podcast as we focus on his book "Thoughtful Adaptations to Change".

Our guest on this episode is Hailey Smith.  A born and raised "Prince Georgian", Hailey describes the struggles she's faced in recent years since mental illness struck her.  She shares how she is working with the help of others and God to overcome the effects of a broken brain and mind.

In this Special extended Edition of our podcast we contrast the beliefs of Christianity and the Bahai community. Our guests are a member of the Prince George Bahai community, Isaac Zebeda and Christian street preacher, Greg Stephens.

Pastor Danny's third conversation with Greg (The Preacher) Stephens focuses on "Answers For Tough Questions".  Learn the "5 C's"!

This is part two of a four part series of interviews by Pastor Danny with Greg Stephens from North Carolina.  On this episode he describes his full time ministry as a street preacher and "missionary to America".  His life's mission is to preach Christ publicly with courage, compassion and clarity.

Our special guest for the next 4 episodes is Greg Stephens, a street preacher and evangelist from North Carolina.  On this episode Greg tells the story of his conversion and acceptance of Jesus Christ.  From hard-core resistance of God and "holding his one hand down with the other" when invited to accept Christ in church many times to full time preaching on the streets, college campuses and in front of abortion clinics it's the story of a man who has been "radically saved".

Welcome Fort George Baptist Church Pastor Dan Hoffman to our podcast!  Senior Pastor of one of Prince George's oldest churches Dan is excited about their Saturday night ministry to Young Millenials and Gen Z called "Lighthouse Church".  Find out about his Prince George upbringing, time spent in South Korea and what it's like pastoring a church that spans many generations between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

From PK (Pastor's Kid) to PA (Physician Assistant) ... from Prince George, B.C. to Rochester, New York; Janelle Carbary and her husband Patrick are the guests on this episode.

Born and bred local boy, Chris Spyker joins Pastor Danny on this episode.  From Prince George to Lethbridge and back again this is his story of dreams that died and were resurrected.

On podcast number five Pastor Danny welcomes a young mother and wife, Yza Helland.  Born and raised in Mexico, Yza says she always found Canada to be an intriguing place from a very young age. She met and married Joel Helland, has two young children and is currently attending UNBC nursing program. She loves to welcome the newcomers and "strangers" to our church and city.