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PAstoral staff

  • steve & debbie sparling

    senior/founding pastor

    Pastor Steve and his wife Debbie are the founding pastors of Family Worship & Outreach Centre. The church began in the Spring of 2000 with a handful of people and has grown to be a self-sustaining assembly. The church has a ministry focus to the serve the local community within the Durham, and beyond. Steve also presently serves The Eastern Ontario & Nunavut District (EOND) as the Men’s Ministry Director. Steve has a love for life and a passion to disciple all believers in the local church to impact the world for Christ.

  • nisha nathis

    next generation pastor

    Pastor Nisha completed her Masters in Theological Studies at Tyndale College and Seminary and is working towards getting her credentials with the Pentecostal Association of Canada (PAOC) as a Licensed Minister. She desires to share the Word of God and Worship the Lord in Spirit and Truth. Her passion is to lead the next generation to experience God’s presence and train them for worship and ministry. Nisha is happily married to her husband, Nathis, for 20 years and they both have two amazing sons, Jaydon and Jahvin.

  • dwight anderson

    worship pastor

    Raised in Pembroke, Dwight grew up under the influence of pastors who believed in, practiced revivalism, and embraced the Charismatic renewal experienced in the 1970s. Following graduation from EPBC/Master’s College and Seminary in 1985, Dwight spent the next 12 years serving congregations in Thunder Bay, Oshawa, and Cobourg believing that the things he’d experienced and seen while growing up were only a shadow of what God would do in the future. In 1996, Dwight, Ruth and their three daughters moved to Ajax where they began to serve the church family of Southside Worship Centre. Following that period, Dwight followed God’s invitation to embark on a journey that led to a career in corporate Human Resources. Dwight currently serves as a People & Culture leader in the not-for-profit sector working for organizations that provide homeless shelters and services for precariously housed and street-involved people, services for seniors who lack support systems, long-term care, childcare centres, programs for children and youth, and supports for newcomers across Canada. While doing this work, he and Ruth continue to believe that God wants to personally reveal Himself to us and encourage other to do the same through the worship and music ministry at Family Worship Centre.

support staff


  • MONIQUE CANFIELD

    ADMINISTRATION/OUTREACH


    TRINITY WHITEHEAD

    NEXT GENERATION ASSISTANT


    DONNA KNIGHT

    SENIORS MINISTRY SUPPORT