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Dear June, Jeff, Jodi and Family,
Your husband, dad and grandpa had the most soothing voice. As a child, I loved sitting in the third pew with my dad, mom and brother at the 11:00 Service. I loved your three point sermons. They always spoke to me, even as a child. When Dr. Moore married Robin and I it was so very special. I couldn’t imagine it any other way. You are such a special family and I am so very very sorry for your loss. I know Dr. Moore is looking down from Heaven smiling at all of us. I loved him so and am so thankful to know him. Love, Julie Ro-Trock Goytia
We were very fortunate to have Jim associate with us at Highland Park after his retirement from St Luke’s. Jim was a great, as well as humble, servant of God. Our sympathy to June and the family. Kay & John Croft.
Jim was an exceptional spiritual guide for so many of us! His ability to communicate the Christian faith, God’s place in our lives and the call of Jesus in understandable but compelling ways was second to none!! While infrequently serving in close proximity to one another, he was always a friend and mentor!! My prayers foR June and the family!
Jim was the consummate pastor—kind, gentle, positive, humble, and wise. We always felt that if we could have unzipped him, Jesus would have popped out. We will continue to miss him.
As a long time now retired St. Luke’s staffer, Jim Moore is one of my fondest memories of the time I spent there. What I remember most about him was his humility. I worked the front desk for many years, and when he came by to meet someone he’d always say, “I’m one of the ministers here at St. Luke’s.” Not “I’m the Senior Minister” or “author of 40 books” but “I’m one of the ministers….” Also, when I worked Sundays and he had an appointment with someone between services we’d tell them that he’d be with them momentarily – it took 30 minutes – since he had stopped to chat with people after he left the Sanctuary! And he even had time to read my first book and add a statement for the jacket!
St. Luke’s was richer for his being the senior minister!
My husband and I were members of St Luke’s in the early 1980’s. Jim baptized my oldest daughter, Katherine, now 33 yrs old with children of her own. When I divorced in 2009, I moved to Dallas where both my daughters resided, my youngest, Allison, a student at SMU. I attended the Sunday service one morning at HPUMC and running late, ended up in the overflow seating area. Watching the TV screen was a familiar face preaching from the. Sanctuary pulpit. I could not place his face at first, then remembered it was Jim Moore from St Luke,s, a long way from Houston! I started to get emotional because you see, Jim was my answer to my prayers that I would find a church home in Dallas, God had sent His blessing direct to me thru Jim that day. I went home and found a book Jim had written and dedicated. Today is my day to Seize the Moment” and reach out to your family and share this story of how Jim had touched my life. May the Lord continue to bless your family and fill your hearts with peace and joy as you honor your husband, dad, granddad on a life well lived. Love in Christ
Kevin and I still talk about certain sermons that Dr. Moore preached. We never left a service without being restored and uplifted by the stories that he shared and the connection that he made to teachings from the Bible. His words continue to resonate and guide us. What a wonderful legacy for his immediate family and for his church family. So many thoughts and prayers are with you.
Susan Baker Golden and Kevin Golden
Dear June, Jodi and Jeff
You don’t know us well but we know you. My wife, Alex, and I started attending St. Luke’s about the same time Jim was appointed. As our family grew, so did yours. Being from a family of Methodist ministers myself, Dr. Moore’s presence was like being around family. We have lived with your family as part of the congregation; worshipped with you, prayed for you and now mourn with you. I have never met a finer man or better preacher than your husband and father. We look forward to greeting you once again at the memorial service.
With love and respect,
George and Alex Tyson
When I first arrived in Houston i did not know many people here and it was a low and lonely time for me. I went to St. Lukes and not knowing what door to enter in this big church I walked through the office door. There was Jim Moore walking down the hallway on his way out the door I just entered. He introduced himself. It must have been his Jim Moore ‘Godly magic’ because he immediately invited me into his office. I remember feeling like I was visiting a long lost friend. Two days later I received a call from Mickie Barnhill, Jim’s assistant at the time and she said Dr. Moore would like to see you. He offered me a job a St. Lukes and what a huge door opened for me! I was working for the Activities Director, Jeff Plymell, the Singles Minister, Kent Kilbourne, and the Minister to Youth, Tom Pace … all at the same time! Jim jokingly used to say I should be promoted to sainthood for surviving that:)
During my time on staff at St. Lukes and to this day I have made lifelong friends and my Christian blessings continue … all because Jim Moore ‘opened that door’.
I am just one of many whose hearts was so deeply touched by Dr. Jim Moore. It was because of him and his uncanny, intuitive, and gracious talent of seamlessly opening doors and hearts to know Christ’s love that so many, many people can say they are truly blessed to know him.
June, Jeff and Jody you know my love overflows to y’all as well. You had one of the best and his love and our precious memories will for sure continue on in our lives.
Dear June, Jodi and Jeff
You don’t know us well but we know you. My wife, Alex, and I started attending St. Luke’s about the same time Jim was appointed. As our family grew, so did yours. Being from a family of Methodist ministers myself, Dr. Moore’s presence was like being around family. We have lived with your family as part of the congregation; worshipped with you, prayed for you and now mourn with you. I have never met a finer man or better preacher than your husband and father. We look forward to greeting you once again at the memorial service.
With love and respect,
George and Alex Tyson
Dear June & Family,, Dr. Moore is a genuine giant & will be missed dearly. I will always remember many of his three-point sermons that were impactful & touched my heart. He placed his unforgettable legacy with the St. Lukes family.and will be deeply missed. Please accept our most sincere condolences and know you are in our family’s prayers. Your strong faith will get you through this.
In Him,
Teri Leigh, Landon, & Michel Gloaguen
I bless God for the man and his message. In 1983 I was in the bookshop and bumped into him. He instantly welcomed me and autographed the book that I held in my hand. It was
one of his – the best known all – and inspired me tremendously. At the time I was substituting for the Senior Pastor of Klein U.M.C. in Spring, Texas and needed all the help I could
get! Jim unhesitatingly gave me that. Straightway he became not just a valued colleague from “across the pond” but a lifetime friend. Bless him and all of you who today honour his memory. Dick Kent.
Dear Mrs. Moore and Family,
I wanted to let you know that because of Dr. Moore, St. Luke’s UMC because my home church many years ago. I shared this story with Dr. Moore, and I’ll share it with you…. Back in early 1990s, I started to come to St. Luke’s to listen to Dr. Moore’s sermons. Slowly, I got plugged-in to the Church; then in the late 1990s, I asked Dr. Moore to baptized me in his office as I officially became part of St. Luke’s family. Since then, I’ve been a devoted member of St. Luke’s. I think of Dr. Moore fondly and remember his wonderful sermons. Thank you for sharing his with us!
May you and yours be blessed,
Adam Ahmad
Finally!! Rest from this world’s pain but NOW pure joy in the arms of our Savior!!
Blessings to all of the Jim Moore family of whom there are many!! Mike & Gwyn Kelley, HPUMC, Dallas.
Every morning Dr. Moore would stick his head in my office to say “good morning.” EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. It was an honor to have worked with him.
Love to June, Jodi and Jeff and their families.
Loved hearing his sermons at HPUMC! Jim will be missed greatly! Love to his family during their loss but I hope they are comforted with knowing Jim is in Heaven. Much love and appreciation, Dawn Hill
I met Jim in 2008 when I joined the staff of HPUMC. He was welcoming, gracious, and kind in all of our encounters. I will always remember his quick smile and swee hello everytime we met. I’ve missed seeing him and hearing him preach. What a gift he had. June, you and your family are in my prayers.
I met Jim in 2008 when I joined the staff of HPUMC. He was welcoming, gracious, and kind in all of our encounters. I will always remember his quick smile and sweet hello everytime we met. I’ve missed seeing him and hearing him preach. What a gift he had. June, you and your family are in my prayers.
Jim and June were wonderful friends and we at HPUMC always looked forward to Jim’s wonderful stories, message and jokes. May Our Lord Jesus be with June and her precious family. God bless you. Susan Rogers
Dear June, Jodi and Jeff,
My life has been forever changed by the ministry and life of Jim Moore. He was a shining example of what it means to live a life in Christ. I will always be grateful that he saw something of value in me by allowing me to come work with the wonderful St. Luke’s staff way back in 1996. My thoughts and prayers are with you all and with all of the grands as well. He will be greatly missed by all, but especially by his wonderful family. Love to you all!
Dear June, Jodi, Jeff and family,
Our hearts go out to you during this time, with the wonderful, kind and loving Dr. Moore leaving us, to go to be with our Savior. So many things we learned from him and still repeat constantly. Very often we start or end our prayers with the verse “May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14. We are so grateful for Dr. Moore’s repeating this each time I heard him preach. . . .and so much more!
Thank you for sharing your husband, father, grandfather with us. We are truly grateful for the influence he has given us. Much love and grateful prayers being sent to God in our memory of him.
Love, Ross, Adria and Alec Baker
Dr. Moore was a lovely soul who was a gift to all of us here at St. Lukes; his messages were in simple terms and always full of truth…a weekly blessing to me since I joined St. Luke’s in 1996. I will always remember him.
Dear June, Jody, Jeff and family,
Dr. Moore was was such a loving, faithful servant always showing us the meaning of God’ love by his example. George and I were so blessed to be members of St. Lukes and have the privilege of knowing June and Jim Moore, indeed, the highlight of George’s life was to work with Dr. Moore at St. Luke’s.
I am grateful for the wonderful gift of knowing this kind and compassionate man. Blessings to all of you.
John & Camilla Mitchell
Jim Moore was a real favorite at HPUMC, as a Guest Minister (substituting) during the summers and some Holidays. We are both senior ushers and can share with everyone that when Jim was Preaching, parishioners filled our Pews to hear him. His Sermon messages were “take home” lessons and easily remembered. He was loved by everyone here at HPUMC and will be sorely missed. We Pray for June and their beautiful family.
Dear June, Jodi, Jeff and Family,
We were so fortunate to have Dr. Jim Moore in our midst at HPUMC for a while. We always looked forward to his sermons, stories and anecdotes, and to seeing Jim and his lovey wife June attending the services on Sundays. We will always be grateful to him for the gifts of ministry that he shared with us at Highland Park UMC. May God’s love and care envelop you and may your precious memories be a comfort to you now. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Suzanne & Gary Smith
We have been so fortunate to have had Dr. Jim Moore as Pastor in Residence at Highland Park UMC since his retirement from St. Luke’s. I lead a Bible Study and we have used several of Jim’s books as our study guides over the past years. He and June have been so faithful to continue ministering in retirement through our church and we have been so blessed by their presence with us. When I have spoken to him about how much I have enjoyed his books, he has been grateful and so humble!! He has been such a role model for so many, and he will be deeply missed by all of us! our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. With love. Joyce & Neil Shoop
My husband and I feel so blessed to have heard Dr. Moore preach at HPUMC..
On behalf of all of HPUMC, Marilyn and I express our condolences to Rev. Moore’s family. It was both and honor and a privilege to know both him and June since they have been in the Dallas area. Please know we appreciate all you brought to us and hope we can be of service to you in any way we can.
To the family of Rev Jim Moore:
My wife and I extend our most sincere condolences to June and all of Jim’s family in your loss. Our prayers will be with all you.
I had the privilege of being both Jim’s and June’s Primary Care Physician (Internal Medicine) since they moved to Dallas, and shared many great moments and memories getting to know them. They are truly the finest of people, the most sincere, loving and spiritual of anyone.
Jim had a wonderful knowledge of the Bible, a gentle spirit, and a way of INTIMATELY COMMUNICATING with people, both behind the pulpit AND on a one to one basis (Only a FEW ministers can do this like Jim). He also had a one of a kind Ministerial Presence that made people feel he truly cared for and was deeply concerned for them.
My hometown is Minden, LA, near Shreveport LA, and we enjoyed talking about the Methodist Church there, Dr Dykes, and the Rasumussen family of ministers. And we visited on just about every thing else, always a lot of fun to talk to such a wonderful, smart and mature man and minister.
I will deeply miss Rev Jim, but we rest assured that this world is a better place because of men like him!!
With Heartfelt Sympathy,
Dr and Ms (Debbie) Thompson
June, you will never know how much we love you. Thanks so much for your concern and love you and Jim Jane given to Faye with her cancer our times!
THE MAN will be missed by all!
Dear June, Jeff, Jodi and family,
Jim was a true giant with the love and kind words everyone received. I remember as we were a young married couple, he always seemed to speak to what we were going through and to help us build a strong Christian family.He will be missed.
The congregation of First Methodist Shreveport was so blessed to have the Moore family for 12 years. Those were golden years with D L, Jim, Carl, Dave and Will. I will always remember his spirit of kindness, humor, graciousness and humbleness that he projected to all he met. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to know and learn from him, not only from the pulpit, but by example, of what it means to have the love of God in your life. What a beautiful celebration of Jim’s life!
It was a pleasure to participate in Dr. Moore’s celebration of life today. Through other’s sharing, I was reminded of how I came to know Dr. Moore and St. Luke’s. Just over 25 years ago, I moved to Houston to work in the med center. I knew only one person and was unfamiliar with the city. On my first Saturday in town, sitting in an almost empty apartment, I decided to venture out. I ended up at the Randall’s on Holcombe though I was quickly distracted by signs for the grand opening of the Barnes and Noble. I spent some time looking for a few good books when I ventured into the religious/inspiration section. There I came across the book “Somethings Are Too Good Not to Be True” by Dr. Moore. As I turned the book over and read, I knew that this was the book I was supposed to “find”. Not only was the author a Methodist minister, the denomination I was raised in; the church he served was in Houston. I bought the book, went home to look the church up in my phone book (no cell phones or internet), while pulling out my map to figure out where Westheimer might be found. The following day I attended St. Luke’s. I was a bit overwhelmed by the size of the church however I was inspired by the sermons, the people, and the choir. I ultimately found my church and choir home and find it difficult to imagine my life without St. Luke’s. I have been blessed by the teachings of Dr. Moore through his sermons, writings, and through the way he cared for the congregation and shared his love.
I was fortunate to meet Jim as a young pastor and he would have a tremendous influence on my life and ministry. I thank God for the opportunity I had to know this great man of God.
Dear Mrs Moore and family
My husband and I meet this wonderful man when we were in our mid twenties. My mother was dying of cancer and we had two children age 4 and 5. We told Dr Moore that is sermons were literally helping us make it week to week He ask our names and the next week we got a phone call from Dr Moore and he said this may be crazy to you but I meet a young couple last week in a store their names were Richard and Cathy Moore could y’all possibly be them I have called every Moore in the phone book in Shreveport we were so touched that someone would care that much needless to say he literally changed our lives from that point we joined First Methodist in Shreveport La. Because of his concern for us we were so very young when my mother died we were much stronger to cope and we were so grateful to him He definitely changed our lives
To the family of Dr. Jim Moore, my deepest, deepest, condolences, he was a kind, funny, and gentle soul. May he rest in peace, I know he is watching over all of us.
Our lives have been so enriched through the years because of Jim Moore, so much so that my poor typing abilities are not up to the task of describing each one – there are simply too many. So simply put, we are the better people and better Christians because of him than we ever could have been without him in our lives. May God continue to bless and comfort his wonderful family. They all have our love and thanks for sharing him with us. Ben and Jane Ramsey, Anessa and Brindley Ginn.
Dear June and family,
Fist of all thanks for forwarding this beautiful memorial tribute for Jim. We would have attended but Tomi had a mastectomy a few
days before the service.
Dick will always relish the many hours spent on a golf course together as member of our regular foursome .
The high point in our relationship with him, was his agreement to officiate
at our wedding. He performed the ceremony exactly as we requested with Christ as witness of our love.
How many times were our chance meeting in the local Walmart and the pleasant exchanges that followed.
We will miss all of our interaction with Jim but know he will still be looking out and putting in good word for
Everyone he ever knew.