Marking his 76th
Dr. Moore’s neighbors this summer marked their friend’s 76th birthday with enough cake to match the Mezzetta “Super Colossal Irish Queen Olives” that snuck into the picture. Southminster, the senior living community where Dr. Moore lives, published an undated blog post on Dr. Moore and his life’s work here. The picture at the top of the blog post was taken on the chancel of the 1912 Chapel of Hope now named Chapel of Christ the King in Optimist Park.
D.G. Martin Memorial Service
‘I don’t know if I told you, but I lived with the Martin family for about two years and we were members at Seigle Avenue Presbyterian Church together.’
– Thomas
A birthday card for Dr. Thomas Moore
July 29, 2025
Dozens of Dr, Thomas Moore’s friends and neighbors at Southminster met for a “surprise” birthday party.
Thomas himself announced the surprise party on July 23 to residents. But organizers snuck in a surprise or two of their own in the program, to the delight of the birthday boy and dozens of well-wishers attending.
Seniors to seniors: Southminster choir visits Aldersgate
April 9, 2025
Dr. Moore is part of a choir of staff and residents at Southminster. After a visit by the Aldersgate choir to Southminster, the “Southminster Voices of Experience” directed by Bob Edgerton visited Aldersgate April 9 with its “Yesterday, when I was … Young!” concert.
Below is an excerpt from the group’s finale, “Ain’t Got Time to Die” with solo by soprano Renee Crawford. The spiritual was written by Hall Johnson (1888-1970), a professional violinist who later turned to choral music and wrote this in 1949 about spirituals:
“True enough, this music was transmitted to us through humble channels, but its source is that of all great art everywhere – the unquenchable, divinely human longing for a perfect realization of life….”
The program from the Aldergate performance may be downloaded as a PDF here.
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