Tonight someone who has been a good friend changed status… absent from the body but now present with the Lord he loved and served. Alan Moore was someone I first met in 1976, was there for his wedding to Jenny, our respective families had lives that have been interwined ever since. He will be missed, and in particular by a family that he loved and was proud of.
He was a man of integrity, hard work, faith and prayer. He was generous. With Jenny they gave sacrificially to Sue and I enabling us to buy a flat in Cobham, but his generous spirit did not stop at that.
Then one year ago they led Gayle and my wedding, then a few months later they did the same for Joe and Judith.
Steve Lowton earlier today wrote this:
This evening Alan Moore went to be with the Lord.
Many, if not most of you, won’t know this amazing man. A true father in the nation the length of his stride would leave many a younger person in his wake as he called upon the Lord he loved and walked the land into which his life was sown. He will be hugely missed by his amazing wife Jenny and family.
The call for fathers in the land who carry that same spirit is strong and urgent. I trust that I will be found amongst those who rise into the gap Alan leaves.“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of the saints”
Steve
There is always a call to respond in faith. I know Jenny and the family will. I know others will find faith as a result of this man’s life. His legacy is good and will last.
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martin beautifully put and my abiding memory will always be the darford half marathon. he will be truly missed
Martin beautifully out and he will be truly missed. I will never forget the dartford half marathon we all did together but more importantkly i am not sure i have ever met a man or a couple with more personal integrity
Martin, Alan whatever your faith was a man of huge integrity and I will miss him. I will never forget the fun we three had doing the Dartford Half Marathon
amen
but not to the marathon
what a wonderful picture
Thanks for writing this tribute Martin and the inclusion of a wonderful picture.
John Wimber spelt faith as RISK and Alan did not shy away from taking risks and doing the unexpected. Oh that more of us would be like that. He had an extraordinary passion for God, the things of God and the work of God. He was someone who was happiest when he was in doing his Father’s business, be that spending time with family, building a platform for those who do not have a voice, or just crying out to God. Indeed, Alan was a giant and his legacy lives on in his family and all who knew him.
We honour the passing of a unsung hero.
Humble, self-effacing, and full of faith, Alan brought a quiet strength and fortitude mixed with a healthy measure of irreverance and fun wherever he went. Helen and I will remember him with much gratitude for all he brought to us over the years we knew him.
His contribution to the KIngdom was considerable.
David Clancy