Wesley: 21 Portrayal

Fred Moore, a retired high school teacher of 33 years in Illinois, recreates a portion of the life of John Wesley, the Anglican priest from London who began the Methodist movement in the 18th century. Wesley, at the age of 70, looks back on his life and experiences.

Sharon Moore, Fred Moore’s wife, will play John Wesley’s wife. It is a program of wit and wisdom and inspiration and challenge created from the journals and writings of this unique individual. Fred Moore himself has been an active member of the Methodist Church for more than 40 years, serving as a Sunday School teacher, youth director, choir member and chairperson of several church commissions. During his tenure as a communications teacher in Downers Grove, Illinois, he directed 27 musicals and 33 plays and performed in leading roles in several community theatre productions. He brings to the portrayal both a professional and a person quality, as he finds Wesley a man of faith who has profoundly influenced his own spiritual life.