Preservation Woodstock Recognizes Citizen of the Year The 2020 recipient of the Barbara G. Ingram Citizen of the Year Award is Pastor Carl Moore, Sr. Preservation Woodstock, Inc., presents this award every year to a Woodstock area citizen who has made notable contributions toward the preservation of the city’s heritage.Pastor Moore is a steadfast reminder of what loyalty is. After becoming the senior pastor at Allen Temple A.M.E. Church in downtown Woodstock in 1993, Pastor Moore brought together people from all walks of life and of all colors of skin. Through sermons, music, and community events, Pastor Moore demonstrated by words and actions that everyone could work together for the common good of their community. He served as the church’s lead pastor for 24 years, seeing an expansion to a new modern sanctuary on Arnold Mill Road. He started the Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast to commemorate the holiday, which grew from a small gathering to now drawing more than 500 people. Pastor Moore, along with his wife Gloria, devoted time and talents to bring forth diversity, inclusion, and integration to a small town, rich in history and heritage. He currently volunteers his time, singing and reading the Bible at a senior living home in Woodstock. In his honor, the City of Woodstock has dedicated a one-mile stretch of Arnold Mill Road as “Pastor Carl A. Moore, Sr. Parkway.”
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