Fonds F3788 - James W. Moulton fonds

The Rev. James "Jim" Wylie Moulton was a minister in The United Church of Canada. He was born on October 24, 1930 in Epworth, Newfoundland to Frederick and Susan (née Baker) Moulton. He attended Epworth United Church School before working as school teacher (1948-1950). In 1953 he enrolled at Mount Allison University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1957. He followed that with a Bachelor of Divinity from Pine Hill Divinity Hall in 1959 and a Master of Theology from Emmanuel College in Toronto in 1963. He also studied at New College in the University of Edinburgh from 1960-1961.

Moulton was initially received as a ministerial candidate in 1951, and served as lay supply in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland (1951-1953) and Weyburn, Saskatchewan when he was a student. He was ordained on June 9, 1959 in Grand Bank, Newfoundland, and took up his first pastorate in Happy Valley, Labrador in 1961. In 1964 he moved to the Sandford-Zephyr pastoral charge in Ontario. Moulton remained in Ontario, moving to Northminster, Willowdale (1967-1975), St. Luke's, Islington (1975-1988), and Forest Grove, North York (1988-1995). He also served as a supplementary reserve chaplain with the Canadian Armed Forces (1961-1968). In 1995, he moved to Peterborough, where he was active in retirement as supply for several churches.

Moulton held a number of volunteer roles within the church. He was the chair of the stewardship committees in the York Presbytery and the Toronto Conference, the chair of the pastoral relations committee of the Toronto West Presbytery, chair of the Toronto Conference staff committee, and a member of the Conference's settlement committee. He sat on the board of directors of the Toronto United Church Council, as well as the National Stewardship Committee and the Task Force on Transfer and Settlement.

James Moulton married Myrna Mabel Taylor in 1959. They had two children, Heather and Paul. Moulton died on December 5, 2023 in Peterborough.