Sermons Introduction
One of the neater copies from his trove of sermons from the 1940s to 1980s.
A lifetime's work
Lee Moorehead started writing sermons when he was a undergraduate student at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois and helped serve small churches in neighboring towns. He went on to seminary at Boston University in 1941, and many sermons were written as a student. From there, sermon-writing continued throughout his career as a pastor around the Midwest, and, for four years, a professor of preaching at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City.
After retiring in 1984, his sermon-writing was not finished. One of his last sermons was for his 80th birthday celebration in 1999. Lee passed away in 2003 at the age of 83, leaving behind file cabinets full of his sermons in their original state, typed to the edges of the paper on his manual typewriter.
The sermons shared here are scans of those original manuscripts, including his handwritten edits. A few were later typed for publication.
The inspiration
The sermon quote below is what prompted the creation of this website in July 2018.
Lee's children have been seeking his thoughts, through his sermons, to try and determine what he might have thought or said about current situations in our world that might have been similar to what he lived through and wrote about.
Don't Let Your Lamp Go Out
- the full sermon
The sermon quote below is what prompted the creation of this website in July 2018.
Lee's children have been seeking his thoughts, through his sermons, to try and determine what he might have thought or said about current situations in our world that might have been similar to what he lived through and wrote about.
Don't Let Your Lamp Go Out
- the full sermon
Sermons to Remember
This collection of the sermons of Lee C. Moorehead was assembled in honor of his retirement from
First United Methodist Church, Madison, Wisconsin, June 1984
at First United Methodist, Decatur, Illinois
Click for link to these sermons
This collection of the sermons of Lee C. Moorehead was assembled in honor of his retirement from
First United Methodist Church, Madison, Wisconsin, June 1984
at First United Methodist, Decatur, Illinois
Click for link to these sermons
1940s
Lee preached at small churches in the Decatur area while he was in college at Millikin University, graduating in 1941.
While in seminary at Boston Univeristy School of Theology, he served at St. Mark's Methodist Church in Lawrence, Mass.
After graduating in 1944, Lee was recruited to serve as Director of the Wesley Foundation at The Ohio State University, and was also affiliated with Indianola Methodist Church, Columbus, Ohio.
During this time, Lee's two brothers and his brother-in-law were in the service for World War II. Though Lee had wanted to serve as a military chaplain, his asthma prevented him from qualifying. Instead, he was able to use his sermons
and weekly radio addresses to make some pretty insightful observations of what was going on during this period. Lee was able to minister to those who were serving in other ways, and to the families left at home.
Lee & Betty finished the decade in Ada, Ohio, moving there in 1948.
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Lee preached at small churches in the Decatur area while he was in college at Millikin University, graduating in 1941.
While in seminary at Boston Univeristy School of Theology, he served at St. Mark's Methodist Church in Lawrence, Mass.
After graduating in 1944, Lee was recruited to serve as Director of the Wesley Foundation at The Ohio State University, and was also affiliated with Indianola Methodist Church, Columbus, Ohio.
During this time, Lee's two brothers and his brother-in-law were in the service for World War II. Though Lee had wanted to serve as a military chaplain, his asthma prevented him from qualifying. Instead, he was able to use his sermons
and weekly radio addresses to make some pretty insightful observations of what was going on during this period. Lee was able to minister to those who were serving in other ways, and to the families left at home.
Lee & Betty finished the decade in Ada, Ohio, moving there in 1948.
Click for link to these sermons
1950s
Lee & Betty started the decade in Ada, Ohio, and moved to Chillicothe, Ohio in 1952. One year later they moved back to Columbus, Ohio, where Lee became senior pastor at Indianola Methodist Church.
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Lee & Betty started the decade in Ada, Ohio, and moved to Chillicothe, Ohio in 1952. One year later they moved back to Columbus, Ohio, where Lee became senior pastor at Indianola Methodist Church.
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1960s
From Columbus, Lee, Betty and the family went on an adventurous new path and moved to Prairie Village, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, where Lee became Professor of Preaching at St. Paul School of Theology.
Four years later, they returned to Ohio and Lee's pastorate at William Street United Methodist Church in Delaware, Ohio.
The end of the momentous decade found the family heading to First United Methodist Church, Carbondale, Illinois
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From Columbus, Lee, Betty and the family went on an adventurous new path and moved to Prairie Village, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, where Lee became Professor of Preaching at St. Paul School of Theology.
Four years later, they returned to Ohio and Lee's pastorate at William Street United Methodist Church in Delaware, Ohio.
The end of the momentous decade found the family heading to First United Methodist Church, Carbondale, Illinois
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1970s
From Carbondale, Illinois, Lee heeded the call from Wisconsin, and he spent 4 years at First United Methodist Church in Green Bay. (He couldn't turn down being Bart Starr's pastor.)
From Green Bay, Lee & Betty moved to their last pastorate at First United Methodist Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
From Carbondale, Illinois, Lee heeded the call from Wisconsin, and he spent 4 years at First United Methodist Church in Green Bay. (He couldn't turn down being Bart Starr's pastor.)
From Green Bay, Lee & Betty moved to their last pastorate at First United Methodist Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
1980- 90s
Lee & Betty had the most wonderful eight years at First United Methodist Church in Madison, Wisconsin, and Lee retired in June 1984. From there they headed to Batavia, Illinois.
In retirement, Lee first served as a visitation/support pastor, at Community United Methodist Church, Naperville, Illinois, along side the senior pastor Eugene Winkler, who had been a student of Lee's at St. Paul School of Theology. He then served this pastoral role for several years at Batavia United Methodist Church, Batavia, Illinois. He would occasionally preach at these churches, and guest preach at many others. His 80th birthday was celebrated with one of his last sermons,
given at Batavia United Methodist Church, and then at his childhood church home
at First United Methodist, Decatur, Illinois
Click for link to these sermons
Lee & Betty had the most wonderful eight years at First United Methodist Church in Madison, Wisconsin, and Lee retired in June 1984. From there they headed to Batavia, Illinois.
In retirement, Lee first served as a visitation/support pastor, at Community United Methodist Church, Naperville, Illinois, along side the senior pastor Eugene Winkler, who had been a student of Lee's at St. Paul School of Theology. He then served this pastoral role for several years at Batavia United Methodist Church, Batavia, Illinois. He would occasionally preach at these churches, and guest preach at many others. His 80th birthday was celebrated with one of his last sermons,
given at Batavia United Methodist Church, and then at his childhood church home
at First United Methodist, Decatur, Illinois
Click for link to these sermons