Our Prayer Vigil for Charlie Kirk is this Friday (September 12th) at 5:30pm at the Wisconsin Capitol on the State Street side of the Capitol. We will meet by the Forward Wisconsin Statute, remember a hero of our movement, and raise our voices together in prayer.
Prayer Vigil for Charlie Kirk and his Family
Date – Friday September 12th
Time – 5:30pm
Place – Wisconsin State Capitol, State Street Side (meet at Forward Wisconsin Statue at the intersection of State Street and the Square)
IMPORTANT: I have been in close contact with our wonderful law enforcement agencies. If you come to our prayer vigil you are promising to come engage in prayer in complete peace.
This means that even if provoked, we will be an example of patience. We will let law enforcement do their work, and we will be model citizens.
There is some concern that people from the other side may try to mock or “bait” some of us into a petty confrontation.
I am expecting that all of us who attend this prayer vigil come with the resolve in our hearts that if our adversaries mock us, or even if they threaten us, we will respond with love and by turning the other cheek.
Remember, if they try to make things ugly, we will respond by making things beautiful.
We will respond with Love and with the Sincere Wish That Everybody Remember the Great Man That Charlie Kirk Was.
Let us Remember that Because of Charlie’s Work, Kindness, and Courage, the World is a Better Place but that His Wife and Children are Now Left Only With His Memory.
Let’s follow Charlie’s example of Courage, Sincerity, and Faith. Please come Friday and help us pray for Charlie, for his family, and for America.
A Message from Turning Point USA
Every one of us at Turning Point USA is crushed and devastated by the hateful murder of our founder and guiding light, Charlie Kirk. All of us have lost a leader, a mentor, and a friend. Above all, our hearts are with Erika and their two children. Charlie was the ideal husband and the perfect father. Above all else, we ask you to pray for the Kirks after the incomprehensible loss they have suffered.
More than anyone, Charlie believed in the power of argument and good faith debate to find the truth and guide people towards, if not agreement, then at least mutual understanding. Charlie was no stranger to threats. He received thousands throughout his life. But he always prioritized reaching as many young Americans as possible over his own personal safety. Now, Charlie has become America’s greatest martyr to the freedom of speech he so adored.
In his thirty-one years, Charlie lived more than any of us will in a hundred. He had an overwhelming passion for life and a deep belief in his power as an individual to make a difference. With the spirit of a pioneer, Charlie launched Turning Point out of his parents’ garage as an 18-year-old with no money, no name recognition, only a dream.
His energy and drive were awe-inspiring, without equal and deeply infectious. Charlie refused to squander a single day of his life. He was a natural builder and problem solver, who loved a challenge and saw every setback as a chance to learn, grow, pray, and try again. He was fundamentally decent, always eager to make new friends and allies and to support and defend the ones he had already made. His values were timeless American ones: Honesty, forthrightness, duty, loyalty, and fair play.
Charlie loved America, its people, its Constitution, its freedom, and the limitless good all of them have done for the world. But above all, Charlie lived every day with an overflowing love of the Christ he knew he would one day get to see. When asked, Charlie said that above all he wished to be remembered for his faith. Far more than any political victory, Charlie wanted to see a spiritual revival among America’s youth. He wanted a nation of happy, thriving families who loved God and each other. At his final public speech, just days before his murder, Charlie witnessed to Christ to an audience of non-believers. Even in his very last moments, Charlie was professing the Gospel. He ran his race well all the way to the end. Now, he goes to his heavenly reward.
Although Charlie is gone, his legacy will endure. He shall not grow old; age shall not weary him. For all time, he will remain the brave young man who inspired tens of millions of Americans to better themselves and take action to better America. All of us will miss Charlie. None of us will ever forget him.
