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Charlie Kirk Memorial at BRAVE Church - 9.14.25
September 15, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min
At Brave Church, a powerful memorial service celebrated Kirk's extraordinary impact as a 31-year-old Christian conservative leader who accomplished more than most do in seven lifetimes.
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At Brave Church, a powerful memorial service celebrated Kirk's extraordinary impact as a 31-year-old Christian conservative leader who accomplished more than most do in seven lifetimes. ...more Show the full description Show less At Brave Church, a powerful memorial service celebrated Kirk's extraordinary impact as a 31-year-old Christian conservative leader who accomplished more than most do in seven lifetimes.
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Honoring Charlie Kirk: A Life of Faith and Impact 0:07 Good afternoon to everybody. Thank you all for your patience today. Thank you for, patience in the parking lot trying to find a seat here0:19 and next door and up in Westminster. Wouldn't you say it's truly amazing what god has done through this event and the tragic death of Charlie? Amen.0:35 My name is pastor Jeff. I'm the senior pastor here at Brave Church. Welcome to everybody. We are so glad that you are here to do 2 things today. 1, we wanna worship and honor, the lord Jesus Christ. And number 2, we0:47 wanna honor the life of our friend and brother in Christ, Charlie Kirk. That's why we're here. I wanna read from the scripture as we get started today because I think0:59 in times of challenge, it's where we wanna go. And in Psalm chapter 34 in verse 18, it says this, the Lord is near to the brokenhearted1:12 and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Also wanna read Psalm 42 or Psalm 46 rather verses 1 and 2 that I know Erica1:24 posted on x just prior to her husband being taken. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not1:35 fear though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea. I want you to know that God is our safe place. He he's our refuge. He's an ever present help in1:47 time of trouble, and we will not give way to fear. Amen? Amen. We will not do that.2:01 So we put together a couple things today to to honor Charlie's life. I'm gonna encourage you when we sing, sing. That's what Charlie would have wanted. When we pray, pray. That's2:13 what Charlie would have wanted. You're gonna get to hear from several different people that knew him. Some of you that aren't speaking knew him even better. Unique thing about Charlie is for every single 1 of us that2:23 knew him, he made you feel like you were the most important person in his life when you were with him, and he'll be greatly missed. So let's spend time today honoring the lord. Let's spend time today honoring the legacy2:35 of Charlie Kirk. And would you just, pray with me as we get started? Our father in heaven, we give you all the glory and honor and praise. Lord, it's been an absolute tragic week. I know several words will be shared2:47 about that throughout our day. But, lord, here's what we do know, that you are near to the brokenhearted and that you save those who are crushed in spirit. Lord, minister here today. Let us truly hear the gospel message2:58 of Jesus Christ that Charlie would have wanted us to share. Lord, be honored in the way that we honor you, and let us honor our brother who is now in your presence with you hearing the words, well done, good and3:10 faithful, sir. Lord, we love you and we bless you and we praise you for who you are. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.A Legacy of Courage and Faith 4:59 Before I go into college campus, I my prayer is very simple. God, use me for your will. Amen. Because there's a plan above us all. God is sovereign above all. And the capacity and ability of our agency or action is very5:11 debatable. So what is god's plan when I go into college campus? I just believe I will only tell truth. I will not compromise. And I'll love on the lost. The specific teachings of Christ is go make disciples of all5:21 nations. I'm trying my best to do that. And I'm trying to do it first in this nation because this nation impacts every other nation on the planet. Jesus called us to love children. God Jesus called us to tell truth. God5:32 Jesus called us, to contest in the public square for his purposes. I'm far more interested in what God wants of me than what I want from God. And what God wants5:44 for me is a life fighting for truth.5:46 Charlie pointed up. He had this authentic, real love for Jesus Christ, and his conservative philosophy was an outgrowth of that. But he would go to these campuses. I would speak at his women's event, and he would5:58 speak to lonely people who were lost on social media, felt empty, felt depressed on college campuses, and he would give them hope in Jesus Christ. And the last thing I would say, Sean, is I know that I know that I know6:09 that I know this. Charlie Kirk did not die today. Yes. He left his body, but I guarantee you when he took his last breath, the first words that he heard were Jesus6:21 Christ saying, well done, my good and faithful servant.7:36 If you're able, would you stand and sing with us today?7:55 Oh, Lord, my God. When I, an awesome wonder, consider all8:07 the world thy hands have made. I see the stars. I hear the rolling thunder.8:20 I power throughout8:33 glad How great thou art. How great thou art.8:40 How great thou art. How great thou art. How great thou art. How great thou art. How great thou art. How great thou art. How great thou art.8:41 How great thou art. How great thou art. Then sings my soul, my savior God to thee. His9:03 son. And when I think that God his son not sparing, sent him to die, I9:15 scarce can't take it in.9:44 How great that Then sings my soul, my9:56 savior, God, to thee. How great thou art. How great thou10:12 art. Then Christ shall come10:28 God how great thou10:40 art. God, how great thou art. Then sings my soul, my savior God, to thee.10:53 How great thou art. How great thou art. Then sings my soul, my11:05 savior God, to thee. How great thou art. How great thou art.11:37 You may be seated. At this time, I'd just like to introduce those that are gonna be speaking today, and I'll let them come up 1 right after the other just to save us some time. But today, you're gonna be11:49 hearing from Heidi Ganom, Jeff Hunt, Reagan Harris, Ashley Meyer, and Victor Marx. K?12:02 So Heidi, if you'd like to come and start us off.12:24 Hello, everyone. I'm honored to be with you today to honor our friend, Charlie. I'd like to start with 1 of my favorite passages as12:36 I've faced politics in Colorado and all of you are so brave to be here and speak out and continue this battle for Charlie. The Lord in my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?12:48 Charlie roared this truth. He was a lion of liberty, a beacon for our youth, a blaze whose vision for America will burn eternal. In early 20 16, Charlie and my13:00 dad, Harv, who many of you know sparked a friendship at a conference, and soon our family too. As a new regent at the University of Colorado back then, I shared a common vision with Charlie.13:12 I was on fire for free speech unchained, and small governments on vowed and crushing communism that was starting to attack our country. We storm the front lines at CU together,13:24 reclaiming classrooms for truth and building confidence in young conservatives to find their voice, and growing the turning point chapters across Colorado College campuses, especially Boulder, and13:36 launching the Free to Be Coalition to host feisty but healthy debates on our college campuses. I love the movement so much that I enthusiastically joined the Turning Point Advisory Board seized13:48 by his mission to rouse a generation. Now, Charlie forged Turning Point in 20 12 from a teenager's passion for all things America, but more importantly, his love of13:59 Jesus Christ. His future mentor and friend Bill Montgomery, dear soul, saw an amazing potential in Charlie as a high school student who was speaking back then. He took him14:11 off stage and convinced Charlie to skip college and ignite a whole movement. I'm sure glad Charlie didn't go to college.14:26 That's rough coming from a previous CU region. But I'm sure that Bill greeted Charlie at the doors of heaven on Wednesday and cried, well done good and faithful servant. What a story. But that14:38 story will continue if we proclaim it so. Charlie's heart was for free speech and bravely debating 1 on 1, not to dominate, but to understand every14:49 view. Church goers, immigrants, souls across the planet, He sparked Turning Point in the UK and Australia and beyond with vigils now across the the entire world over the last15:01 few days in Spain, Korea, the UK. He's lighting a global fire for the truth.15:09 Thank you.15:14 Now, Charlie set my family ablaze too. My daughter, Tori Tori, blazed a trail at the University of Oregon in all places in 20 17. Charlie's favorite football school15:26 as 1 of the first student slates to run for student body government nationally under the campus victory project for Turning Point, which was pretty covert back then, not so much now. And, Holly, her15:38 younger sister who's here, now helps lead the Valor Christian Turning Point chapter, and they had over a hundred students storm their first meeting. Next one's on Tuesday.15:53 And of course, Charlie was a rock for me taking my text messages and calls whenever I got into a panic over what to say next to Kyle Clark, mostly nothing, he said. During my 22 run for16:05 Colorado governor and his lessons served me so well on the debate stage when I got to go after Jared Polis, it was awesome. That came from Charlie.16:20 But now you guys, it is time for all of us to be a rock for Erica. As most of you know, I lost my young husband, my first husband in a plane crash at the age of 27, and I know the depths of grief that16:32 she is going to face and it is brutal. Please give her so much grace and so much love and prayer. She's going to need every ounce of it. We also need to pray for the young leadership team at16:44 Turning Point, and for Lena and Vega who are here, and Ashley who's the regional director, because they are overwhelmed right now with people who want to get involved. Now16:59 to the tune, you guys, to the tune of over 30000 students that have signed up since Wednesday to help and support them.17:13 Now I'm gonna wrap up by saying, I know it's scary. He knew it was scary, and Erica knows it's scary. But his beautiful wife's rallying cry Friday night was to double down, not to back off,17:25 to push fear aside and to trust in the Lord and go. Go go go. Patriots, we stand at Destiny's Edge. Charlie's light was ambushed, but his fire rages in us, and we owe him17:37 and our kids and our nation to surge forward hearts ablaze. So let's proclaim together that we will work feverishly in his honor to reach the 300000 high school students across17:48 Colorado, over 600 high schools that need our eyes on them, that need a turning point chapter launched in every single 1. Are you ready?Carrying the Torch of Faith and Truth 18:05 Rest in glory, fierce warrior. Our dear friend, Charlie. The Lord is our light and our salvation. Whom shall we fear? No 1. We won't fear. We will act. God bless you, Charlie. God bless you, Erica,18:17 and your children. Tyler and the whole leadership team, Justin, God bless Colorado and America too. Thank you.18:42 Well, good afternoon. My name is Jeff Hunt and I wanna say first of all, I I am so proud of Brave Church for being willing to stand up and host this18:53 event. Thank you, Pastor Jeff. Seriously. Thank you and thank you to Heidi. Wonderful remarks.19:06 Charlie Kirk is a classic American story. It is in part why we connected with him, why we love him, and why we honor him. America was19:18 founded in its traditions of being a Christian nation made up of the consent of the governed were because of people like Charlie. Charlie is19:30 exactly the type of person America was founded by and what America produces. America's founders were overwhelmingly Christian,19:42 idealistic, and young. They improvised. As David McCullough, my favorite historian, points out, none of the founders had built a nation19:53 before. Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. Washington, the oldest of them all, was20:05 my age, 43, when he took command of the Continental Army. They had no money, they had no navy, and they faced insurmountable odds.20:17 32000 British troops landed in the months following the signing of the declaration of independence. That was the size of the entire population of Philadelphia at the20:29 time. Charlie Kirk faced seemingly insurmountable odds on college campuses20:37 the20:37 same way. The entire institution had been captured by leftist ideologies, from the students to the faculty to the curriculum to the administrators. They rejected20:49 everything Charlie Kirk was and everything he stood for. Charlie Kirk didn't stand a chance against these odds, and true to form like the American heroes we celebrate,21:01 Charlie was brave. He was courageous. He was hardworking, and he was innovative. American history honors those who gave the last full21:13 measure of devotion. I can tell you from our private conversations, Charlie's devotion was to you, the American21:25 people. He loved you. He loved the discussions. He loved the debate. He loved the opportunity to inspire. Charlie would have never put a21:37 glass partition between himself and the college students. It wasn't his way. The human connection to his American brothers and sisters is what he21:48 longed for above all else. There will never be another Charlie Kirk in American history. We shouldn't expect there to be 1. However, my encouragement, particularly to the young22:00 people, is the recipe I witnessed in Charlie that led to his success. And I love this line from the book, The Little Prince. What's essential22:13 is invisible. Charlie had faith in Jesus Christ. Charlie had character. Charlie had devotion. Charlie had inspiration. And I beg you from22:25 the bottom of my heart to the young people in this room, please do not wait for permission to build your movement. It will never come. Charlie never asked for22:36 permission. Like the great American leaders we admire, he addressed our country's biggest challenges with bravery, tenacity, boldness, and ingenuity.22:50 You have the recipe. It's the American recipe. Go forth and carry on not only Charlie's work, but the work that23:01 is the United States of America. God bless you all.23:27 Good afternoon, brave church. My name is Reagan Harris. I'm 13 years old and I attend Colorado Christian Academy. I came to know23:39 Charlie personally in 20 23 at a school event. At the event, he spoke about how we are only 1 generation away23:52 from losing the hard fought freedoms that built our nation. Charlie discussed how many in our country seem to be so willing to give24:04 those freedoms away.24:21 That I know I will need to be perfect to be prepared to defend my faith in the world.24:37 I began to crave what other messages he could share with me. And I think I've probably watched every podcast and certainly every campus video of his.24:50 My parents don't allow social media, but they made an exception for anything with Charlie Kirk.25:17 Trauma, he never held back in sharing The truth we all know is only given to us from God.25:35 I was blessed to share more moments with Charlie over the last 2 years, including a turning point Trump rally, which was 1 of the most impactful and encouraging25:47 events I've ever attended.25:59 Together, we discussed the book of Genesis. Script, but26:11 to apply it to modern issues and conversations made him so successful in his intellectual arguments.26:28 He was truly a gift from God to this nation, and that blessing shall not perish with his passing.26:46 Charlie liked to quote Aristotle that courage is the greatest virtue, and Charlie lived that virtue for Christ.27:05 Yeah. He was murdered for living out his Christian faith fear and so fear27:17 and so. I'm even more committed to my and to our generation's continued fight for our nation under God.27:39 I used to look at my call to action as the efforts that would happen once I started my career. But this terrible event27:51 has emboldened my commitment to bringing faith back to our nation, to our schools, and into our homes now.28:09 Charlie's work has to be continued now. So my call to28:21 action to all of us is to step up. Let's be the millions of soldiers for Christ that can carry forward Charlie's work.28:41 Be bold. Live fearlessly. Step into action through love and truth.29:03 And turning point in our nation, our prayers are with you. May God protect each of you in your efforts, and may God bless29:15 America. Thank you.29:48 Good afternoon. My name is Ashley Mayer, and I met Charlie Kirk in June of 20 17 at Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit.30:00 I introduced myself to Charlie and told him I was a student at the University of Colorado Boulder. I showed Charlie the latest Marxist30:12 poster going around campus, and he said, text me that and call me if you need me. Several months30:24 later, I became president of CU Boulder's Turning Point USA chapter.30:38 And assumed my role for 3 semesters. Throughout my time in Turning Point, I attended dozens of conferences, hosted multiple events,30:50 and became the spitfire that Charlie always told others I am.31:03 The other day, I was looking through this notebook, and I brought and that I bought right before I attended the Young Women's Leadership Summit in 20 17. I31:15 wanna read what I wrote down after hearing Charlie speak. Charlie Kirk, how to combat the left. Know your surroundings and who you're trying31:27 to convince. Ask questions. Keep heart rate low. Style means as much as substance.31:41 What follows in the pages of this notebook are an archive of my personal journey of political activism. Everything that I31:53 planned, attended, and hosted as recorded in my notebook would not have transpired if it were not for Charlie Kirk.32:04 Charlie was a true leader who believed in each of us and lifted us up with him as turning point continued to grow. He changed the scope32:16 of political activism in America and transformed a generation of free thinkers. As we mourn the death of Charlie, we must turn our32:28 anger and grief into action. We must promise not to cower to those who hate us or hide our beliefs for fear of repercussion.Show more In this video 0:00 Honoring Charlie Kirk: A Life of Faith and Impact3:16 A Legacy of Courage and Faith17:57 Carrying the Torch of Faith and Truth32:40 The Gospel and the Call to ActionComments No comments yet. Start the conversation.
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