On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the annual Rose Day Pro-Life Indoor Rally will be held inside the Oklahoma State Capitol. This event is the most longstanding faith-based, pro-life event in Oklahoma. Each year, hundreds gather at the Capitol at the beginning of the new legislative session to promote and support the lives of unborn babies. Attendees are encouraged to meet with their state senators and representatives and present them with red roses, which represent the sanctity of human life and the unborn.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. in the second-floor rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol. Rose distribution, the time at which attendees present the red roses they bring to their respective elective officials, will begin at 9:30 a.m. The indoor rally will begin at 11:15 a.m. inside the Oklahoma State House Chamber, with a brief pre-rally choir concert.
Light Christian Academy Choir, directed by Kerry Andrews, will lead the music. Following this, various speakers will take the podium to share their personal stories of fighting for the rights of the unborn. House Representatives and State Senators will be recognized. Mandi Parkhurst, will also speak at the podium, presenting her testimony of how her life was changed by the loving forgiveness of God.
This year’s keynote speaker is Rebecca Kiessling, a pro-life speaker and attorney who was conceived in rape. She has been an international pro-life speaker and adoption speaker since 1995, speaking for various pro-life organizations including right to life groups, crisis pregnancy center fundraisers, 40 Days for Life events, rallies, churches, high schools, universities, Student for Life, women’s conferences, attorney conferences, adoption events and more throughout North America, Europe and Latin America.
Kiessling is also politically influential, as she changed the heart of then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry during his presidential campaign, as well as Newt Gingrich and many legislators across the U.S., Canda, Europe and Latin America. She’s inspired victims all around the world to choose life for their children. Kiessling has been able to accomplish all this while being an attorney and mother of five children.
Rose Day began in the early 1990s as a way for Oklahomans to share their concerns about abortion with elected officials at the beginning of a new legislative session. It was initially started by members of the Oklahoma Catholic community, but Southern Baptists and individuals representing a variety of Christian denominations have participated in the event each year.
For more information about the upcoming Rose Day and to view videos from past Rose Day rallies, visit roseday.life or scan the QR code below.
