Sign Up Now for a "Bucket List" Experience at the 2025 Rose Parade

Sign Up Now for a "Bucket List" Experience at the 2025 Rose Parade
Registration is open to serve as a Petal Pushers volunteer who will help bring to life several floats for the 2025 Tournament of Roses Parade scheduled for January 1 in Pasadena, CA. The Petal Pushers, a group of thousands of volunteers who decorate the Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) float and up to nine others each year, will begin working on the 2025 parade floats the three Saturdays prior to Christmas (Dec. 7, 14, & 21). They will then work two shifts a day beginning Dec. 26 until the floats are completed.

Individuals ages 13 and older can work as little as one shift, or as many as they want, on a variety of tasks necessary to complete the floats, including attaching thousands of roses, carnations, lilies, mums, and other flowers, as well as natural materials, such as seeds, coffee beans, and leaves, to create the beauty and splendor of the floral floats traveling down Pasadena's Colorado Boulevard on parade day. Volunteers of all skill levels are needed; whether this will be your very first time, or you are a seasoned veteran, there are dozens of jobs to do.

Building off the parade theme of "Best Day Ever," the 2025 LHM float entry is titled "Behold! Jesus the Savior is Born" and marks the 74th time the ministry has been part of the parade. The float will feature two angels calling viewers to the birth of Jesus and to the church where Jesus may be found. The church's stainedglass windows will feature some of the best days of Jesus' life.

"Only about forty individuals are needed each year to work on the LHM float, so the majority of Petal Pushers decorate other parade floats, which brings in funds to lower the cost of the LHM float being part of the annual event," says Dick Gast, chair of the LHM Float Committee. "Working on a variety of floats allows our volunteers to work with people from diverse backgrounds who join us from all across the country, believers and non-believers alike, offering a unique chance to make new friends, network, and share expressions of the faith that gives true meaning to this experience." Visit petalpushers.org for more information about the Petal Pushers, the tour options, or to register to decorate.

Did you Know? 
As the only Christian float in the Rose Parade, the LHM float provides a Gospel witness to viewers everywhere, from along the parade route to TVs worldwide. The float is a self-funded project of the Southern California District of the Lutheran Laymen's League and is not included in LHM's operating budget. 

Zion’s own Barb & Wayne Oechslein have served as Petal Pushers … they are happy to share their thoughts on this wonderful experience!