Pujols Serves as Honorary Co-Chairman of Day-Long Music Outreach to Young People Aug. 2 at Gateway Arch
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
ST. LOUIS, MO (ANS) — Regarded as one of the best players in game, Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals has a passion for more than just reaching baseball records — he also wants to reach teens with a positive message.
Albert Pujols (Courtesy BGEA)
Pujols and his wife, Deidre, are lending their support to this summer’s Rock the River Tour at the Gateway Arch Grounds in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, Aug. 2 from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Packed with some of America’s most popular hard rock and hip-hop Christian artists, Rock the River is a music festival with a purpose.
Rock the River Tour is a new evangelistic summer concert series that will rock its way up the Mississippi River through Baton Rouge, St. Louis, Quad Cities and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
“We are so excited that Albert and Deidre Pujols have agreed to co-chair the Rock the River Tour Event here in St. Louis,” said Art Bailey, the St. Louis Rock the River Tour director, in a media release.
“To have an Event like this that’s free and open to all is a tremendous opportunity to share a positive message for the young people of St. Louis,” he said.
Organized by hundreds of area churches in partnership with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), the one-day event will feature seven hours of high-voltage music plus brief, challenging messages by Franklin Graham.
According to the news release, the music lineup will feature Flyleaf, Kirk Franklin, Red, Canton Jones, Hawk Nelson, Lecrae, and Skillet. Admission is free, and no advance tickets are required.
Also volunteering his time and efforts to organize Rock the River is Rick Horton, former player and current radio and TV commentator for the Cardinals.
Other adults also have the opportunity to volunteer in preparations for this summer’s Rock the River event with the Christian Life & Witness Course, which will take place June 4-6 and again June 18-20 at churches across the region. Click here http://tinyurl.com/nxrexk for more information.
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** Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent of ANS, is an international British freelance journalist who was formerly a reporter with a London (United Kingdom) newspaper and has been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station. Michael has traveled to Albania and the former Yugoslavia, Holland, Germany and the former Czechoslovakia, Israel,and Canada. He has reported for ANS from Jordan, China, Russia, Jamaica, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Michael’s volunteer involvement with ASSIST News Service is a sponsored ministry department — Michael Ireland Media Missionary (MIMM) — of A.C.T. International at: Artists in Christian Testimony (A.C.T.) International where you can donate online to support his stated mission of ‘Truth Through Christian Journalism.’
