Keeping promises

About 1,500 people are expected to attend tonight's Promise Keepers of the Heartland rally in Cape Girardeau.

Promise Keepers is a non-denominational national organization dedicated to promoting spiritual maturity in men.

The event will feature Joe White, founder and president of Kanakuk Kamps, which are Christian summer sports camps for children based primarily in Southwest Missouri.

Promise Keepers doesn't care where its members go to church. The organization only cares about men's relationship with Jesus Christ. Seeking unity across barriers is one of the seven promises in the group's creed.

White also will be one of the speakers when a national Promise Keepers rally is held in St. Louis in July. This is an auspicious event for Christian men area and, indirectly, for their wives and children as well.

The rally will begin at 7 o'clock tonight at the Osage Community Centre. Admission is free, and no offering will be taken.