Arise Blog

Worship Leader Ashley Peters

Ashley Peters is a worship leader, retired police sergeant, and active community leader. She is employed by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center as a community relations

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Pam Kanaly

Pam Kanaly, while in the midst of an unwanted divorce, clearly sensed the Lord revealing to her a future single mothers ministry and eventually cofounded Arise Single Moms.

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Kim Heinecke

Kim Heinecke

Kim has been juggling the demands of motherhood for almost 25 years—sometimes with grace and wisdom but often with a white-knuckled grip on her sanity. She has written

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Shelley Pulliam

Shelley Pulliam enjoys travel, genealogy, and spending time with friends. Single, never married, she’s a former teacher of hormone-filled eighth graders. She was named teacher of the year

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Mel Hiett

Mel Hiett

Mel Hiett joined the Arise team as project development director in 2020 after serving 16 years as a youth pastor. While working with teens, she especially appreciated their

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