On April 1, Andrea D. Hicks was appointed the new Adventist Single Adult Ministries coordinator for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America (NAD ASAM). A native of New Jersey, Hicks is a member of the Northeastern Conference where she was recently appointed associate director of Single Adult Ministries. Hicks is passionate about ministry and especially Single Adult Ministries. Hicks says her passion for singles ministry was brought about by circumstance. Through divorce, she began to see the need for this life-changing ministry. She is the founder of F.O.C.U.S. Ministries (Fellowship of Christians Unique and Single), through which Hicks and a team of dedicated singles have planned exciting functions for single adults during the past five years in the United States and other countries. These functions have included retreats, cruises, picnics, lunches, etc. (see www.focusnyc.org).

Hicks is multifaceted and serves as the secretary/program coordinator for Atlantic Union Adventist Media/3ABN, manager of the acapella singing group, Men of Israel, and is very active in her home church, Mount Sinai Seventh-day Adventist Church in Queens, New York. She considers her relationship with God her greatest accomplishment in life. She demonstrates commitment in all that she does. A quality assurance software engineer and beta test coordinator for a digital radiography company in New York, Hicks loves to travel the world and meet people.

Hicks has been a driving force in NAD ASAM since Barbara Babcock introduced her to the committee in 2006. I look forward to working with Hicks and hope single adults will make the time to meet her at the upcoming convention in Orlando, Fla., from July 5 to 7.

If you have not yet registered for the convention, please do so today at www.pursueyourpassion2007.com See also www.adventistsingleadultministries.org.

Please join me in prayer for God's hand to be on Adventist Single Adult Ministries, and grow this ministry from strength to strength.

Willie Oliver, family ministries director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America