Who is Audience of One (Ao1)?
Ao1 (Audience of One) is a youth discipleship program incorporating discipleship and performing arts. Our goal is to give young people an atmosphere where they are challenged to grow in their relationship with the Lord. This includes teaching on the character of God, performing arts, and small group time for application, reflection, and prayer. The young people minister the gospel through Contemporary Christian music, sign language, creative movement, and testimonies of what the Lord has done in their lives. We minister in schools, churches, prisons, malls, street corners, parks, hospitals, and any place where people gather.
We have chosen the name “Audience of One” because our primary objective is to bless God’s heart. Our worship, our dance, our devotion is to be to Him, first and foremost. He is the audience we should seek to please.
Our typical outreach team is led by David and Kathleen Tabor and Geoff and Megan Ila, who have led teams to Kenya, Australia, London, Italy, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and many other places. We have also taken teams within the U.S. We have outreached to the East Coast, the West Coast, Salt Lake City Olympics, Colorado Springs, CO, and Nashville, TN. We recognize that along with ministering to the nations it is imperative that we pray for and minister within our own nation.
Preparations and fundraising for each outreach begin at least six months before the team leaves. As our team is established we begin to meet and pray for each member, their time there, finances, logistics, and what’s on God’ s heart to accomplish wherever we are going. This is also the time where our team begins to build unity. We believe that unity is essential for every team. God’s Word says, “Where brethren dwell together in unity…there the Lord will command the blessing” (Psalm 133). We need God’s blessing and anointing before we can minister to others.
The Outreaches
Outreach consists of two weeks of “Boot Camp” followed by two weeks of “Outreach”. During Boot Camp the students are taught foundational Biblical truths and how to personally apply them to their lives. They are encouraged to spend extra time seeking God and learning more of His character, so that “As we behold Him we become more like Him” (2 Cor. 3:18). The students are also taught a full program, which usually consists of dances, drama, worship, and testimonies. Our performing arts program gives the team a platform to go into the community and share with others what God has been teaching them. “We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony” (Rev. 12:11).
Outreaches are chock-full of lots of fun. The students and families get an excellent opportunity to experience different nations, different cultures, foods, customs, etc. Our team members always come back with a broader perspective of God’s love for the nations and His heart for all people.
Our International teams usually consist of 30 – 50 members, although we’ve had as many as 80. As God calls Himself “the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”, we have seen God do wonderful things through a 3-generational team working together and ministering His heart to one another and to others. We encourage families, grandparents, and anyone 12 years and older to apply. Our performing team mainly consists of team members aged 12 – 21. Older team members usually help with the teaching, intercession, work projects, small groups, discipling, and logistics.
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Audience of One
Both families and individuals add to the dynamic of outreaches. Download one of the application forms or contact us for more info.
Info Posts:
Gwangju, Wednesday, 9th
Normally on outreach around this time thing's start to become routine. The Father, however always has other plans and requires us to press in a little harder. The outreach here in South Korea is preparation for the next outreach that actually starts, the day we return...
Gwangju, Tuesday 8th
Today was very laid back. We had breakfast at 8:ooam and just relaxed for most of the morning. At around 11am Tamara and Kaiser came and we all walked to the zoo. One of our Team members posted on her Facebook page that walking was our new hobby. We have walked a lot...
Gwangju, Monday 7th
Our day today started with a plan change. We were technically going to have a day-off but it was decided to put it off until tomorrow. This really didn't affect the Team's demeanor at all as everything was just taken in stride. We had breakfast, got ready and waited...
Gwangju, Sunday 6th
Today we performed in two services. We've been told that Korean's can be very competitive. Almost every open space is taken up with a stall or a small shop downtown. At the mall and the market yesterday vendors were constantly vying for our business. At this time...
Gwangju, Saturday 5th
Today was filled with sights, sounds and smells! We entered into worship this morning with much expectation and anticipation, and we were pleasantly guided individually to our place of identity in Him. An affirmation time ensued between team members, and shifted...
Gwangju Friday 4th
Today was a good day! We had an early start with some worship and took a moment to respond to the Father individually giving Him our offering of gratitude. This team is hungry to see the Father and each member of the team is genuinely responding to Him, which is an...
Gwangju, South Korea
We are a week into outreach and it doesn't seem fair that all of three days were spent travelling. However we are in good spirits and God is definitely here in Gwangju, South Korea. We spent today in the city of Gwangju getting familiar with buses and a general sense...
We are here!
It's 6am Wednesday morning here at Incheon Airport Seoul Korea! We got in about 8:30pm last night from Tokyo and spent about an hour an a half going through customs. It was good to Tamara Liebenthal at the airport to greet us... After 15 hours of being away from the...
Traveling
The Team safely arrived around 6pm yesterday afternoon in Denver. There was a short wait before checking in to the hotel yesterday in Aurora due to computers being down. We received an unexpected surprise when we heard Daniel K. Lewko decided to join the team... He...
Ao1 Outreach Is On!
Ao1 boot camp begins on today, June 16th. We are putting out the invitation to join us every evening for our evening times together. 7 p.m. at Colorado West Christian School Cafeteria. Also we are asking for volunteers who would cook an evening meal for the team and...