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:
Togo 2017 Day 13: Saturday, 1st July
Once again we took advantage of sleep time and made good use of the extra hour. Megan and the team leaders decided with our ministry time starting tomorrow to take the team into Lome for some shopping and get off the base for a bit. Little did we know that we were not...
Togo 2017 Day 12: Friday, 30th June
Our morning started early again with breakfast at 6:30am. Breakfast is started early so that they can beat the heat of the day, which sets in pretty early. Typically, children will go to school from about 8am to noon, come home, have lunch and some rest and then...
Togo 2017 Day 9, 10 & 11: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 27th, 28th & 29th June
We had an early start today. The team was up at 3am and had the bags loaded by 3:30am. Curtis took the majority of our team members on the 5:30am Southwest flight with Jamie and Sierra. Megan, Tayne, Zion and Geoff followed on...
Togo 2017 Travel Day 8: Monday, 26th June
Today ended a phenomenal week of Bootcamp for our team. The gusto with which they applied to their packing and cleaning duties was evident of their excitement and anticipation to get one step closer to heading to Togo. After breakfast, the team tackled the task of...
Togo 2017 Bootcamp Day 7: Sunday 25th, June
The last day of Bootcamp started with two awesome Ladies that love Jesus passionately. Miss Sierra shared her personal testimony that reflected the power and redemption of Father God that pursues you no matter how far you have wandered. She portrayed the beauty of...
Togo 2017 Bootcamp Day 6: Saturday, 24th June
A much needed Day Off started with an awesome breakfast of eggs, bacon and sausages with juice, coffee and tea. The kids slept in as much as they allowed themselves. Our guests, Shelby, Alic, Kaden and Ethan fell right into routine even though there wasn't much of one...
Togo 2017 – Bootcamp Day 5: Friday, 23rd June
We had David Tabor our respected President and Founder of Solid Rock Foundation Ministries speak today. This man is well respected and honored. There is not a finer example of Servant-Leadership portrayed in this day other than David Tabor. He is also a phenomenal,...
Togo 2017 – Bootcamp Day 4: Thursday, 22nd June
We had the awesome privilege of having our very own team member Jamie Ila be our guest speaker today. Jamie spoke on the "Power of the Blood of Jesus Christ through the Cross". She did an excellent job portraying the cross and elaborated on several points that Jesus...
Togo 2017 – Bootcamp Day 3: Wednesday, 21st June
Day 3 started with a very intimate worship time when the Holy Spirit provided an opportunity for us to be vulnerable. As we sang the chorus "O come to the altar, the Father's arms are open wide. Forgiveness is bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ", the...
Togo 2017 – Bootcamp Day 2: Tuesday, 20th June
We have some truly incredible staff members at Solid Rock, one of them being Curtis Allen. You won't find a more gracious and honorable man who loves being God's son first and foremost. He is an awesome husband and father and carries a "Father Heart" anointing that...