Great Big Group Date Lives On!

February was a very busy month at Skybacher Ministries. We kicked off things at The Freedom Place with a Dedication and Dinner Auction. Then we brought back the Someone Special Dance, while continuing to host Kickin' It Futsal Nights, and Rise UP basketball. For over...

The Someone Special Dance 25′

It may seem like a theme but "The Someone Special Dance" was an event we had held for many years up until 2020. Then it faded away with the many events and programs affected by the pandemic. When we knew we were going to have our own multipurpose event space in "The...

The Freedom Place Dedication & Dinner Auction 25′

It was a historic night for Skybacher Ministries on February 15th. This was the night that we dedicated our new community center/headquarters building The Freedom Place! It was last year on March 2nd that we held our first in person dinner auction since the pandemic....

A Blizzard Returns – Broomball Blizzard 25′

Back in the early days of Skybacher Ministries there were 4 staple tournaments that we hosted - dodgeball, flag football, volleyball, and a little sport called broomball. We have played broomball at Skybacher since the very beginning. It's a sport that is on a pretty...

Dodgeballs, Cereal, and Some Good Stuff!

We were very busy this fall working on things at the Freedom Place, but we felt like we still needed to host a few tournaments. In October we held our annual Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast at Provident Charter School. It was a new connection and was a great night of...

The Freedom Place – A Story

A Little HistoryIt was nearly 20 years ago to the day that I had spent my last Sunday as an associate pastor and was without work and searching for a way to provide for a family of 4. Kristie and I weighed out different ideas and we asked ourselves the question, “What...

Bouncing Back! Skybacher Basketball Camp Session 2

After a week break from the Sports Camps Skybacher Ministries and the staff were back in action at our second session of Basketball Camp. Highlights included: The theme for the day was CREATE Professor J, Mr. John's resident motivational speaker shared all of his many...

A Super Bowl of Celebrations!

Today was our final day of an amazing flag football camp!  God blessed us with beautiful weather and kept everyone safe through all of the bumps and bruises, including the counselors for two different counselor games. There was a ton a great football action all week...

Communication is the key!

Today was day 4 of flag football camp. What a week it has been. 70 campers (65 of them boys), 80 degree days, and lots of laughs. Could it get any better?! Cranky D might beg to differ, but he did come to camp today to talk to the kids about COMMUNICATION. He and L.O....

Flag Football on a Beautiful Morning..

As the title suggests, this morning was beautiful and perfect for everyone to be outside staying active. Cranky-D arrived once again and taught the campers how to CREATE an original drawing of a friend. Cranky drew his old friend L.O. all while attempting to escape...

Getting Stronger with Skybacher Flag Football

We started out Day 2 of Flag Football camp with a little rain today. But then the sky cleared and we had a beautiful day to learn and to get STRONGER. Today's All-Star Action was STRENGTH. Cranky D and L.O. arrived and challenged the campers to a push-up contest. One...

Flag Football! Day 1

Well we've kicked off our third week of camp! We had an absolutely beautiful morning to gather about 65 boys and a few girls together and play some fun and safe football. Cranky D arrived late last night and came this morning to teach the campers about supporting one...

Awesome Last 2 Days of Soccer Camp!

Well we just closed up our second week of the Skybacher Sports Camps with the first soccer session. Now it's on to Flag Football on Monday, but first let's look back at a few of Thursday and Fridays' highlights Thursday's theme was Communication Mobacca and Joebacca...

So come play socca with Mobacca…Day 3!

  Mobacca was so excited to be at Skybacher Soccer Camp again today. In fact, he was so excited that he made another one of his specialty smoothies. Today's recipe included red island juice, orange juice, chocolate syrup, and watermelon. The kids claimed to have...

Soccer Camp- Day 2

Today we learned to COOPERATE at the second day of Skybacher soccer camp. This was a key virtue to learn today because it was hot! Mobacca came out and taught the campers some more Jamaican and then made one of his infamous smoothies. Today's ingredients included:...

Great Start to Soccer Camp!!

The weekend went fast and we already kicked off our second week of Skybacher Sports Camps with some soccer! We couldn't have DESIGNED a better day (today's word was design)! Here's how the morning went: Over sixty-five kids came out for camp!! Learned fundamental...

Last Day of Basketball Camp!

Well, we finished up the first week of camp today! I think it's safe to say that this was one of the best weeks of camp we've had yet at Skybacher. Everything went smoothly and we had lots of fun! It was easy to celebrate such a good week! Here's how the morning went:...

Mobacca is Coming to Soccer Camp

It's hard to believe that our first session of Basketball Camp has only 2 days remaining.  That means that Soccer Camp is just around the corner and everyone's favorite Jamaican Soccer Instructor is on his way to Green Valley Park.   It is still not too late to...

BASKETBALL CAMP FOR FRIDAY 6/17 MOVED!!!

Hey everyone! Sorry for the inconvenience however Basketball camp for our final day this week will be moved to Unionville United Methodist Church.  The school is only operating 4 days/week so we had hoped to move outside onto the outdoor courts, but with the possible...

Basketball Camp- Day 4

Day 4 of basketball camp has come to a close. What an awesome day to spend with kids learning about God and about sports! Today's virtue of the day was "strategize." Campers put the virtue to good use as they strategized a way to win a game of dodgeball. Even our...

Basketball Camp Day 3 – Unify!

Today we reached the middle of Basketball Camp, Session 1. With two days under our belts, it was the perfect day to unite as teams; today's virtue was "Unify."  Some highlights from today's session are: J-Mo, DJ Blenda, and all the campers starting the...