Kickin’ It Futsal Nights – Pressing On Towards the Goal

Right after Christmas during the cold of winter, we decided to start Kickin' It - Futsal Nights. These nights would consist of a short devotion and a time of pick-up play for futsal (an indoor soccer game with a weighted ball). Much like when we started our very first...

3-on-3 Slamrock 25′ – is an absolute slam dunk!

Basketball has always been a part of Skybacher Ministries. Since the pandemic we have worked hard to build back events and attendence to these events. This was one of the most well attended events we have had in a long time. 26 teams battled it out throughout the...

Oh What a Night! – Youth Open House at The Freedom Place

It was less than one year ago that we were sorting through the plans to purchase The Freedom Place. Once we received the keys we had dreams of filling it with young people and seeing it as a place full of life. FREEDOM! On Sunday March 23rd, 2025 - Over 30 students...

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....

Basketball Camp 2-2011 – GIVE!

Another great day at Skybacher Basketball Camp! Today's theme was GIVE, so let me GIVE you some of today's highlights. Professor J introduced his friend Tru'er Fawls and the GAVE a lesson on Balloons We played a crazy game of Jailbreak dribble and Dragon Tag The...

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...