The Freedom Place Work Day 26′ – Brightening Up the Place

We have had the privilege of ever since The Freedom Place became ours, to partner with the wonderful people of Portage Learning for a service work day each spring. This year over 40 people gather at The Freedom Place for several work projects on the day. Volunteers...

Slamrock 26′ – an absolute slam dunk!

March means many things, but for Skybacher Ministries it means the return of the 3-on-3 Slamrock Basketball Tourney. This year the event took place at the Freedom Area Middle School. There was an abundance of teams, as we had 26 in total through all divisions. It was...

Dinner Auction 26′ – Laughter was Seen & Heard!

A year ago at this time we held our annual Dinner Auction and dedicated the opening of The Freedom Place. This year we decided we would move things upstairs at the Freedom Place for our auction. The place looked amazing and it was soon filled with people ready to eat,...

Great Big Group Date 26 – Bowling, Pizza, and Big Fun!

The idea behind "The Great Big Group Date" is that no young person would spend Valentine's weekend feeling like they are unloved. We have been doing this event even before we were running Skybacher Ministries. This year 40 of us went to Sim's Bowling Lanes for some...

Not Too Cold – Broomball Blizzard 26′

The previous week we were in an actual blizzard, and this weekend it was a Polar Vortex of freezing cold temperatures, but that didn't stop us from hosting our annual Broomball Blizzard. Broomball is a sport played in many of the northern states, but we have been...

A Whole Lotta Good Stuff – Turkey & Good Stuff Volleyball 25′

It was all the way back in 2004 when our director met with the pastor of Unionville United Methodist church to propose the idea of hosting tournaments at their gym space. The first tournament would be a volleyball tourney. It was there that Skybacher Ministries first...

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...