John On The Move Visits the Freedom Place

John On The Move is a social media personality who visits local interesting spots and places throughout the Beaver Valley and Butler areas. Way back in 2016 I had written in my journal about a gym space that had students and kids running around it, and then in April...

Skybacher Golf Classic 26′ – Green Lights

This August it was time for our 4th Annual Skybacher Golf Classic. This year we held things once again at Black Hawk Golf Course which was in much more favorable conditions than last season. We had the most golf teams we've ever had with 25 teams present on the day....

Summer Program Director – Tyler Mohrbacher

We sat down with Tyler Mohrbacher (T-Mo) our Summer Program Director for a short interview about this summer's "More Than" Sports Camps. What year was this for you working for the "More Than" Sports Camps? Tyler: This was my 12th year helping as either a counselor or...

19 Years and “More Than” We Can Ask For

This summer was our 19th year of the Skybacher "More Than" Sports Camps summer program. We get excited every spring as the camp season approaches. What group of coaches will we have. Who will be the kids we remember. What kinds of joy and fun will we experience this...

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...

Eat-a-Donut!! Papa G Arrives Tomorrow!

When you start to feel down, or your face start to frown - Eat-a-Donut! That's Papa G's motto! He's busy making the donuts and getting ready for the start of another Skybacher Sports Camp. This will be our last Sports Camp of the summer, so don't miss out! Come for...

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:...