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....

Big Plans for Upcoming School Year!!

This will be rough because I'm just throwing it together but I'm excited to get the info out there. First, CAMPFIRE tomorrow at our house 7:30 to 10:30 pm. Next my Co-Director and I have had several meetings to prepare for the upcoming schoolyear. Here are some of the...

Skybacher Ministries takes 4th place at the Pigskin Palooza!!

Saturday we entered a team in Victory Christian Fellowships Flag Football Tournament. We didn't get off to a good start as we lost our first two games, but we roared back with a 60 point whoopin in our third game. From the there things got rolling as we won our next 2...

It’s All Over!!!

Friday we brought to a close an amazing summer of Skybacher Sports Camps.  2 Soccer camps, 2 Basketball Camps, 1 Flag Football Camp, 1 Mini-camp, slip-n-slides, funny characters, water games, cheese balls, donuts, laughter, tons of kids, an amazing staff of...

Soccer Camp – day 4 – Fun, Fun, Fun!

Today started off with Storm the Castle to work on dribbling, defending, and protecting the ball.  Papa G entertained us with more delicious donuts, and then a penalty shootout, with some World Cup.  Morning ended with our games and popsicles - another great...

Water Slide & Soccer – Can’t Get Much Better!!

Even with overcast skies, and not so hot temps, the campers had a blast on our Bonzai Water Slide today!  The morning was filled with donuts from Papa G, and 2 separate tournaments of soccer games.  Fun was had by all!!

Soccer Camp Day 2!!

Today our skills focus was Shooting and Passing, and we rotated through stations to work in smaller groups on those skills.  We also had some rigatoni spreusel donuts made courtesy of our guest, Papa G.  Our virtue of the day was sharing, and we had a great team...

Kick-Starting Another Soccer Camp!!!

Today we kicked off our final Sports Camp of the summer!  We had 70 kids!!! Which was overwhelming in the beginning, but such a blessing.  Our "Big Word" for the day was "Teachability" and hopefully some people learned some soccer!  Mr. John invited his friend Papa G...

The Final Day of Basketball Camp 2 09

We closed out our 5th Sports Camp of the summer. Professor J and Pop Quizzy took on J-Mo and Blender in a basketball showdown. We talked about teamwork, had a dunk contest, played the numbers game, threw some water balloons, showed off for our parents, and closed...

Basketball 2 – Night 4

Tonight was great as we talked about being "steadfast", being dependable and able to be counted on despite the circumstances.  Professor J & Pop Quizzy took us to Science class tonight where they disected a large frog, and did a Chemistry experiment that didn't...

BASKETBALL CAMP MOVED TO CHURCH AGAIN!!

We will keep basketball camp at Unionville church both Thursday & Friday evenings due to the chance of rain and thunderstorms.  Address again is 1297 Rte. 68 Rochester, PA  15074

Basketball Camp – Night 3!!

Thank God for the rain, and for Unionville Church that kept us dry and allowed camp to run smoothly.  We had a terrific night of team relay races to work on dribbling & passing, some 3 line passing drills, and team firing squad to work on our shooting.  Professor...

BASKETBALL CAMP MOVED DUE TO RAIN

Hey everyone! We are moving camp for tonight to Unionville UMC due to the rain.  Address is 1297 Rte. 68 Rochester, PA  15074 See you there!

Basketball II – Night 2

We had another great night of learning some fundamentals of basketball and working on our shooting form, while keeping the virtue of humility in mind through the example of playing some 4 square!!  Professor J had some art class with the campers, and brought out...