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...

2nd Day of Mini-Camp – Lots of Soccer!

Today was another great day!!  Our sport was soccer, which was really fun, put that together with a new game for the kids called "Whip-It", today was truly a BLAST!  Our virtue for today was listening, and we were treated with donuts from Papa G, who was our special...

Skybacher Basketball Camp Coming Soon!!!

July 27th through the 31st it's the second session of Skybacher Basketball Camp. Camp will run in the evenings starting at 6 pm. There will be plenty of fun and excitement, as Mr. John has invited his friend Professor J to teach some lessons each day!! Sign up...

Flag Football Comes to a Close

It was an amazing week of Skybacher Flag Football Camp. We learned about: courage, a tame tongue, integrity, servanthood, and praise. We had some intense and crazy football games. Cranky D and L.O. , and the "Lady from the bench" (Miss Diana) brought some...

Flag Football Day 3 – Rough and Rowdy

Day 3 of Flag Football Camp saw a lot of bump and bruises, but no blood.  Everyone was rowdy today as Crank D and L.O got everyone fired up for the day.  Our virtue of the day was "Integrity".  We practiced having integrity in an intense game of Capture the Flag.  The...

Flag Football Camp – Day 2

Another day of Skybacher Flag Football Camp.  Today Cranky D brought out a new guest called L.O.  I guess it means "lights out" because that is what happens when he hits you.  Our virtue for the day was having a "Tame Tongue" as we learned about what it means to...

Flag Football Camp Has Kicked Off!!!

Flag Football Camp started today.  It was a beautiful day for football.  We had 48 kids show up to participate.  Mr. John brought out another one of his guests.  This time it's Cranky D who brought the virtue of the day, which today was courage. Can't wait...

Flag Football Camp Starts on Monday!!!

Skybacher Sports is bringing out Flag Football Camp starting on Monday July 6th. It's still not too late too register! Also don't forget about the mini-sampler camp that will have a different day of each sport. Only a 3 day camp but it will be packed with lots of...

What a Week at Soccer Camp!!

We closed out our second Skybacher Sports Camp yesterday, as soccer camp came to a close. It was an awesome week!! Mobacca made a music video and brought some more smoothies. We played world cup, the numbers game, and showed off for our parents. Then we closed things...

Soccer Camp – Day 4!

Day 4 of soccer camp. More water today, which was a good thing because it was blazing hot!!! Mobacca had a showdown with Josh Cantella, but it was his sister Jenn who would come in and score the game winning goal. We learned what it means to "Value" someone or...