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...

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...

Mini-Camp Comes to a Close.

We just completed the first ever Skybacher Mini-Sports Camp.  It was challenging teaching a different sport each day, but we made it through and managed to have a lot of fun in the process.  The last day was spent playing flag football. We got a visit from Cranky D...

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...